2. listening to folk music records, listening to the Muppets records
and The Magic Garden records, watching the Muppets, The Magic Garden,
The Electric Company, Sesame Street and All in the Family on TV,
drawing, playing alone in my room with my dolls, spending time with
my pets, playing catch, digging for worms and bugs in the backyard,
making "potions" in the bird bath in the backyard with
a friend, visiting grandma in the country and spending time outdoors,
listening to stories, baking with my father or with a friend.
3. I liked to run around outside when there were too many people
in the house (like the T.V. was on and someone was cooking in the
kitchen and there was lots of noise). I often played by myself in
my room while listening to classical music on my transistor radio
(starting at about 4 years old).
4. drawing, artwork, playing playroom alone
5. Reading.
6. Writng short stories, watching TV, listening to music and imagining
fantastic scenarios in which I would play the hero!
7. I played alot alone, read alot and enjoyed sports...alone.
I remember day dreaming ALOT.
8. reading; "examining" nature; daydreaming
9. playing outside, playing make believe, dressing up my cat,
[Note from Nancy: I always wondered why my
daughter never tried to dress out cat ... maybe it's an introvert
things!]
10. Reading, playing with my animals, piano lessons, lots of water
and boat related activities
11. I enjoyed reading the most. Through books, I was able to visit
every country imaginable and meet people of all cultures and languages.
12. I spent a lot of time reading and I spent a lot of time just
goofing off outside. In the summer I lived the ideal life - I stayed
in a tent in our backyard with as many books as I could check out
of the library!
13. playing with my pets, reading, and 'exploring' with my brother
or pets
14. Reading!
15. Most importantly, playing outside at the beach in the sand
dunes with friends.
16. reading, painting
17. Favorite toys were thinks like Lincoln Logs, Legos, Erector
Sets etc. Was into archery when I was older.
18. I liked playing with a friend, usually one, and we'd play
cops and stuff like that.
19. walking in the woods(NW Missouri)
20. Riding my bike alone, and being with my one and best friend
21. dancing
22. Playing with my dollhouse (with mini animals rather than dolls)
and a horde of stuffed animals
23. drawing and reading
24. day dreaming, learing about sience on my own (I tried to read
Einstein Universe when I was seven), play with my twin sister
25. reading, spending time with pets, exploring nature, art
26. reading, imagining
27. reading, taking my dog for long walks
28. Reading and making up imaginary worlds.
29. Writing, roaming neighborhood on bike, drawing,
choreographing dances 30. rollerblading around the neighborhood
31. reading, listening to tapes of kids songs, playing with dolls
and legos
32. reading, making things with sticks, collecting ants
33. playing rpg games and still do
34. getting on the net, playing nintendo, daydreaming, reading,
going for walks by myself (sometimes with y friends)
35. I liked reading; writing stories and poetry; sitting on my
branch high in my tree, until we moved and then there was no decent
tree. I also enjoyed just spending time alone thinking and daydreaming.
That was probably the thing I did most as a kid, before I learned
to do so many things. I liked doing crafts and art a lot too. My
mom (and older sister especially!) were always complaining that
I kept too much junk. But mom usually saw that I made such neat
things out of all that "junk". I used to drive them crazy-
every time they would clean up something, I would go digging through
the dry garbage, looking for useful craft supplies. I enjoyed spending
time on and with my friends, though I only had a few close ones,
because they mostly understood me, and were not stressful to be
with. I liked (even more so now!) writing notes and emails to friends.
I still love email and letters. I can express myself so much better
and more clearly in writing than verbally. I especially like it
that I can mull over an email for a while, and then think of how
I really want to answer before I respond. In conversations, that
is just thought to be rudeness/disinterest/anti-social. Plus I can
type faster than I talk. Now I really enjoy playing the piano. It
is almost my favourite way to relax! I also like keeping a journal,
but I can't do that as much anymore due to time limitations. OK,
I think I blabbed on long enough. It's so easy to do that in writing!
:)
36. Spending time in my imaginary world!
37. reading
38. drawing and reading
39. I was a book worm.
40. reading, going on "journeys" in the woods, mixing up household
chemicals, setting fires
41. trips to the library
42. Operating computers, performing "scientific"; experiments,
riding bike
43. Reading; playing with my toys; imagining I lived in a fantasy
world full of strange creatures
44. being alone, reading, and listening to rock and roll music
45. Playing alone, making phantomime conversations (dramatizing
using different voice), drawing, reading a lot.. my father loves
to read (and he sells various magazines/comic books/books...from
Fortune to National Geographic to Time) and encourages us to do
the same.
46. N/A
47. N/A
48. N/A
49. N/A
50. music
51. Reading, Playing with stuffed animals, I had a dog, fish,
gerbils, guinea pig, and cats to play with mostly. I also enjoyed
video games and smooth jazz music as well as television.
52. reading, creating things, playing imaginatively
53. reading books, writing stories, listening to music, playing
the violin
54. crafts
55. reading
56. Reading,Writing,Drawing, listening to music,-general solitary things
57. Reading 58. Playing video games. 59. Readings 60. reading and watching tv 61. N/A 62. reading daydreaming playing all the parts of imaginary actions - heroic stuff -
only child 63. reading and singing songs in my head
64. Playing the guitar, writing music, reading and researching 65.
DID YOU HAVE IMAGINARY FRIENDS?
2. No.
3. I had one permanent imaginary friend and millions of momentary
imaginary playmates.
4. for a very short period
5. No. (But I do now.)
6. Yes. Still do.
7. I had imaginary play mates.....my teddy bear was the one I
talked to.
8. Not really; I imagined myself and other characters (historical
and /or fanciful) of my own invention, but I knew they were "imaginary"
9. yes
10. No . . . who needs imaginary friends when you have dogs, cats,
guinea pigs and horses for real friends?
11. I had plenty of imaginary friends who were very real to me.
12. None that were permanent.
13. No
14. No
15. NO
16. No
17. Not that I recall.
18. I did.
19. no
20. No
21. yes, mariah carey! I'm not kidding.
22. I took my invisible dalmations to show and tell once. Named
my cockatiel, Speedy, after one of them.
23. nope
24. no, I had a twin
25. yes, more when I was preschool-aged
26. yes, but not so as I got older
27. no
28. No, but I did see so much life in my stuffed animals, Barbies
and even favorite pillows.
29. None that stuck around for any significant length of time,
but yes
30. no
31. Yes, I had imaginary friends that I called "air people" because
they were people made of air. There was one in particular who was
my "best friend".
32. No
33. not really
34. no imaginary ones as far as i recall, but i've had plenty
of animal ones (not to mention myself)
35. no
36. Of course.
37. no
38. no
39. I didn't have imaginary friends. I had 4 siblings.
40. no. I tried to invent one but it didn't quite work.
41. quite a few
42. Imagined having girlfriends in my teen and early adult years;
but I didn't actually have imaginary friends
43. umm, yes!
44. according to my mom I did, but I don't remember having any
45. Tiwalis (actually a pillow), there's also that coin bank...and
there was that stuff toy i named "Ournie" ...
46. when I was very young
47. no
48. once or twice, not very memorable
49. no
50. no
51. I talked to my stuffed animals mostly.
52. no, but my stuffed animals seemed real to me
53. Of course!
54. Yeah, and he had magic powers :)
55. Yes
56. yes-his name was Jack
57. No. 58. No. 59. No. 60.no, but I would like to stop and say that I have used characters
that I like from books and adopted their mannerism as my identity.
Here then is a list of my identity: Fiver and blackavar from watership down,
Linus, Schroeder and Snoopy from the
peanuts, No. 6 tThe prisoner, a must see sci fi series by the way,
and the hobbit bilbo baggins 61. N/A 62. yes and no... I imagined I was many characters... I could play a
boardgame by myself and play the other parts as if I were they 63. no 64. No 65.
DID YOUR PARENTS TRY TO GET YOU TO MAKE MORE FRIENDS?
2. Yes. They said I had problems forming attachments, even though
I always had a few friends - I just needed more space then they
thought was "normal".
3. My parents did not pressure me to have friends. They did not
understand the difficulty that I had navigating through cliques
and they were not simpathetic to my feelings about forced association.
At a grown-up party, for example,"there's a girl from your class
... go and play with her" only made me want to repy l"yes, I recognized
her thank you-I see her every day-and I'd rather go sit in the car
and read..." because if I was social, if I wanted to socialize I
would have run up to the other child and said "let's play!" Duh.
4. when I got older
5. Yes.
6. Yes. Still do.
7. God love them.....YES!
8. Very rarely; My mother was an introvert; we moved almost every
year. It was difficult enough for both of us.
9. no
10. *shudder* Did? I'm 36, and they're *still* trying to get me
to make more friends.
11. No, as a matter of fact, I was raised in an abusive home and
friends were not at all incouraged.
12. Not really. I played "enough" with other kids to avoid suspicion.
I did have to hang out with my cousins way too much. They were all
very noisy and talky.
13. not MORE friends, but BETTER friends (my mom didn't like the
friends I chose)
14. They were always trying to get me to go out and play with
the other kids. Other kids always liked me, so I don't think my
parents perceived me as not having many friends. I just didn't consider
any of them good friends--my definition of a friend is obviously
much different than what they had, but I never bothered to clue
them in.
15. No
16. of course
17. Seems to me they would make a few comments about it. Like
that was going to go anywhere! My father is an I so that probably
minimized their effort in that area.
18. Not really, she did when I started growing up in middle school.
19. no
20. No
21. yeah, my mom would actually call neighborhood kids and ask
them to come over and play with me. That sure made me popular. =P
22. Yeah--in college I'd be out and my mom would yell at me for
not talking to someone I recognized but hardly knew, and said "well
no wonder you don't have any friends!"
23. not exactly...they were worrying about my brother.
24. no, but one time my mother asked why I don't go out much
25. yes
26. yes
27. yes, until they gave up
28. Always. They wondered why I wasn't more friendly and would
try to help, only making me feel that there was something wrong
with me.
29. My father prayed for it daily.
30. no
31. Sometimes, yes. They didn't mind if I wanted to be alone a
lot, but they also thought that I would do better if I had at least
one or two friends that I could do stuff with on the weekends sometimes.
I think they were probably right.
32. Yes.
33. Yeah. But they gave up.
34. yes all the time ,i really hated it tho
35. Not really. I try to be friendly to everyone, so having only
a few close friends hasn't been a problem at all.
36. Sometimes, but they never pushed me too much.
37. absolutely
38. yes, my mother called me a Hot house plant...why didn't I
want to go outside.
39. I had friends in the neighborhood. My parents did not worry
about my friends.
40. not really. I always had about one or two most of my school
years
41. yes
42. Yes
43. all the time! they wouldnt leave me alone
44. no, although when I was in high school my mom called me antisocial
because I stayed in my room most of the time when I was home
45. They always do! Even teachers, i remember one when i was in
the fifth grade who labeled me as "loner" and "unsociable" ....
my father loved me just the way i am...my mom though was different.
46. yes
47. no.
48. they discouraged it
49. yes
50. no
51. Not adamantly, they told me I needed to seek people who wanted
to be friends with me as much as I wanted to be friends with them.
52. didn't push me
53. No. They were, unfortunately both alcoholic, and paid very
little attention.
54. Ahhh...sometimes, not really though
55. Yes.
56.yes - they still do most times - so do my grandparents
(I'm in highschool at the moment) 57. Not that I recall, no. 58. No. 59. Always. 60. Well, yes, they said I had not been making friends at school.
i soon remedied that problem however. To this day I can't say if what
they were right or not, although they probsbly were.
i was shy as a kid. However, all that has changed. 61. N/A 62. oh yes, and almost always with the kids I did not like or they ended up
negatively influential... I would have been better off keeping to myself or
waiting for a real friend 63. yes 64. Yes
2.
more or less all of them until an awful one in the third grade
3.
I idealized and adored my teachers until the older years when they
made us participate in groups or paired us up to work on projects.
I was a loner. I had friends but my extroverted teachers were always
trying to turn classes into "mixers" hoping to keep re-capture adolescent
attention.
4.
for the most part
5.
Some of them. Others, I didn't. I don't see this as being at all
unusual.
6.
I only liked a few teachers and felt indifferent towards the others.
7.
I remember favorites and mentors til junior high.
8.
Some I adored; some were abominable.
9.
not really, there was one nun that I liked the rest scared me!
10.
As a general rule, yes. Being the nerdy student type, I was a lot
more attracted to the teacher than a lot of my fellow students.
11.
I revered my teachers. I thought that they were the ones who knew
all about REAL life and one day I would grow up and have all of
that knowledge also.
12.
It depended. Some I liked because they left me alone. Some I disliked
because of recess problems. I had a few teachers that just couldn't
stand to see a kid reading during recess. They would drag me and
any other "loners" off to play tetherball or some other game. We
would stand there like idiots for a few minutes and then drift off,
much to the teacher's disgust.
13.
I think so. Mostly I remember being afraid of them.
14.
loved my teachers; there were only a very few that I didn't like.
Of course they loved me because I was quiet, smart and didn't cause
them any grief!
15.
I really do not remember any particular teacher in elementry school.
16.
yes
17.
Some yes, some no.
18.
One or two.
19.
no, I never connected with any of them.
20.
I didn't like any of them except maybe one
21.
Some
22.
Yep--enough to keep in contact with them for years afterward. I
still write to one middle school and two high school teachers
23.
most of them
24.
Yes, mostly.
25.
only a few; most were hacks, especially in Arkansas
26.
not all
27.
some - some had a really hard time with me and made my life miserable
28.
If they would take the time to understand me, yes. Some teachers
I hated though.
29.
For the most part ... there were one or two truly vile women out
there ...
30.
some of them
31.
Some of them. In almost all cases I tended to like my teachers better
than my peers. Even in Kindergarten my teacher noted that I was
a loner and would just as soon talk to her during recess as play
with the other students.
32.
Only one of them.
33.
yes, most teachers are just nice people trying to do their job
34.
i was homeschooled though elementary school
35.
Well, I am homeschooled, so I have basically only had my mom. She
is a melancholy, so she hasn't expected me to do much unnecessary
stuff that was uncomforable. All in all, she has been a great teacher
to have! [Nancy's note: learn about these
names for the types, click
here]
36.
All but one.
37.
yes
38.
some of them
39.
Yes, I did.
40.
They were okay. Not many really stand out.
41.
some of them
42.
Sometimes Yes, Sometimes No
43.
No
44.
I didn't dislike any of them,but I wasn't overly fond of them either.
45.
not much...i did like one or two
46.
a few
47.
I liked most of them. My favorite high school teachers were in English/humanities
and in Spanish.
48.
I loved them (I'd give them hugs every day ^^), ...well, in grade
4 I got detentions a lot, but I deserved them and my teacher was
really nice to me and we'd just discuss what I'd done wrong "What
happened to you? You were such a good kid at the beginning of the
year" -- "I know, I don't know what happened" -- my first principal
was really good too - he'd visit all the classrooms, know everyone
in the whole school by name and personality, he'd also drum on people's
chairs (he was a drummer) and he'd play a set (of drums) in the
gym every once in a while, and he was always friendly and smiling,
my second principal gave out peppermint patties to us (when we were
especially good), but he didn't know anyone's name and he was very
stern, my next principal was also stern and didn't know anyone,
but he stuck to his office and never saw anyone
,middle
school-most were very good, except my phys.ed and art teachers (my
phys.ed teacher only liked the extremely team active show offs and
he would never believe me when I did so many laps or sit-ups, so
he'd always underscore me, then my art teacher, she also favoured
people, she liked two in the whole class and no one else, she failed
one of my projects because I accidentally dropped it and broke it
in half on the way to her desk ...and she was anything but sympathetic,
my art growth came to a 3 year stop because I couldn't stand her),
my
grade 7 teacher was the best, she'd always get off subject and talk
about real life and things we needed to know, and of course she
made all the curriculum fun too ^^,
high
school - I started hating english although I don't know why, but
I regained my love for art, my choral teacher was the best (I'd
already known her for several years before , through out of school
choir), but it was great having her as a school choral teacher,
no one could be more ambitious and fun...even though she made a
lot of people cry...me too, but she'd never make someone cry without
later saying sorry and giving a hug, my history teacher had ever
single book about JFK there ever was (plus a student JFK mural drawn
directly on the whole side wall, that gets added onto each year),
if you wanted history to be interesting, you went to that class,
the administrators were extremely scary, plus they didn't know anything,
which made things really really bad....
49.
no
50.
no
51.
LOVED them, they were all kind and caring and made sure I was in
classes that were advanced enough.
52.
in later years i did
53.
They were okay...they all seemed to like me. Serveral called me
the perfect classroom student, and wished they had a million more
of me.
54. When I was younger, yes, but now? Not so much.
55. Yes.
56.
Not much in Public school...the only teacher I really liked was my grade 6 teacher,
i think he was an old hippie...he had this far out vibe around him that I loved.
He was such a free spirit, made us sit in groups. that was his only down fall-
but I kept to myself anyway. Now in highschool-I'm a lot more friendly with the
teachers than I am with the kids. There's still teachers I despise but I like em alot more now,
especially Mr. Thomaidis. He's a little redundent(sp?),
but so off the wall that you forgive him.
57. Yes, I loved my teachers, because my teachers demanded quiet and didn't take any back-talk.
58. Yes.
59. Almost always; there were a few who rubbed me the wrong way.
60. Yes, and they in turn loved me for my intellect and my sweet disposition,
and writing skills.
61. : liked being at home with my mother better
62. I was either a teacher's pet or treated with hostility 63. yes i loved being "big". There was a girl who cried the whole first day. I tried to comfort her by saying "Don't cry little girl,
your mommy will be here to pick you up before you know it." 64. 65. Yes. I respected them and appreciated their efforts.
2.
liked my pre-school and I liked elementary school until the 3rd
grade when I had a very snappy and unstable teacher, and then every
year, despite having more good teachers after that, got worse and
worse because the kids got manipulative, insecure, competetive,
cliquish, hateful, etc. and I just couldn't conform, so I was ostrasized
and picked on relentlessly until I started high school at a new
school.
3.
I loved elementary school. My first day of school was smooth. I
distinctly remember another child crying and holding on to his mother's
leg because he didn't want to stay and feeling sorry for him. We
were there to learn! We wouldn't be stuck home all day doing the
same old boring stuff! Didn't they tell him that?
4.
elementary school was difficult... as I progressed in grades and
onto middle and high school, my grades and attitude improved. But
8 straight hours of people was hard. I remember liking storytime
and having to put our heads down on the desk the best because it
was quiet.
5.
If I would pick a phrase to describe school, I'd go with "living
hell". One, I was an introvert. Two, I was displaced from my age
cohort by two grades, thanks to a misguided policy in place at the
time. In grade 1, I was assessed as reading, writing, etc., at the
grade 3 level. So I was moved to grade 3. Thus ensuring that my
social development would be crippled.
6.
I liked elementary school as long as I could be allowed to play
alone. Whenever I was forced to play with others, I tended to become
the leader, ironically. My theory is that I spent so much time alone
that I was able to develop play plans complete with instructions
and I noticed that sociable kids had a sort of freeform way of playing
which they seemed to enjoy but which would, because of the lack
of outlines, devolve into confrontations between them. So when I
was forced to interact with them, I came with fun ideas of things
to do but they were organised and the other kids gravitated towards
organised play. Weird, huh? I have a feeling that loners often appear
to others as self-contained and perhaps organised because we usually
have time to think things through until we come up with complete
plans. People, I've noticed, like to follow those they perceive
as knowing what they're doing.
7.
I do, the teacher showed whatever it was I drew while waiting to
be registered. They clapped...end of memory.
8.
Again, it really depended on the town and the particular teacher.
I was always the smallest, youngest, newest, and probably most introverted
kid in every new class. And usually with the wrong clothes and the
wrong accent.. Yet I can remember at least three elementary teachers
who took time to know me, tutor me in the things I missed (and I
was always missing something or other with the moving), and show
that they believed in my abilities. I do not remember my first day
of school. But I do remember my "first" first-grade teacher, Mrs.
Dickson, who kept me in at recess until I could spell with the rest
of the class :)
9.
not really, I'm not sure if this was the first day or not but one
boy jumped out the window and ran home
10.
In general, yes. I don't remember my first day, but my mother remembers
it clearly. It appears that I took off running down the street because
I didn't want to go, and I had to be chased down.
11.
I liked elementary school because it was an escape from my house
and the books were available and free.
12.
I don't remember my first day but my teacher's name was Mrs. Coleman.
I went to school across the street from my house which was great
because I came home for lunch everyday. What I remember most was
how boring those readers were! I already knew how to read and got
put in the "Bluebirds" group. (I guess the kids that were slow to
learn must have been in the "Vultures" group.) The readers involved
the dynamic duo of Alice and Jerry and their mutt Jip. Later on
we could read better books but not too much better. What I really
liked was ordering those paperback books through the school every
few months. You know, "How to Write Secret Codes", "101 Elephant
Jokes", "Things to Do on a Rainy Day". What I didn't like was gym
and those stupid color-coded self-paced learning "systems" where
you read a few paragraphs, took a little test, and went to the next
level. So boring!
13.
I was excited to go, but I was also afraid and always felt awkward,
like I didn't really fit in.
14.
I remember liking elementary school because I was learning things
and was encouraged by many of my teachers. I don't remember my first
day, but I do remember a few instances in kindergarten. I was, of
course, the teacher's pet and she sent me to the office one day
to pick up some papers she was to distribute. I got turned around
and lost on the way back to the classroom and I was terrified, but
didn't want to stop and ask anyone. I don't remember if I just found
the room or if someone noticed me wandering and helped me out. I
also remember getting to lay my mat out closest to the teacher's
desk at nap time, which was a coveted spot
15.
From what I can remember. I went to Mission Beach Elementry and
it was fun walking to school on the boardwalk in the morning fog.
But as far as school goes, what really sticks out in my mind was
the May Day Dance. This was held outside and everyone wore pastel
full skirts.
16.
I didn't become an introvert until junior high school. Elementary
school was fine, except that teachers said I was bright, but too
quiet.
17.
I did very well in school but I wouldn't say I liked it. 1st day
- the teacher took us down this wall where there were huge cutouts
of Alice, Jerry and JIp hung there. (Characters from the book they
used to teach us to read) She intoduged each of us individually
to them! I remember looking at them thinking "these are cardboard
cutouts, what the @#$! are you talking about"?
18.
I liked elementary school, because I went to a small private school
for much of it. I had a best friend in 6th grade and we still remain
friends all these years later (5 years). Yeah I enjoyed most of
it.
19.
I never liked school I was highly sensitive, introverted but friendly.
20.
My first day of school the teacher noticed I was a bit withdrawn
and asked ...is ther anything I can do to make you more comfortable?
I said send me home. I have always hated school, but love learning.
Sometimes the two have been incompatible as you are not encouraged
to think independently.
21.
no, I hated the kids. They were all stupid and mean.
22.
I don't remember my first day. I liked second grade because the
teacher brought us seashells from Florida. Hated third--the teacher
was a witch. Fourth was great--had a fun teacher that let me build
forts out of butcher paper and fifth was fun because I won the school
spelling bee. Sixth I moved out to Salt Lake and made friends with
a bunch of Trekkies, and in class we did all kinds of fun projects
like build graham cracker houses and have a collection day (where
we brought in a collection of something to show off.)
23.
I think I liked it pretty much (except for third grade...went through
quite a few phases *shudder*) I remember feeling disappointed when
I had to take the day after the first day of school off. For the
most part I liked it a lot.
24.
It was ok, at recess I usually either played by myself or with my
sister and her friend, and in the class room I was pretty quiet
and it was interesting since my class missbehaved alot so it was
interesting to observe.
25.
more so in Memphis (started school there, grades 1 to 4) than Little
Rock; quality of education was considerably less in Arkansas. I
was disappointed that others in school (including teachers) weren't
as excited to learn & be there as me. Integration in 1973-4 got
extremely ugly and is something I will *never* forget (Memphis):
Adults screaming obscenities and throwing rocks at children, the
anger, the news coverage, my racist parents giving their own editorial
comments to the goings-on, my coming to terms with the fact that
all of the 'Southern' values I had been taught were complete bullshit.
26.
the first day was scary, but it got better as I got to know more
friends gradually
27.
no - see above. liked reading and singing
28.
I was always a loner in elementary school. It wasn't until I was
older that I found a way I was comfortable interacting with people
I didn't know that well. I had few friends, but only felt it was
a bad thing when other people pointed it out. I remember that I
often felt overwhelmed in new situations, but at the same time my
favorite thing to do was get myself lost in the hallways of my seemingly
huge school and explore. Getting "lost" allowed me to explore on
my own.
29.
Due to my mother's eccentric childrearing ideas, I was bounced from
school to school dozens of times, and so there are too many first
days to remember. I remember enjoying the fun of trying on new personas
with each school I went to, i.e., okay, at this school I am now
the calculating loner, at this one I'm the mysterious writer, at
this one I'm the flamboyant weirdo ... While I did my best to get
out of such monotonous subjects as math, I generally liked school.
30.
I cried three times that day. One, before I got on the bus. Two,
when I got lost trying to find my classroom. Three, when I missed
the bus home. The first day of school was like a warning sign that
I had better start preparing myself for more uncomfortable events.
I earned my highest grades in creative projects and giving presentations.
We had a system called Thematics in second grade where the students
went to a different class with a different teacher and a new subject.
My history thematics teacher failed me for not participating in
classroom activities. To make matters worse my angered grandmother
visited this teacher. I didn't have a problem making friends. I
was respected for being honest and somewhat insightful.
31.
I can't say that I liked elementary school. I was constantly in
conflict with my peers.
32.
No, I didn't like it. I don't remember my first day, but I remember
getting ready for my first day.
33.
i never really liked elementary school at all, constantly teased,
either for being smart or quiet, it drove me to be a slacker for
a while
34.
homeschooled
35.
Well, I didn't go to school, but I didn't mind schoolwork until
I got up to like Jr. High level. Now for the most part it's been
a bother- except I enjoy literature/language stuff (spelling, reading,
all that stuff), history, and Home economics. I don't really like
math, and science isn't my favourite either.
36.
It had its ups and downs.
37.
I loved elementary school. I loved the attention, but had to "dumb
myself down" to fit in. I can especially recall a penmanship/spelling
exercise in first grade. The teacher made us write our names on
the first day of class, and then again on the last day. Long forgotten,
the papers from the first day were returned. As she handed them
out, waves of laughter erupted around me. "Look how I used to spell
my name!" was a popular comment in the cluster of kids around me.
Well, I was appalled. I spelled my name right the first day, just
like I did that day, but I couldn't stand the feelings of alienation
that were now commonplace. I quickly changed the spelling of my
name, quickly blending in, which felt more comfortable to me.
38.
i didn't really like the social part of elementary school but I
loved the learning part
39.
I liked elementary school. I was shy but I was a very good reader.
I learned to read in preschool.
40.
My mother kept me home on the first day of school. She says I cried
when she finally let me go but I don't remember. I remember I was
praised for writing good plays in 6th grade
41.
pure torture compliment of the peer group
42,
Not really.
43.
On my first day I cried and cried. The teachers didnt know what
to do with me. My mum went mad.
44.
I don't remember having a love of school . It was to overwhelming
45.
Everything first was a nightmare for me..I'm always worried that
I'd do something wrong, what kind of people i'll be with...i don't
speak much...i prefer just to listen to what everyone has to say...most
of my classmates think that I'm a snob, unapprochable etc... and
before i used to care but now...no way...
46.
no
47.
I liked most of it until 5th grade. My 5th and 6th grades didn't
go too tell because the girls in my class started getting into cliques
and acting snotty. I was still shy and studious (teacher's pet type
of person). I had a boyfriend from the first day of kindergarten
through 5th grade, however, and it was the only time in my life
that I was popular.
48.
on my first day of school, my mom drove my sister and I to school,
my sister went off with some of her friends, and my mom took me
down a side hallway to the kindergarten room, a friendly women with
grey, chin-length hair, bangs, big glasses, a long dress, and a
big smile (my kindergarten teacher) greeted us and introduced us
to everyone else (same as when another person came in), when everyone
was checked in and all the moms were checked out, we got shown around
(the sand and water trays, the play boxes, the playhouse, the wood
blocks, the tables, the carpet area, the coat , shoe, and lunch
cubbies, the bathroom, the fire switch), we sat in a circle and
played name games, other fun stuff like that ^^... [Nancy's
note: What an exceptional memory!]
49.
I'd rather not remember. The entire thing was just a flash of boredom,
humiliation, and depression
50.
I know that i used to to hate going to school because of the social
pressures, at one point i think i used to be a bully i think this
was mainly because of my parents splitting up but i think the fact
that i couldn't become friends witht them also contributed.
51.
Elementary school was the best time of my life, next to high school.
I wasn't fond of mathematics but i took french and spanish and did
very well at writing and grammar. I had a small group of friends
that had similiar interests, but to be honest I don't honestly remember
them all that clearly. I mostly remember my french teacher who bumped
me up into the advanced class. One day the beginning french teacher's
car had broken down, and the advanced french teacher let us into
her class for a day. We took the quiz along with the advanced french
kids. It was a dictation quiz, where the teacher said a word in
french and we had to spell it. The next day, the advanced french
teacher told me to come to her class from now on, because I was
the only kid in both the beginning and advanced french classes to
spell all of my words correctly. I was so proud of myself I didn't
know what to do!
52.
I enjoyed elementary school somewhat. I didn't like being different--
caring about different things and seeing things differently than
others
53. Because of my parents alcoholism (a well known fact in my small
hometown), I was ostercized. I knew there was no point in trying
to fit in, and so just drifted off by myself. Gradewise I always
did very well, and enjoyed the structure of school. I just didn't
understand why other kids seemed to hate it so much.
54. Yeah! I loved elementary school, probably more now than I did then.
Everything was so simple and I felt like I belonged.
I had a best friend and I never doubted her. Now it's not so simple.
55.
No. I don't remember my first day but do remeber 'few' days.
Once my dad came to leave me to school and he watched all other kids playing
while I sat quitely in my classroom. He was, to say, shocked at my behaviour.
Other kids used to make fun of me,
I had very few friends (even they kind to me because I seemed to be so 'poor' to them).
And finally once one of my teacher told my dad in PTA
that they need to take me to a psychiatrist as soon as possible,
for I am mentally unstable. 56.
No- all in all elementary school was horrible! the teachers all thought
I was retarded because i was horrendously bad at math and
science and always kept to myself. Yes, I remember my first day...
wearing an awful yellow, purple, blue, white and red flowered dress
looking across the cubbie holes to a whole bunch of kids playing and
climbing on the climber. While I stood near my mom holding her hand
tightly as she spoke to Mrs. Kylie (my kindergarden teacher), feeling
rather sick. When she left Mrs. Kylie lead me to the carpet where the
others were playing and called their attention. Immediately everyone stopped...
I remember feeling horribly nervous and sick...and then it gets hazy...so....
57. Elementery school was relatively fun. There wasn't nearly as much
pressure to fit in as there was in high school.
People were much nicer in elementery school than they were in middle or high school
as well. I think the inflow of hormones during the later years turns people mean.
58. No, I read alot naturaly. Mosty stuff that has to do with poiltics,
and freethinking. 59. I loved elementary school;
it was a time of blissful happiness. I vaguely remember my first
day as being scary (separation from my mom) but exciting also --
I was going to learn! 60. it was a nightmare. I could be wrong but most of the kids at my
catholic elementary school come off as rather sadistic in my memory. 61. Oh God, I dreded it; I can remember kindergarden and a feeling
about how awful it was to be there it passed though 62. I could have liked it and wanted to like it... I do not remember the first day
... I don't remember much. I remember moving around and back and forth a lot.
Parents divorced when I was about 6 and 7 (they tried it again but to no avail.
This was back before divorce was as common as it is now, so there I was another
point someone different. Never really stayed in one place long enough to gain a
sense of self or sense of placement in school. I DO remember a few specific
instances which I will not write here... except one, in the first grade
coming near christmas we had to draw a picture of what we hoped to get from
Santa Claus... of course, everybody wanted dolls and toy trucks and the like...
but I had seen what was called a "shrink machine" in a catalog and wanted that
extremely bad so that;s what I tried to draw but didn't draw it very well
and of course no one could make out what the heck it was supposed to be anyway.
Wow, this really helps because I can think of more... but not right now 63. i don't remember 64. Not really. 65.
2.
After the third grade or so, I was usually at after school programs,
and once I was picked up and brought home it was dinner time. Before
that, I'd have a snack (cereal or toast), watch some TV and do some
homework.
3.
N/A
4.
watched TV, played inside
5.
I don't remember that far back. Probably watch TV.
6.
I was responsible for my little sister so after I picked her up
from school we'd eat supper and watch TV while doing homework until
our Mom came home. We were typical "latch-key" kids of the 1970's.
7.
I played alot at home, in the neighborhood. I was adopted into a
miltary family so there was always someone or thing to do. I don't
recall ever caring if I had someone with me or not.
8.
A couple of hours of play, dinner, homework
9.
don't remember too much but I had trouble with reading so we read
alot!
10.
Usually read - I could make it through two Nancy Drews and the like
a day by the time I was in second grade. Read Gone with the Wind
for the first time in third grade, and it took me all of three days.
[wow! she reads like the wind]
11.
I would be expected to come home and change clothes and go outside
to do gardening chores or if it was winter, stay inside and clean
house, work on craft items to sell, or practice my music.
12.
I changed my clothes, did whatever chores I had, and disappeared
until supper. Sometimes I played with other kids, sometimes I played
by myself, sometimes I grabbed a willing canine and hiked along
the stream by our house. In those days, this is pretty much what
all kids did. Adults had a strong belief that kids needed to be
outside for several hours a day (sort of like the dog) and that
hanging around the house watching TV was, if not an actual sin,
at least a moral failing. Turns out they were right.
13.
I don't really remember. I know some days I went to the neighbors
house until my mom came home from work. I think I mostly played
outside with my brother and cats/dogs.
14.
The very first thing we HAD to do was change clothes or Mom would
have a cow. I remember playing and watching Batman on tv. My sister
and I would play together and many times would play records and
sing along (we didn't listen to the radio in our house). In sixth
grade, my mother went back to work when my father was on strike
for 6 months, and I had to make dinner every night for our family
of five. They ate some pretty gawd awful meals!!
15.
Can't remember.
16.
read, cooked with my mother, painted
17.
N/A
18.
I usually went home from school ( I always walked) and took a little
nap. Then usually my friend would come over, and we'd find something
to do. Usually build rockets.
19.
ate immediately, then played outside alone.
20.
I wanted to watch cartoons and see my best friend
21.
eat
22.
I don't remember. Probably played with my dollhouse in my room.
23.
watched TV and ate a snack
24.
Play with my sister(we loved playing with stuffed animals)
25.
read, play with toys & pets, spend time in woods
26.
play with myself
27.
can't really remember but books would have been involved
28.
I was always tired, but I loved video games and watching TV, and
of course reading.
29.
Played. What else do kids do? I went up to my playroom and broke
out the paperdolls, or dragged my bike out of the garage and went
roaming the neighborhood, playing in people's yards. I have to wonder
why people didn't come out and yell at me for climbing in their
trees!
30.
I had to eat almost immediately. I never took a nap and I liked
to talk about what I had learned.
31.
I would generally play in my room or visit my friend who lived on
the next street over. I also enjoyed riding bikes. As I grew older
I stopped playing with friends as much and started spending more
time reading in my room.
32.
read
33.
played outside with my neighbors or video games, then my homework
34.
N/A
35.
N/A
36.
Played games.
37.
I remember I used to have a stomach ache when I got off the bus
because of the disfunction in my family. My step-mother usually
had a "to do" list of chores for me, but I do recall playing outside.
I liked playing kickball, and I remember being on a bowling league.
38.
grabbed a snack, turned on the Mickey Mouse Club. Most people liked
Annette...my favorites were Karen and Cubby [Nancy's
Note: I loved Karen and Cubby too!]
39.
I read books, or I played with friends.
40.
went to my room, watched tv, read
41.
ate, probably
42.
Watch TV, did homework, played video games, played on computer,
rode bike
43.
watched tv
44.
homework and played with the babysitters kids
45.
There were times when would walk around the back yard by myself.
46.
find my kitty
47.
Reading, walks in the woods by our house (picking berries, etc.),
playing with my brother and sister, writing poems
48.
played with friends every day (minus Christmas and a few others),
go to brownies, work for brownie badges, help make dinner and tidy
around house, dancing lessons, piano and theory lessons, gymnastics
club, before-bed-snack(crackers with strawberry jam and a nice glass
of milk....which I just realized I haven't had since elementary....I'll
be back in a minute *zoof* off to get some crackers with jam and
some milk), bedtime stories
49.
video games
50.
dunno
51.
Gameboy, Nintendo, I read whole series of choose your own adventure
books, I practically inhaled them. I didn't hang out with a lot
of kids in my neighborhood because they never asked me out. My mother
always told me you shouldn't always go out with other people when
they don't invite you out. So I ended up staying in the house, and
was quite content with playing with my dog, playing video games,
piano, music, and television mostly.
52.
I went home with another family until my mom got home, so I played
with them
53.
First of all, I assessed the mood/sobriety level of my parents.
I never knew quite what to expect when I opened the door...sometimes
there would be loud arguing, sometimes one or the other were passed
out, sometimes I received a cheerful greeting. After I knew all
was safe, I went directly to my room and locked the door. I'd do
homework, dream, write, muse, imagine.
54. Have a snack, watch TV, play with my friends or on the computer or read
55. Homeworks, TV, books, food.
56. in the later yrs I went to my room and did stuff by myself
like write or draw or something.
57. Read.
58. Don't remember really.
59. Watched TV, played with my little brother
60. read, watched tv
61. played, out side, inside, neighbor kids or watched tv ( houddy Dudy/
Mouskeeteres
62. depends on when and when it was. Usually to my room and the television -
Dark Shadows or Gilligan's Island
63. homework 64. 65. Listened to music, read, did homework.
2.
Every so often talk on the phone with my only good friend, but otherwise
have a snack, watch some TV and do some
homework.
3. N/A
4.
rode bikes with friends, watched TV,sports
5.
Middle school? After elementary school (grades Kindergarten to 8),
I went to high school (grades 9 to 13).
6.
Same as above.
7.
I was heavily involved in sports and school activites. I spent the
weekends at the local roller rink, by myself where I met and chatted
with others.
8.
instrument practice, homework
9.
played with my cats, probably homework and watched TV
10.
Piano practice, read, took care of the animals
11.
The same as above, only there was even much more work responsibilities.
12.
Pretty much the same thing.
13.
I hung out with my brother and his friends, or went over to my cousins,
or went to my room and read books.
14.
I would change clothes, call my mom and see what she wanted me to
make for dinner. When I was 14, my little brother was born and I
would take care of him so my Grandmother could go home and I would
make dinner also.
15.
Home work, Played outside in the street with kids. Usually physical
games. Was involved with the softball team at the Rec. Center. We
had a terrific team and won all of our games. My position was shortstop.
16.
read, danced
17.
N/A
18.
I went straight to my room, and practiced drumming. I also got on
the internet too.
19.
I lived in another more suburban state by then, just came home watched
tv.
20.
I watched cartoons
21.
eat, cry
22.
Did stage crew or called my best friend on the phone and talked
forever.
23.
had a snack and read some of the paper
24.
play with sister inside and outside, that is also when I watched
the most tv.
25.
read, spend time in woods, homework, gymnastics (forced on me by
my mother)
26.
lunch, tv, homework, bath, TV, sleep, in that order
27.
read
28.
Maybe a friends house, TV, video games or reading.
29.
usually stayed out with a friend or two in the evening, but for
the most part, I tried to get on the computer and write my stories.
If not that, I went for long walks.
30.
Food was my first concern then I usually visited with friends.
31.
By middle school I almost never interacted with friends after school.
I almost always went to my room and read or did homework. Sometimes
I would also practice piano. At certain times the piano was my refuge.
32.
lie down, swim, read
33.
video games or watching tv
34.
watch tv, play computer ,read in my room while listening to music,
going to my favorite treeswing and daydreaming for hours on end
,and no to mention usually nothing that has to do with other peopleentio,
35.
N/A
36.
Watched sports.
37.
This was a terrible time for me. I don't remember a lot, but I think
I did a lot of reading. One thing that just struck me is the times
we got to grade other people's papers because the teacher allowed
us to. I loved using my red pen. I loved "correcting" classmates'
errors. It made me feel, well, superior!
38.
played my favorite 45s or albums and dreamed about boys
39.
I watched TV or read books, or I played with friends.
40.
went to my room, listened to music
41.
i didn't go to school - truant
42.
Homework, listened to music
43.
watched tv and read a lot
44.
watched tv
45.
Pretty much the same. I'd stay in my room.
46.
plead the 5th
47.
reading, TV, walks in the woods, homework
48.
lots of homework, piano, the occasional going to a friend's house,
running/track, dancing, singing, choir, cooking, drinking tea, chatting
on the computer
49.
video games
50.
played on a games console
51.
Lego's. I built an entire metropolis out of legos. I also got more
dogs. I was still addicted to video games mostly though.
52.
found a way to recover, whether reading, sleeping, or playing
53.
In middle school I "discovered" conservative christianity,
and so was often at bible study, choir practice, or with the members
of the church's youth group.
54. Usually the computer or read, TV.
55. Homeworks, TV, books (eating disappeared)
56. my public school was K-8
57. Read or go on the internet.
58.I played video games.
59. Did homework, delivered newspapers, read, watched TV.
60. more of the same
61. talked on the phone- nibbled-homework in that order 62. probably listened to music. I was just getting into KISS -
strange - all those loud guitars and pyrotechnics and so forth -
sure, an outlet for the introvert I suppose - or I suppose it fed another
fantasy/daydream - oh to be somebody like that! 63. went to my beloved grandmother's house. 64. Played the guitar, played basketball (alone), listened to music, read, did homework 65.
2.
Every so often talk on the phone with a friend, but otherwise make
my own dinner, watch some TV or listen to folk and protest music
and/or teach myself to play the guitar, and do some homework.
3.
N/A
4.
rode bikes with friends, babysat, sports, after school job
5.
Sort out my homework, then do some reading
6.
By this time my sister was more self-sufficient so I'd usually go
to my bedroom, watch TV, write and daydream. I spent A LOT of my
time inside my head.
7.
I spent alot of time by myself outside of the sport and school activities
I tried to get people to be friends with.
8.
same! Instrument practice, homework, more homework, maybe a little
TV
9.
more homework,, I did some volunteer work at the hospital and nursing
home, spent time outside
10.
Read
11.
The same as above and I by then was very organized and fast at completing
chores, so I had time to paint and write.
12.
I either worked after school or I fixed dinner and did homework.
I was involved in a lot of things in high school and that took up
a lot of free time.
13.
I hung out with my best friend. Drank beer...
14.
Babysit my little brother, make dinner... the usual.
15.
Home work of course
16.
danced
17.
N/A
18.
I have been sleeping a lot after school. I'm an introverted kid,
and I used to feel bad about wanting to sleep after school cause
I was so tired, but now I feel better. I play the clarinet now,
so I practice that and read.
19.
got a snack and took a nap. I DESPISED high school. [Nancy's
note: NOT AS MUCH AS I DID.]
20,
homework and chores
21.
cry, eat
22.
Practiced my saxophone. Drew pictures. Went overboard on any creative
projects the teachers gave me. Like, we were supposed to to an introduction
to an epic poem in rhyming couplets. Mine was ten pages, and a whole
rhyming couplet version of what happened after the end of "the Phantom
of the Opera." The book, not the musical. In history we made children's
books, and I was the first one the teacher ever gave a perfect score
to because mine was fully illustrated and had doors and windows
that opened to pictures underneath.
23.
have a snack and read the paper and put off doing my homework. (I'm
in high school now.)
24.
we since I'm in high school thats easy, I go home and watch an hour
of Sliders and then I usually read homework or my book for fun and
go on the internet.
25.
go to work, sleep, spend time with friends away from home
26.
listen
27.
read, listened to music
28.
A lot of getting in trouble. Stuff I wasn't suppose to do, and when
I wasn't doing that....again with the TV, video games and reading.
29.
Wrote. Or passed out, if I had been out all day with my ROTC program's
various extracurricular activities.
30.
Eat, of course. In the first two years of high school I would hang
out with friends after school. The last two years I spent my time
with two very good friends or took walks by myself or read or made
something.
31.
I generally did my homework or read a book. I started to make a
few more friends in high school, and sometimes (once a quarter or
so) we would hang out after school. I had a lot of homework in high
school and, after I got a job, homework and work consumed most of
my life.
32.
Read, watch TV
33.
video games (sound familiar), and tv
34.
not in high school yet
35.
N/A
36.
Listened to music.
37.
I worked part-time jobs, made dinner for my grandmother, who I moved
in with in 10th grade. Worked around the house. Did homework. I
remember learning to type using an old textbook and my grandmother's
"daisy wheel" IBM.
38.
played my favorite 45s on my record player with my boyfriend
39.
My parents put me in a school in France in 10th grade. Back in the
US, I studied, read books, watched TV, or just took long walks.
40.
definitely went to my room, watched tv, video games, read
41.
drop out - spent my time at the beach, surfing, sleeping or reading
42.
Stayed at home, listened to music, did homework,
43.
watched tv and read a lot and listened to music a hell of a lot
44.
watched tv, listened to music.
45.
I'd work on my homework...or stay in my room for a long time
46.
sleep
47.
watched TV, read, talked on phone to my best friend for an hour
or more each day, homework
48.
lots of homework, projects, studying, researching on the computer,
singing, choirs, tea, the very occasional chat on the phone or going
to a friend's house
49.
read, search for new music, play guitar, exercise
50.
I would listen to music a lot and talk to my friends on the internet
51.
Homework, my high school was killer. I also surfed the internet
once we got it, and got hooked on email and instant messenger. Even
to this day i much prefer giving people my email or instant messenger
than my cell phone, because conversations on my cell phone never
come out fluidly and I feel so rushed to get the call over with.
52.
got onto the internet to read the news and sports updates
53.
Having found that the people in the church were just as mean spirited
and judgemental as the kids back in elementary school (only a little
better at hiding it behind a fake smile), I rebelled with a passion.
I was the silent one of the rebel crowd, and was often with them.
I discovered a love of the dramatic arts (I could be anyone I chose
to be on stage, and didn't have to search for what to say), and
was often at rehersal for one production or another.
54. Read, play piano, write, paint.....different things
55.
Reading and homework (wanted admission to a good university desperately)
56.
I go to my room and do stuff by myself or come in my parents room and go on the computer.
57. Read or go on the internet, or talk a walk in the woods.
58. I played video games, go on the internet to message boards, online text games, and info.
59. Homework; band practice; worked at my part-time jobs
60. more of the same
61. about the same
62. high school sucked - until I finished the junior and senior years
by independent Study... ha! that was what worked - time alone ot think of the
lessons and really work on them. Then I did well.
63. hung out with my boyfriend 64. Played the guitar, listened to music, read, did homework, researched on the web 65.
2.
Every so often spend time with friends, but usually listen to my
music, try to teach myself how to read/write music, figure out songs
on the guitar, read biographies and political/historical books,
and do some homework,
3.
N/A
4.
babysat and had after school job, went to mall with friends, watched
TV, went to high school football games.
5.
Watch TV, go to a movie, go to the library, read.
6.
I rode my bike to a quiet place in our suburban neighborhood when
there were lots of trees and green grass and I'd lay down near my
favorite tree, daydream, listen to music on my little radio and
come up with stories to write. It was the best time ever.
7.
What it was, I was alone. More and more I was taught that being
a loner was bad and I statred a cycle of "ugly extrovert wannabe"
8.
occasionally hung out with friends (honest!), homework, instrument
practice, church, dates--usually a "going steady" guy. Serial dating
was too scary.
9.
cleaned my room, had other chores that needed to be done, when I
got a car at 16 I would spend time with friends, worked, spent time
with my pets, went out to our lake cabin and did alot of fishing
and enjoyed being outside
10.
Spent a lot of time at the lake in the summer, did a lot of reading,
had a couple friends that I hung out with
11.
On weekends we were in church on Sundays. Saturdays were usually
spent completing any chores and thourghly cleaning and preparing
the house and meals for company on Sunday afternoons.
12.
I didn't run with any crowd and I couldn't have afforded it if I
had been interested. I sometimes worked on the weekends and I sometimes
went to the movies alone or with a friend. I liked to take the bus
downtown and walk around.
13.
I pretty much hated most of it. I went to 3 different high schools
and until sometime in 10th grade I had very thick glasses. I was
considered ugly. I thought I was fat. I went to 3 different high
schools and at the first two (with the glasses) none of the "popular"
people would give me the time of day. As soon as I got contact lenses
people were nicer to me. I had an attitude that since I had a job
and was a tax payer, the teachers worked for me and how dare they
suggest I do HOMEWORK? I flunked out of a few classes but I didn't
really care(when I was young I was a straight A student). The last
school I went to people were much more friendly and I liked it a
lot better. I had a job where I made friends with co-workers and
that helped a lot. I was still a little derelict though and if I'd
cut one more day of school they wouldn't have let me graduate.
14.
I worked at a local restaurant, babysat my little brother, homework
if any (rarely)
15.
Somewhat, I played Field Hockey and found it fun. Most of the sports
I played was after school with the neighborhood kids, basket ball
(I had a hoop in the front yard) and baseball.
16.
painted, danced (went to a performing arts highschool)
17.
N/A
18.
I'm still in high school, and right now, on the weekends, what i'll
usually do is just hang out at home and practice and read. I might
go do something like watch a movie with a friend, but I usually
just hang out and think.
19.
went camping, got together to go out with friends or just watched
movies.
20.
weekends are not memorable. I remember nothing about them, but I
would have liked to play my instrument or take music lessons. Oh
now I remeber...I read a lot
21.
sit in my room all day...yeah, I'm not very exciting...
22.
Hid in my room and avoided my parents and chores. I hated weekends.
23.
Depends of the mood. Go to a movie, amuse myself online, maybe go
to an after party, or sit home and amuse myself quietly.
24.
sometimes hang out with my friend or do stuff at home
25.
work, party, sleep, spend time with friends away from home
26.
homework, daydream, window shopping by myself, imagining things
27.
read, listened to music, went out with some close friends - cycling,
skating, to the local coffee bar or bowling alley
28.
More getting in trouble. But when I wasn't acting out, I spent time
with my good friends and read a lot.
29.
Either went to Barnes & Noble or had some one-on-one time with my
forbidden boyfriend. We discovered a lot of hidden nooks and crannies
around town, and enjoyed many long talks about life, God, abortion,
potato chips, you name it.
30.
There was one girl and one guy that I spent time with. Neither of
them had much in common. I watched movies and had long talks with
my girlfriend. My guyfriend and I were more adventurous. We liked
to visit odd places and hotels.
31.
I always had to do my laundry on the weekends, and on Sundays my
family would go to church. I tried to organize my homework for the
next week and get some of it done. Occasionally a friend and I would
meet for lunch or to practice foreign languages.
32.
went out with friends
33.
Video games with friends.
34.
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