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.
N/A
35.
We go to church as a family all day Sunday, so Saturday is fun,
but mostly spent getting ready for Sunday. On Sunday, we have church
as a family in members' homes, and then have a pot luck dinner,
and spend the afternoon playing group games, playing instruments,
talking, and doign projects. It is a wonderful set up. I love it!
Sunday is the highlight of my week!
36.
Caught up on rest.
37.
Road trips with Nana were a highlight. I don't recall having a lot
of friends. I worked a lot on her yard and in her garden, without
her prompting.
38.
had to accept babysitting jobs if asked. I could go out on a date
one of the weekend evenings. I loved to sew clothes too.
39.
I studied, read books, watched TV, took long walks, or did things
with my siblings. I did not date in high school.
40.
not much. watch tv, hung out with one cousin
41.
read, hiked, explored tidepools, smoked marijuana with other quiet
types
42.
Stayed at home, listened to music, did homework,
43.
nothing - like Adrian Mole, I hung around the house until it was
time to go to bed again
44.
hung out at home in my room, stayed over with at a girlfriend's
house, hang out in a park tht was like being out in the country.
I grew up in the city.
45.
Read. Go to the Library. Watch movies alone.
46.
work & party
47.
get-togethers with 3 close friends, TV, reading, church youth group,
homework. I had boyfriends in 9th and 10th grades but none in grades
11-12, so I was able to concentrate more on my studies then.
48.
nothing terribley INTERESTING...usually
49.
not enough to keep from getting bored
50.
go out with friends some weekends, sometimes would play cricket.
I really enjoyed writing especially poetry.
51.
READ, oh lord did I read. I also watched movies with close friends
at home, and in 9th grade i did roleplaying. We did it over the
internet as well. It was fun for awhile. When I got older I much
preferred watching the history channel (especially modern marvels).
I did IM, wrote short stories, and read some more. I would hang
out with friends, but usually in small groups of 3 or 4 and we'd
watch movies or chat about topics we all had mutual interest in.
52.
just stayed out of the school life. I saw my friends some on the
weekends, but mostly I left that world behind and did what I wanted
to do-- read, work on a craft project, visit family, etc
53.
Partied, hung out with friends.
54. Go to a movie with my friends, have sleepovers, or just sit around home.
55.
TV/talk to dad or brother ( they are very close to me)
56.
Same as I do after school. In the summers I get my cd player and go to the park -
on the swing - by myself and just swing.
57.
Stay home and read or go for a walk.
58.
The same pretty much, and I got ride my bike for 2 hours, its longer than you think.
59. Worked at a church office and/or a pharmacy
60. more of the same. plus I would go to a bookstore
61. Partied harty / many friends/ many friends with friends/ innocent fun
for the most part
62. n/a
63. N/A 64. Did homework, spent one-on-one
time a very close friend, wrote music, read, spent time with family 65.
2.
I liked it - I went to a progressive private school without grades
or awards or rank, and while there were different social circles,
there were no "cliques" and almost no bullying. I had some very
good teachers, and a lot of freedom. I also had my own circle of
friends, but we socialized mostly before school and during the school
day, not as much after school or on weekends.
3.
I hated high school. I wanted so desperately to belong and couldn't
bear to do whatever it took to get there. I lost respect for friends
who gave in to peers to become popular. My internal life and my
life at school were entirely different planets.
4.
high school was better than grade school because there was more
individualness to the curriculum. I remember wanting to be alone
at lunch time , ven though I had friends to sit with, but there
was no excuse to get away from people. Sometimes Id go to the library
to pretend to work on projects in the quiet, or I'd walk in the
halls (I went to a huge school) and pretend I was walking somewhere,
just for a moment alone.
5.
High school was okay.
6.
Hated it. It was noisy and there always seemed to be an element
of danger int the air. The teenage stage of human development is
probably the most dangerous. If teens had access to nukes, we'd
all be doomed! LOL
7.
I hated it. Point: I was voted in class Prez but didn't hang out
with anyone on the weekends. I couldn't believe everyone knew me
but didn't want my number!
8.
It was certainly a time of high anxiety. Yet I felt I had to "already
know" all the answers to life's questions when I didn't even know
the questions
9.
not really
10.
Loved high school. Gave me a greater opportunity to be a nerd. Loved
carting all those books around. Instead of getting my books from
my locker as I needed them, I got all the books I'd need first thing
in the morning and get rid of them as I no longer needed them. If
there was homework assigned for a class, I carried that book all
day, and usually got through all the homework before I actually
had to take it home.
11.
I liked studying and reading but I did not interact with my peers
because by that age, everyone seemd to have made up their mind that
I was much too different and weird so I remained alone.
13.
I can't say that I did like it - it was really just a job to me.
I needed to get great grades because there was no money for college.
So I tracked myself into the academic side and wound up in Honors
and AP classes. I became Editor of the newspaper which was a big
deal since the paper had a tradition of winning a lot of regional
and national journalism awards. I edited the literary magazine,
helped with the yearbook, and did a lot of debate. Basically, if
I thought it would look good for college I did it if it wasn't completely
horrible like the Prom Committee. Teachers liked me. Other students
just ignored me. I had some friends and I dated guys who went to
other schools. Really any social life I had involved kids who were
high academic achievers both in my own school and at other high
schools. We all knew each other from debate, chess club, academic
competitions or whatever. Frankly, probably more than half of these
kids were introverts so there wasn't a lot of pressure to conform
to a "peer group". A lot of the normal stuff of high school just
flew under my radar. I couldn't get involved in the status dressing
thing - no money. I couldn't get involved in the drink or drug until
you puke thing - no money, looked stupid. I couldn't get involved
in the high end sex thing - pregnancy would have absolutely ended
my college ambitions. So I stayed out of trouble and had a fairly
okay time.
14.
Hated it, couldn't wait to be done. It just seemed like it was a
waste of time. I had some really great English and Science classes,
but I wasn't into hanging around school or anyone. I didn't belong
to any of the cliques or groups and had acquaintences in all of
them.
15.
No answer
16.
high school was fine. i had a small group of friends, but preferred
to be alone on th eweekends. i was always "the quiet one"
in the group.
17.
Sane as all schools, they suck. Not a good environment for an NT
especially an introvert. That is an SJ concept for sure.
18.
I like high school so far. It's not as harsh as middle school. People
don't care as much what I do. I just wanted to be left alone in
middle school, but now I can hang out with who I like and be on
my own if I feel like it. It's much better. My school has 1800 people
so theres all kinds of people. I can just blend more with them.
19.
I hated high school with a passion. I should have been home schooled.
I was too sensitive and introverted to be thrown into the lions
den. My elementary school never really prepared me for studies like
geometry and I had parents that were busy and too permissive. So
not having the help I needed to get over my math learning disability(discaculia)
I rebelled with drugs to escape the pain of having to socialize
and study.
20.
I hated the immaturity of the other students. They made other student's
business their business and I thought that was not only immature
but antisocial and destructive. I hated high school because it didn't
address the complete person. I wanted to know the map of the human
psyche. I wanted to learn about human behavior and take it apart
under a microscope.
21.
Please tell me it gets better from here. I'm still in it, if that
clarifies anything. i hate everyone here. No, I mean everyone. There's
maybe a few people I don't altogether hate, but only a few. It's
pretty depressing really, being surrounded by 2000 kids my own age
and I can't make a single friend. Oh well, college will be better.
Hopefully...
22.
I was a band geek and an AP English student. I think I ate in the
cafeteria once for lunch the whole three years of high school, because
I could never find anyone to sit with and it was easier to starve
than go sit in there. Eventually I got to hang out in the band office
during lunch. Did theater and speech team and French Club and the
Literary magazine. Never had any really good friends though until
the last year.
23.
If it weren't for algebra it would be pretty nice.
24.
so so
25.
Hated it; have blown off 2 reunions as a result. Most teachers &
kids didn't care about the quality of education, much less higher
education. Cliques and the social scene was brutal and something
I avoided. I skipped class a lot, and abused alcohol & drugs when
I was there.
26.
I didn't like it cos I was linda lonely and feel different from
others. Soem teachers don't liek me, an always think i'm"stupid"
cos i was quieter need my own space to think and o my own stuff.
27.
hated my first one, but then moved and really like the second because
it encouraged people to be themselves and I had several teachers
I could really relate to.
28.
I HATED it until I found out how easy it was to skip. As a result
of that I later ended up at a boarding school, which I loved because
I made so many good friends. I hated it at the same time though,
because it took all my freedom away.
29.
I loved high school. I was an ROTC geek, which was actually pretty
surprising because I've never been atheletic. I took ROTC because
I thought it was the best way to get out of gym; being that it was
also an actual class, that meant that they couldn't have us out
there running and doing pushups EVERY day. Therefore, there was
a greater chance of avoiding physical activity. Oddly enough, I
wound up loving it, and aside from the occasional horror of having
to drill a platoon (yelling out left-right-left while the whole
class marched), I had a lot of fun.
30.
I did not like it. I hated it. There were 3,000 or so students.
I despised the long walk to my next class. I felt like a ghost and
unimportant. I was more interested in things outside of school and
I was extremely bored sitting in class. My art classes were my favorite.
31.
The pressure in high school is awful. It was an extremely stressful
time of my life. Mainly I endured high school in hopes of going
to college and making my way in the world.
32.
enjoyed it but was an awkward time, got picked on.
33.
it was better than middle or elementary i actually made friends
and lost weight and grew too
34.
N/A
35.
Well, as I said, I am homeschooled. And also, as I said, I am only
15. I don't like the heavier work-load for the most part, but all
in all it is not too bad. I still can't wait to be finished! :)
36.
I spent most of my time inside my own mind.
37.
High school was a little scary for me. I was new to the school and
didn't have the advantage of having had long relationships with
my classmates. I had survived about 10 years of physical and mental
abuse, and about 5 years of sexual abuse. I felt awkward since so
much was going on inside my head.
38.
I didn't like the hype about sports that much but loved going to
the aftergame dances. I couldn't relate to what most of the kids
thought was funny..felt that a lot of the kids were immature. Always
had a steady boyfriend...a kindred soul to hang out with at recess..didn't
have a lot of other friends...we moved every couple of years throughout
my childhood. surprisingly some pretty well respected guys wanted
to go steady with (and even marry) me. Then the girls were jealous
of me.
39.
Well, I liked most of it OK. I took journalism, which I failed at
although I liked writing. I was too shy for jounalism, and I still
am.
40.
hated high school, especially my last two years. Mostly I read.
I read so much they gave me an award at the end of the year. I didn't
go to prom. Talked with some kids in French class but that was about
it. Rarely spoke with other kids outside of school. I wasn't really
boy crazy and thought all of that byfriend/girlfriend business was
stupid.
41.
liked it so much that i dropped out in my freshman year
42.
N/A
43.
Hated it. Girl school - bitchy. Always got picked on for being ugly.
44.
High school was fun. I used to cut class with my best buddy and
shoot pool.
45.
I hated high school. with all this lectures about being sociable
and stuff. making me feel as if there was something wrong with me.
but i did have close friends.
46.
Hated it. Couldn't wait to graduate.
47.
High school was tolerable because of my 3 good friends and because
we had a small high school (100 in graduating class), so it was
easier to make casual friends and get involved in activities. I
hated the social aspects of high school that revolved around athletics,
dances, etc. I had "senioritis" most of my senior year because I
thought the kids were too immature. I should mention that my high
school years were majorly influenced by all the political events
of the late 1960s.
48.
not very much...I hated it...I want the innocence that they cut
, tore out of me, and burned back
49.
It was a better experience than elementary school. People've changed.
I met an amazing girl. But overall, I never cared for any school
whatsoever. The system is fucked.
50.
Now I have finished writing this I thought I would add in that I
am sorry that this is so long. At the beginning I actually quite
liked it. It was a new experience. I don't think my emotions had
fully developed; I saw it as an opportunity to meant new people
and have fun. Coming into my final year I was disillusioned with
life I didn't concentrate on my work properly and started getting
depressed but was still optimistic.
At
the beginning i had a couple of close friends who I would hang around
with but one of them was scarred of school and left and the other
one I still now but now I just have 50 of so people i know vaguely.
I think I actually prefer it that way as I am never expected to
do stuff with people but I still have many people that I can talk
to.
The
thing that hit me hardest about high school was dating or the lack
of it, I was pretty sure that a couple of girls did like me at stage
but I just had no idea what to do all my friends made it look so
easy. This became very apparent on a school ski trip this year,
it tipped my over the edge. I have been told the best way to start
is with eye contact, which I have become reasonable at, not that
it is very hard.
Anyway
there was this one girl that I did like, I was pretty sure she liked
me but I went crazy because I didn't have a clue what to do, well
after getting extremely drunk (by my own choosing) and then the
next day getting hyper on red bull combined with lack of sleep I
came to an extreme low. I thought to myself this is never going
to happen with anyone at all. But after a bit of reconsidering I
decided 'fuck it' and taking inspiration from my friend Dan who
was also hopeless with girls but had got a date.
Well
this backfired on me I phoned the girl I really liked (it was a
different one this time) and asked if she wanted to do something
with me, she said yes. But then she changed her mind. It was too
much for me and just as my exams started I had become worse than
before I didn’t want to talk to anyone all I wanted was to be drunk,
probably not a good idea in hindsight.
Now
I have lost all my self-confidence, but I have never lost my self-respect,
which I think is important and I have learnt to know myself and
only do things that I want to do. I have never thought I want to
be that person, even though they are better than me at something
or everything, I have only wanted to be myself. I know what I like
and have watched many people pretending to be an individual and
not. Knowing that I can see what my own emotions are and express
how I feel.
Something,
which I think males, are particularly bad at especially my dad which
is a mistake I am determined not to make. All in all I think that
high school has had an overall positive effect on me. It has taught
me about failure and part of what real life is about. But it has
also taught me that you can never rely on other people and if you
do they will always let you down. I think I basically learn to love
myself. In the words of Matt Hale "sometimes, the last thing you
want comes in first, sometimes, the first thing you want never comes,
but I know that waiting is all you can do, sometimes" (strange and
beautiful – aqualung) if you read this thank you and sorry for the
unnecessary bits.
51.
My high school was awesome because it was filled with the smartest
kids from all the districts in our area. It was filled with introverts!
No one bantered, no one said anything that did not have some substance
to it, and no one small talked. At least for my grade, as the school
became more popular a different set of kids came in and changed
the atmosphere, but since they were two years younger they didn't
affect our bubble.
52.
I hated nearly all of high school because everyone seemed superficial
and I didn't even want to be in close proximity with them.
53.
I was very ambivelant about it. On one hand, I was sickened by the
social games many of the cliches valued so highly. On the other,
I discovered a lot about who I really was, what I really liked,
and that I was really okay.
54.
I'm in high school now but I guess I dislike it. I find it petty.
People care so much about things that I hate and
I don't feel like I fit in most of the time.
55.
Terrible. With no friends and so much pressure to get into a good engineering college
I was always in tension. I lost weight and became irritable.
Occasionally had fits of anger. I wanted to be with other popular
students without luck and they all thought me to be a weirdo and teacher's pet.
56.
Highschools horrible-will it ever end?
57.
High school was, to put it crudely, crappy.
The people were mean, crude, loud, violent, and completely and utterly shallow.
To me, as I sat there watching them yapping at each other,
like a combination of a rabid puppies and a firehose gone out of control,
it was as if they weren't even real people. There was no substance whatsoever to them.
Underneith their small talk and bravado, they were naught but empty shells.
58.
It was ok. I only there to get my education, after that, I got home.
59.
I didn't like high school; I liked the classes but I never fit in and
I was always the"nerd" so I didn't have (m)any friends and hated the
social aspect of it
60. If elementary was my charlie brown stage, then high school was my snoopy stage
61. I really hated to get up in the morning; could sleep till noon if allowed to;
school was ok but I prefered Mondays and Fridays at home
62. didn't like it at
all
63. It was ok, i thought most of the other kids acted like idiots.
I especially hated the snobby girls that would only give me the time
of day whenthey were having trouble with their homework 64. It was not bad, but not the best. I didn't quite fit into one social group.
I seemed to have casual friends from all the different cliques.
I guess I was pretty much my own person, doing what I liked to do. 65.
2.
I taught myself the folk guitar and learned to read music by joining
the chorus and auditioned group and going along by ear for a while
3.
Piano. I liked playing and practicing. I hated recitals and worst
of all, duets.
4.
Yes, violin for a short period. Saxophone for 5 years, guitar for
a year and oboe for 2 yeras
5.
No. I have a complete and total lack of musical ability. I can't
carry a tune in a bucket.
6.
The clarinet. I stunk. But I could always come up with pretty good
lyrics to songs and still do.
7.
no....I tired the organ but couldn't sit still ong enough. More
bad news.
8.
Bb and Eb clarinet, saxiphone
9.
I took piano lessons.
10.
Played piano for three years during elementary school and junior
high. Loved it, but my parents sold the piano when we moved.
11.
I play piano as well as teach piano.
12.
Oh yes, piano at home, sax and trombone in band. It wasn't that
I really like those instruments but I sort of inherited them from
older family members. Later I did like the sax and I still play
piano (not well).
13.
As a child my parents had me take piano lessons. In grade school
I wanted to play the flute, but that only lasted a couple months.
Then I tried to teach myself guitar. SADLY, I have NO musical talent
in that I can't keep a tune/beat and I'm pretty tone-deaf. So I
can read music and make my fingers hit the right keys (if I practice
a lot) for the piano, but it was never NATURAL for me. I liked playing
the piano but frustrated my teacher and those who had to listen
to me!
14.
I played the clarinet from 6th grade until I graduated high school.
I was always in the school orchestra, which I loved. This was always
a bright spot in the day. In high school, I was always asked to
play in the pit orchestra for the school musicals and I REALLY enjoyed
rehearsals and everything associated with them. They were the thing
I enjoyed the most in high school. By the time the play was performed,
I'd know everyone's lines. It was very fun. I also played the piano
when I was younger. My mother gave me lessons (sheer torture) for
a while and then I took lessons for a couple years from another
woman in our neighborhood. I told my mother I wanted to quit piano
when I started the clarinet, so she let me (wonders of wonders).
Now, I wish I had kept with it.
15.
No answer
16.
yes, persuing a minor in guitar currently.
17.
Baritone Horn
18.
Yes, I play the clarinet and the drums.
19.
Yes I played viola and guitar. I also sang professionally in high
school. (Think Stevie Nicks/Jewel)
20.
First chair violin
21.
hrm, I think finger cymbols count, for belly dancing.
22.
I got a bachelor's in saxophone performance. my favorite is the
baritone saxophone, the biggest one. I also play flute, clarinet,
a little percussion, trombone, tuba, and whatever else. Classical
sax is my favorite, but I play a lot of jazz and joined a blues
band and a funk band.
23.
Yes- piano and singing.
24.
no
25.
No, but the only school activity I participated in was choir.
26.
Yes
27.
piano, but not very we
28.
I'm taking piano lessons.
29.
My parents indulged several musical fits I went on, which included
the piano, the harp, the guitar, and something else which I clearly
didn't stick to for very long because I can't even remember what
it was. I have a good ear for picking out tunes, even though I'm
still musically illiterate after being taught the whole system at
least three times. Go figure!
30.
no
31.
I started playing piano when I was 7. I loved it, but I didn't actually
practice all that much. Still, as I became older it became very
important to me as a way to get away from the world. In sixth grade
I started playing clarinet, which I enjoyed, but I always dreamed
of playing something else. So, in 9th grade I started playing oboe.
32.
No, but I do now
33.
tuba for 3 years, big mistake, who picks a tuba, i should of took
up drums
34.
I've been playing the clarinet for about 1 1/2 years , and i' currently
1st chair in my band
35.
Yes, I play piano, and I am learning violin. I play in the church
orchestra, and at home mostly. I had a about a year and a half of
piano lessons, and now I am just teaching myself basically, and
watching others play to learn new ways of playing. I have not had
real lessons on the violin (though I want them); I have just gotten
tips and basic violin playing knowledge (like where each note is,
caring for my violin, etc.) from other violin players at church
mostly. I love music.
36.
tried piano and keyboards, but wasn't good.
37.
Piano for a short time.
38.
wanted to learn piano when I was eleven but we didn't have room
in our house for a piano so that was the end of that.
39.
I was not musical.
40.
never learned to play an instrument. I sang in choir.
41.
guitar
42.
The recorder
43.
Does the wooden block count as a musical instrument?
44.
no, i'm not musically inclined
45.
Lyre. Drums a little.
46.
N/A
47.
piano and flute - took 4 years piano lessons and was involved in
band (playing flute) from grades 5 through 14 (2nd year college).
48.
piano, all percussion instruments, trombone, harmonica, recorder,
organ, um.. voice box?
49.
currently playing guitar
50.
did play the clarinet but i was shit
51.
I started playing trumpet in middle school, then switched to tuba,
then clarinet.
52.
for a few years I played clarinet
53.
Violin...gave it up in high school.
54. I play the piano and love it! I used to play the clarinet
in middle school and I've been playing a bit of guitar lately.
I love music.
55.
Tried to learn harmonium but gave up for books.
56.
I can play a couple tunes on a guitar and a keyboard
57.
I can't say that I do, although people have told me I have great Piano potential.
58.
No.
59. French horn (principal in high school and university) and piano
60. none
61. no and deeply reget I didn't learn guitar
62. yes - guitar, which probably saved my mind and maybe even my soul.
63. yes, the flute 64. Still play the guitar (and drums occasionally) 65.
2.
I loved tennis, but didn't play consistently. I also liked to play
baseball, volley ball, go ice skating ... but I stopped ice skating
when I became a vegetarian for fear of renting leather skates, and
I stopped playing tennis because I was allergic to the clay dust
from the courts the community group had switched to, and I just
switched focus to music in high school.
3.
No.
4.
kiddie soccer, kiddie basketball, junior varsity field hockey in
high school
5.
No.
6.
I gravitated to solo sports (no, really?) lol I liked long distance
running and biking. I'm not in any shape to do it now but i was
pretty athlectic then. I played basketball for a while but the social
interaction with the team after games drove me mad so I quit.
7.
I tried for every team going and made most of them. I was best at
running and still do to this day.
8.
nope; a clutz I was
9.
I played basketball in highschool ( I was horrible at it) but my
friends played and I wanted to be like them.
10.
Yuck. Actually, I liked swimming and boating, but team sports and
anything that required sweat . . . no thanks.
11.
None.
12.
No organized, team-type sports. My family was fairly outdoorsy so
I hunted and fished (still do).
13.
I took acrobat lessons which I liked (gymnastics but just on ground)
-- but our school was very small and didn't have teams for stuff
like that. The only SPORT I was any good at was soccer. I think
because I was a tom-boy and wasn't afraid to get my shins kicked.
Anything that required hand/eye coordination I was horrible at.
I think because of my glasses, or maybe I was just afraid to GO
for it. (I always bunted in baseball). I HATED IT when they made
up play team sports because I felt I ruined things for my team.
(Except soccer). I went out for the tennis team in high school but
was HORRIBLE and injured my back (unrelated incident) but my back
was in so much pain I couldn't run the laps we were supposed to
do.
14.
We played a lot of baseball growing up and I was on the church league
through junior high, I think. We also rode our bikes everywhere.
My 6th grade teacher told me she thought I would be a gym teacher;
I think because I was diplomatic, knew the rules and could smooth
over problems. In high school, I only participated in gym class
and didn't play any extra curricular sports. I was much too busy
babysitting, etc.
15.
no answer
16.
i swam occasionally, but only to stay in shape.
17.
Played little league 1 year hated it. Shot trap in High School,
that was fun
18.
I was in track and field for a year.
19.
No I HATED all sports.
20.
No
21.
played soccer in elemetary and middle school, but I quit the team
because nobody liked me =(
22.
Nope. I always lost or got left out when teams got picked.
23.
Noooooooo...
24.
Basketball, although I quit ofter this season partly because the
head coash plays favorites greatly and me being not very social
and all am not her favorit nor do I want to be
25.
No, but was forced to participate in gymnastics during ages 11 -
13.
26.
any kind
27.
as little as I possibly could. In my final year at school (in the
UK) I was one of a few people called up on stage to be shown up
for not turning up for phys ed classes. When I had to do something
I wasn't too bad at athletics and netball but I didn't really enjoy
it at all.
28.
I really don't like team sports, but I still like swimming.
29.
Sports! Ha! I despised sports, due to the essential "team work"
element, which is why, as I mentioned earlier, I took ROTC to get
out of it. However, I had a teacher who bragged that no one had
ever beat him in push-ups, and for well over a year I quietly pumped
away every night until I finally managed to challenge him. I didn't
win, and he refused to compete again after that because he saw I
meant it ... but I still plan on going back and whopping him one
of these days. Aside from that, I was usually the one at the edge
of whatever cluster of people there were huddling around whatever
ball was being maneuvered, pretending to give it an effort but really
not giving a hoot.
30.
vollyball
31.
I have always been awkward and have hated physical activity.
32.
No
33.
played baseball in elementary, but never had an urge to join school
sports
34.
I play volleyball usually.
35.
I don't PLAY sports, but I we play volleyball, soccer, and basketball
with our church group. I like soccer, and the other ones are OK.
36.
Yes, I played basketball, and I ran some.
37.
Soccer, softball, basketball in middle school--all at my father's
insistence.
38.
i was horrible at sports...too dreamy to concentrate on playing
ball..seemed like a waste of time...I was usually the last chosen
for teams unless a friend was the one choosing. I felt like I couldn't
be like everyone else.
39.
I didn't play sports.
40.
Never played on a team though I was approached. I would always rather
go straight home after school, thought the bus took way too long
to get me there.
41.
i like to hike & swim. no team activities really, a little compulsory
volleyball, I suppose
42.
Baseball or Road Hockey
43.
no - hated it
44.
no sports, nothing
45.
Badminton
46.
gymnastics
47.
No.
48.
baseball, t-ball
49.
hockey, since my dad pressured me into it... but I've grown to like
it
50.
cricket, snooker not really into sport that much
51.
I sucked at sports when i was younger and didn't play any till i
got to college. I'm learning to play tennis atm.
52.
I ran track.
53.
No.
54.
I played basketball, tae know do, gymnastics and swimming but I
don't do any of that any more.
55.
Yes. Table-tennis (quite good at it) and sometimes cricket.
56.
No, I can't, no leg muscles - my muscle aren't strong enough
57.
Never. Too loud, too dangerous, too unfufilling. I was always afraid of getting hurt.
One notable exception is battleball. That was awesome!
58. No. 59. No; I swam but only for fun. 60. The only time I ever came close to a sport was chess. 61. oh hell no 62. no sports 63. no 64. Not much. Just did running on my own. 65.
2.
No way!
3.
We were required to take freshman dance class.
4.
no
5.
No.
6.
Ballroom dancing? Good gracious, no! For some reason, even though
I was athletic, I have two left feet. Anyhoo, the answer is no to
social skills training.
7.
God love the school board. In high scholl and it was fun.
8.
Yes! LOL! I was actually pretty good
9.
no, my mom taught me to dance
10.
No. Took ballet for a couple of years, because I was so uncoordinated
that I needed it to help with physical coordination, but it didn't
do much for my social life.
11.
No, it was forbidden.
12.
Nope.
13.
OH MY GOD. My mother put my brother and me in this 'Coutilian' (sp?)
where we took ball room dancing. It was AWFUL. I was 'from the country'
had my THICK glasses, hand me down clothes, and horrible hair that
never went right. All the other kids from town seemed to know each
other. I was usually picked last to dance, and if I wasn't I thought
the guy was just trying to be nice to me. THEN ONE NIGHT they lined
the guys up on one side of the room. The girls on the other, and
had us pair off (the first of each line danced together, the second
two were a pair, etc. ) WHEN it was my turn the guy took one look
at me and said I'M NOT DANCING WITH HER! and tried to grab the guy
behind him to shove him at me. He tried to grab the guy behind HIM,
and within seconds about 4 guys were thrashing around on the floor
at my feet in a fist fight to NOT DANCE WITH ME. I wanted to DIE.
The instructor danced with me. I knew I could have kicked all their
butts but felt obligated to behave like a lady.
14.
Nothing like that. I was always very good at figuring out what was
socially acceptable in any situation by quietly observing others.
15.
No answer
16.
I went to finishing school for a while, but I was more disruptive
than anything.
17.
Social skills, please you must be joking
18.
No.
19.
NO
20.
No, but I wish I had taken dancing lessons. I love the dance. At
least watching it anyway. I would love to be able to do those things
21.
no
22.
Nope. Took one swing lesson and one tango lesson and they both said
I was a natural, but I never did it again. Took two years of modern
dance at my middle school--awesome teacher, fun time, but wasn't
for social reasons. Who wanted to take gym? I don't recall ever
doing anything for the sake of being social.
23.
No, my friends taught me how to dance.
24.
no
25.
Mother sent me to 'charm' school, as she felt I was too chubby and
not feminine enough (tomboy growing up & her sister is gay...).
She & my father are unabashed social climbers as well, so this fit
into their 'master plan' for me (ultimately *their* future).
26.
i would like to.
27.
Yes - I was at an all girls school and we learnt to dance with each
other. I was tall so was always the 'man' and never did learn the
woman's part!
28.
Only ones my parents made me go to. I was okay on social skills,
I just didn't always like to use them. ;-)
29.
If my mother had had her way, I would have been doomed. Due to a
family issue that came up, I managed to escape that particular horror,
but my brother apparently was subjected to something like finishing
school at one point.
30.
I was somehow picked to be in a peer mediator group.
31.
My mom made me take a cheerleading class through Parks and Recreation
one Spring. Ostensibly, the idea was to get me involved in physical
activity, but I'm not sure that social skills didn't also have something
to do with it.
32.
Yes
33.
No.
34.
N/A
35.
no
36.
No.
37.
N/A
38.
I took ballet and tap when I was eight to ten years old. Never took
ballroom dancing but loved social dancing in PE more than any other
activity we did...loved dancing with the boys.
39.
I didn't take any kind of lessons.
40.
In my late 20's I took a line dancing class.
41.
nada
42.
No.
43.
no
44.
nothing, always wanted to go to charm school though back then
45.
No way. I'd rather die!
46.
yes; modeling/cotillion/charm lessons (how to hold silverware, how
to walk, how to sit, how to put on makeup, how to dress/accessorize
-- mid 70s deep south).
47.
Yes - in junior high school.
48.
I'd like to try (hmm...looks around for a partner...)
49.
no.
50.
NO i have thought about going to counselling though
51.
No. I've never done anything specifically with developing social
skills in mind. If i did something it was because I enjoyed it.
52.
nope
53.
No way!
54. Does brownies count?
55.
No.
56.
: no...my mom put me in swimming lessons once -
lets just say, now I'm afraid of water.
57.
I took Taijutsu lessons, but not for social skills.
58.
No, I dont' care for that kind of stuff.
59.
No.
60.
i don't dance. My dad keeps egging me to. frustrating really
61.
no; but loved school dances from Ju high up loved dancing
62.
nope
63. no 64. No. 65.
2.
loved seeing grandma (my mother's mother - the only grandparent
I had) - very leftist, creative, energetic, and animated. I have
always been somewhat intrigued by the concept of family from a distance,
and always want to know the family stories and connections, but
too much personal interaction with people I don't know too well,
if at all (I have a huge family on my mother's side) is boring and
draining, except for a few very colorful, progressive cousins I
have spread across the country.
3.
I love visits from relatives because they were rare. I loved being
able to know my territory. I could hide in my room or play outside
if I didn't want to be with them. When we went to visit our relatives,
I always felt stuck.
4.
yes, because they were rare. My family usually visited them.
5.
I never really had much relatives to start with. My grandparents
came over from Germany a couple of times when I was in my teens,
and I enjoyed those visits.
6.
No. I actually used to experience stomach cramps and had to run
to the bathroom when family would visit. It happened every time.
The stress of meeting these"strangers" was too much for me so Mom
would excuse me to my room. I'm a little odd because even if I've
met someone before, it never takes away those first time jitters;
you are always a stranger to me.
7.
I was adopted so being part of a family was an experience I appreciated.
I didn't however like most of them. A nice mix of Alberta farmers.
8.
No, but they were infrequent. We usually visited my Mother's family
once a year, and I adored them all. And they adored me--I was the
youngest grandchild :)
9.
It was ok, I really liked going to my aunts house, she was like
a second mom to me. I enjoyed going to my cousins farm because they
usually had animals. They once had a fawn and a raccoon, I thought
that was pretty cool. It seemed like when we went to people's houses
I didn't know I always wanted to go home!
10.
As a general rule, yes. However, in the case of certain individuals
who don't know their place, that's no longer the case.
12.
I can't say that I did. We always seemed to have some stray family
member sucking up room so I was happier to see them go than to see
them arrive. Then too, we didn't live in a McMansion so I was always
sharing a room or getting relegated to the couch. One thing that
drove me absolutely crazy with relatives was the grab and smootch
thing! I hated to be handled as a child and really hated wiping
"Aunt spit" off my face.
13.
Yes and No. My relatives on my dad's side didn't really like my
mom, and my mom's relatives were all on the east coast so we never
saw them. Anyhow, we didn't spend much time with relatives, so I
always felt they were strangers a little, and felt a little uncomfortable.
I remember visiting my grandparents when I was little and I loved
them and liked it but I was also always afraid of any adult, even
a relative. I was very close with my cousins who lived down the
street, and really loved my Aunt Emily, but since she and my mom
didn't really like each other, I only saw her if I went over to
see my cousin. I always feel so happy now when I see her, but we're
not close in the sense that neither of us would ever pick up the
phone just to say "how are you?" I send christmas cards and go to
family get togethers. I'm very close with my cousin and talk to
her occasionally. We might not talk for a few months but we're very
close and pick up right where we left off when we do talk or see
each other.
14.
Almost all of our relatives lived within the same 50 mile radius,
so we never had visits from relatives that stayed with us or anything
like that. We would get together for holidays, etc., but it was
a day thing and then everyone went home.
15.
No anaswer
16.
I can handle relatives if we're talking a day visit. My mothers
family is from the Philippines, so they dont speak english and theyre
(i hate to admit it) a little bit of a burden.
17.
No; rarely saw my mothers side - they all lived in Canada, never
cared much for most of my father's side.
18.
No, I never liked when anybody would come over without me knowing.
I like seeing my family, but when they came over and were all excited
to see me, I would usually go to my room and then they'd think I
was being rude. My family members tire me out cause their all extroverts.
19.
Yes, I had wonderful relatives that are from a very hospitable and
loving Southern culture.
20.
I don't enjoy visits from relatives I dont see much. I do enjoy
visits from my immediate family.
21.
From gramps, yeah. but I don't really like the rest of the people
I'm related to, except my cousin. But they never come up here, the
weather's too cold. We always have to go down to Louisiana to see
them
22.
I liked visits from my relatives until I got older and my parents
started saying disparaging things about having to deal with family
get-togethers. I loved seeing my grandparents and my aunt and uncle
and visiting them in San Diego, and I always enjoyed going out with
my great-grandma, and went to visit her a couple times by myself
when I was old enough to drive and out on my own.
23.
Yes, except for the fact that I would have to give up my room as
it was the designated guest room. My relatives are great people!
Last time my aunt and some others visited we had a great time trying
on bridesmaid dresses for her wedding.
24.
no, there all old and only talk to my mother, not me.
25.
Yes, but enjoyed visiting them *more* (especially away from my birth
family). I spent summers with away from my birth familly & I'm not
sure who enjoyed that more, me or them! I always felt much closer
to grandparents, aunts, uncles, & cousins than my birth family.
26.
Some , the sincere types. I hate the rest, cos you gotta put up
with their boringness
27.
Didn't have many, but lived near my grandmother who was another
true introvert - we spent lots of time together in absolute silence
with our books.
28.
I liked my dad's parents because they were laid back and fun. My
mom's parents were uptight and judgemental, but always loved to
see me so I felt guilty. I would normally take the first excuse
to leave the room when they were there.
29.
Oh, my WORD, how I despised those! The small talk! The cheek-pinching!
The I-haven't-seen-you-since-you-were-this-big! The obligatory presentation
of my latest artwork to strange-smelling people who claimed to know
me! Man, I hated it. Holidays were a misery. Having to engage in
conversations, feign excitement over gifts that these pyschos would
never have given me if they knew me -- someone actually had the
nerve to give me a carousel. A carousel! -- And above all, I hated
having to sit there for hours, and hours, and hours, while my parents
chatted late into the evening, well beyond my social saturation
point. By the time we left, I was practically sprinting for the
car, ready to burst into tears from the overstimulation and close
to screaming, everyone please, just leave me alone! [Nancy's
Note: Amen! This is how I felt at the end of every holiday imaginable,
year after year after year, except also for the cigarette and fireplace
smoke that had my eyes itching, my throat swelling and my head aching
Thank you, Ana, or graphically reminding us of these horrors!]
30.
I didn't and still don't like to visit with distant relatives. Family
gatherings are on my , would rather not list. They always asked
the same questions, how's school, and they mostly talked to my parents.
31.
Relatives didn't visit us. We visited them. For the most part I
could go outside or otherwise amuse myself. I hated Thanksgiving,
though, because I was expected to eat food that I considered to
be disgusting and spend a lot of time with a lot of relatives I
didn't know very well.
32.
Yes, although I didn't really socialise, I enjoyed listening to
the adults talk.
33.
sometimes, only if ALL my relatives didn't come, lets justsay a
100 people at ur house is a bit intimatating
34.
i like to visit my sisters and that's about it but i even get draind
visitiing her
35.
Not usually. They have a number of kids, and they are not very well-behaved,
so it is very exhausting being around them for too long.
36.
Yes
37.
Absolutely. However, I remember it mainly being step-family, so
I pretty much became periphery. It kept my parents busy and gave
me more freedom.
38.
I had one favorite great aunt who visited us every couple of years
from back in Detroit. She had never married, traveled to almost
every country, was very independent and very interested in everything
about me...i loved her dearly and loved her letters and visits.
Other relatives seemed too distracted by other family members...lots
of competition for attention from them so more or less gave up on
that. Hated having to give up my room to people I didn't especially
like.
39.
I guess I enjoyed visits from relatives. Some of my relatives had
quarreling relationships so you had to endure fights when they came.
40.
Certain relatives I liked as long as they didn't demand any kinds
of physical affection. When I was around 9 or 10 my grandmother
accused me of not being very caring towards her. I would never like
it if I was forced to stay over at a relatives house. I preferred
to stay home. I was always quiet and didn't like to be around certain
relatives alone for fear they would want me to talk. I did enjoy
just sitting and listening to their conversations.
41.
from a small family
42.
Sometimes. But Didn't always look forward to my little "Bart Simpson
like" cousin coming over.
43.
no
44.
I have some aunts tht I absolutely love to hang out with.
45.
Sometimes i enjoy it. If i haven't seen them for a very long time.
But if the visits were frequent, it tends to irritate me...especially
if i have to share my room.
46.
the ones I liked.
47.
Our family didn't have too many relatives, especially ones who lived
close by. I was closest to my grandmother and saw her about once
a week. Our family often visited relatives or friends on vacation,
and I enjoyed those trips.
48.
yes, always good
49.
It's always nice to see my cousin... we can relate very well, but
with everyone else, I really don't care
50.
no they are boring i have nothing in common with them and end up
just making pointless small talk with them. An exception is with
my cousins who are the same age as me who i enjoy talking with and
have some of the same interests.
51.
I find visits with relatives ... somewhat harrowing. I'm not like
my family. They like to be loud, talk, play loud music at gatherings,
and dance. I don't mind dancing even though I'm not the biggest
fan. It's just i find my cousins really brash and lewd (although
they call it being masculine and that I should do it more, go figure)
and love to play their music at insanely high volumes.
52.
We always did the visiting, so I never had the relatives invade
my personal space. I liked visiting relatives more when I was younger
and all of the cousins could play together.
53.
We had very few visits from relatives. During the past several years,
I've tried to communicate with aunts, uncles, cousins....unfortunately,
they have no desire to reciprocate. That fact used to anger me...I
don't like the idea of being judged by the terrible disease that
afflicted my parents. I have, however, forgiven their lack of understanding,
and respect their decisions, though I do not agree with them.
54.
I did, more or less, but I never wanted them to come because
I dreaded having to try and entertain them when I just wanted to sit around
and do my own thing, like read.
I felt like I couldn't be myself.
55.
No. Never.
56.
No- I couldn't go in my room and I feel like they invade my space
57.
I enjoy visits from my maternal grandmother.
She is somewhat introverted and very into computers and photography, like me.
My paternal grandparents are extroverted rednecks and I hate them and everyone
on their side of the family. (My Grandfather insulted my mother in a most vicious manner.
There can be no forgiveness, and they must all suffer for his mistake.)
58.
I don't really care if they visit or not. There family but its nothing speical.
59.
No; I sometimes liked to listen to their conversations but I hated jumping in
60. I'm very fond of
two of my cousins. They are very young. i have been trying to start them on books
like C.S. Lewis
61. oh yes and there
were many dropping in from time to time; I loved the distant family my mother had 2
sisters one her older came by to visit every Monday night that was special they both
were special the other sister I valued to she was very different from my mother and
her older sister; this sister was older as well. She was unique; AN artist, a
anturalist in to nutty nutruition come to think of it her place in the family was an
occassional snicker ; example she had some medicinial value for horsereadish' but
also comfrey ; she was ahead of her time. Comprey is a healing thing. I loved her;
I loved them all
62. not really
63. I enjoyed hearing all the gossip. 64. 65. Depends on which relative it is, really.
2.
I have only one half-sister who is 18 years older, and we don't
have any contact. I always told my parents I didn't want to have
any live-in siblings!
3.
I have sisters and a brother.
4.
yes, one sister
5.
No siblings that I grew up with. I have a half-sister from my father's
first marriage who I met for the first time when I was 21. My dad's
third wife (my mom was his second) has a daughter about my age.
We were both 21 when our parents got together.
6.
One kid sister (who just had her first baby three days ago) and
one half brother (older) whom I have never met, from my Dad's previous
marriage.
7.
I have 2 sisters on my adopted side and I have 2 NATURAL brothers
on my biological side.
8.
None of the above
9.
I have half bothers that I have never met
10.
Unfortunately, yes - one brother. No steps, no halves.
11.
One adopted brother as well.
12.
Yes, halves.
13.
I have a brother. We were both adopted and I found a biological
half-sister once I was an adult, but after getting to know each
other we fell out of touch. I have some step siblings from both
my mom and dad remarrying, but only as adults. I barely know most
of them and don't stay in touch.
14.
Two brothers (one a year older, one 14 years younger) and one sister
(2 years younger)
15.
No answer
16.
nope. only child.
17.
1 younger brother
18.
I'm the middle. One younger brother, One older brother
19.
Only Child
20.
I have 3 brother's and one sister
21.
Older sister
22.
Nope. Only child.
23.
Two- brother and sister.
24.
yes an identical twin sister and an older brother.
25.
one younger brother (4 1/2 years my junior)
26.
1 younger sister
27.
Yes - two sisters, one brother (died when he was 10) and an adopted
brother. I'm the eldest.
28.
One little sister.
29.
One brother, nine years my senior.
30.
I have one sister. We are 7 years apart in age. I'm the oldest.
31.
I'm an only child. When I was little I prayed for a brother.
32.
1 younger brother, two half sisters
33.
all younger, 2 bros, 1 sis
34.
i have i older half sister , 2 older sisters, 2older brothers and
2 younger brothers
35.
I have 5 siblings, and I am the second-born. Four girls, then a
boy, and then another girl. It is wonderful to have lots of siblings.
(Well, most of the time;)
36.
Yes
37.
steps and a half
38.
i have two younger brothers...5 and 9 years younger. I was like
a mother to them because my mother did things with my father and
left me in charge from age 7.
39.
I have 3 brothers and 1 sister.
40.
I have four older half brothers. Luckily, this always guaranteed
that I got my own bedroom.
41.
no no no
42.
No.
43.
Yes one twin sister
44.
nope, only child and like it that way
45.
One brother.
46.
younger brother
47.
One brother, one sister (I am the oldest)
48.
yes, one whole sister, no steps or halves or quarters or eighths
49.
a sister
50.
have 1 brother, 1 step sister, 2 half brothers and another half-something
on the way
51.
None.
52.
none
53.
One older sister (2 yrs older), one step sister, one step brother
(the step siblings were grown and on their own before my sister
and I were born)
54. I have an older brother and sister. 55.
Yes, one younger brother
56.
yes, a 14 yr old sister and a 5 yr old brother.
57.
One brother, and one sister, both extroverts, sadly.
58.
I have a sister my age, and she is a very social person.
She just can't stay in the house.
59.
Yes - 1 younger brother
60.
1 older sister.
61.
Thats sad; My family was disfunctional; I had a friends whose family
appeared kind of weird no one could ever go in that house, shades always drawn,
no one ever invited for dinner there were 7 kids in their family; thet are all
close then today. My house was open; but it held I don't want to say secrets it
just didn't hold love- it wasn't a particuilarily happy place ; why maybe money and
an over burdened father; my papents seemed happy 90 o/o of the time maybe my 4th
placement I had two older brothers who ruled the ruest; and had baseball- football-
ect every season every day on the tv yk guess thats why I did homework when I wasn't
on the phone;
62.
had a step sister for a while and I hated her mother....
it was a terrible terrible time...
not now, please
63. I had two older brothers. 64. Two half-brothers and one half-sister. 65.
2.
I think my half-sister is an extrovert (or certainly closer to one
than I am). She also liked to tell me how to dress, how to wear
my hair, etc., and that there were better causes than animal rights
to focus on, which college to go to ... she also used to tell me
when I was little that she didn't like my father (we share the same
mother), and how she would try to make magic spells as a kid to
make them get divorced. She has a few personal issues to resolve
before she can deal with being my sibling, I think ...
3.
Most of my family are extroverts. I have an older sister who is
an introvert. She dug her heels in when she became an adult and
starting making rules about respecting her boundaries and privacy.
As a result, the family treats her as if she has a medical condition
or is mentally fragile or something. She got her way and they all
respect her boundaries but from my vantage point, it is not really
respectful. It certainly taught me that they would think less of
me if I established boundaries.
4.
sister is an introvert. We didnt get along too well once I started
high school, mostly because of 7 year age difference (she is older)
and she was an underachiever while I was an overachiever.
5.
Half-sister, no idea. We met a few times but there was no real connection,
and it's been years since we've been in contact. Step-sister, definitely
an introvert. We got along great when my dad was alive. But I haven't
heard from her in a very long time now.
6.
My sis is kind of an introvert but she socialises with little or
no anxiety. She has lots of friends as opposed to my having only
two who have put up with me for nearly twenty years.
7.
One sister and I have an understanding. The other I click with.
My brothers and I only met 6 years ago and are so alike but we have
haven't spent enoungh time together yet to judge. I like them though!
8.
N/A
9.
N/A
10.
Extreme extrovert. We've gotten along worse and worse as time has
gone on.
11.
He seems to be more of an extrovert. He and I shared secrets and
dreams for the future.
12.
I don't.
13.
I can't say with my brother. I think he's an introvert. When we
were kids he picked on me a lot, but was also protective of me in
regards to other people. We fought a lot but then would just say"let's
be freinds again" and start playing again.
14.
All are extroverts, but my little brother is probably more in the
middle between both. My older brother and sister taunted and teased
me a lot growing up, which I hated. I would put up with everything
for a long time and then just blow up. I was the referee between
my brother and sister, as they have never liked each other, even
to this day. All in all, my sister was my best friend growing up.
15.
No
16.
No
17.
He's an extrovert, we did OK but we really aren't close. We fought
some as brother tend to do.
18.
Both of them are extroverts. My little brother is the most extroverted,
and my older brother is more extroverted than me, although he does
like being alone sometimes. I get along with them, but on more friendly,
talkative terms? Well, not so much. they are more into it. I'm always
off into my own thing.
19.
N/A
20.
My two extraverted siblings are my mortal enemies. My two introverted
siblings are my best friends
21.
very extroverted, I hate her.
22.
N/A
23.
My whole family- parents and siblings -and ALL introverts. Naturally,
we get along pretty well, except the occasional fight over the computer.
24.
both introverts. I get along greatly with my sister since shes a
lot like me and under stands me. I also get along with my brother
very well.
25.
He's somewhat of an extrovert, but in an unevolved, shallow Gemini
way (perp). We've NEVER gotten along, but my folks played both of
us against each other and as pawns in their own arguments ("your
son", "your daughter", etc.). We haven't spoken in over 4 years.
26.
Extrovert. She's gotten used to introverts, like me, and she deals
very well with both types.
27.
My sisters are both extroverts, my natural brother was an introvert
and I'm not sure about my adopted brother (I never spent much time
at home with him as I'm so much older). Got on very badly with my
next sister down, well with my introverted brother. My youngest
sister (6+ years younger) called me 'the girl who lives in that
room there' because I spent all my time at home in by bedroom.
28.
God, she's such an extrovert. She used to drive me insane. It seemed
like she could talk endlessly about nothing. I'd try to watch TV
quietly and she'd come in and make me explain everything gonig on
with the plot until I yelled at her to stop talking to me.
29.
My brother is a serious extrovert. Due to my being moved around
from school to school, I tended not to have very many friends, and
so his friends became my friends, because they were always around.
They wouldn't associate with me, of course, because I was his bratty
little sister, but I was quite content to sit in a corner and absorb
all sorts of exciting teenage knowledge; the use of various drugs,
how to partake of them, etc. As a child I idolized my brother, a
view that I think he cultivated intentionally, knowing it would
be hard to keep some of his wilder parties a secret with a blabbermouthed
kid around. As I grew up, though, I began to really look at him
and the way he's lived his life, and I began to realize that y'know
what, I don't really want to be like this guy. I wound up living
in a foster home throughout most of my teenage years, so I had a
lot of time away from him; when I moved back in with him many years
after leaving, I realized I now seriously dislike him. I watched
the way he treated his wife and kids, and how he treated me, and
decided it would be best to keep him at a distance. I must say I've
learned a lot vicariously through him, namely what NOT to do with
my life, so I do owe him that.
30.
We are both introverted and we didn't get along for a long time.
I had a temper and anytime she went into my room I might have gone
off shouting and yelling. I was mostly scolding her for invading
my space. We began to get along when I was near the end of highschool.
31.
[only child]
32.
brother was very extroverted, we fought a lot, but were very loyal
to each other. He was more loyal than me.
33.
my sis is an extravert and so is my youngest brother, we used to
have a hard time getting along, but it is alot better nowadays
34.
it's a half-in-half situation on extroversion and introversion but
we got along pretty well
35.
Well, the majority of them are more introverted. My older sister,
and my brother are probably the most extroverted of all of our family.
The sister just younger than me (she is the 3rd born) is probably
the most introverted of the family. I can get along with them all
pretty well. Usually I am the one keeping the peace, although we
don't have too many fights or anything like that.
36.
Two extroverts and one introvert; got along well with all.
37.
I think socially they're all introverts looking back, but my siblings
seemed like an extrovert within the family structure.
38.
One brother 5 years younger is an extrovert...we had more fights.
The younger one is more like me and I wanted to protect him...he
was a sweet little boy who rarely did anything wrong. the other
brother stole a car with a friend, etc. but is now a good guy with
well adjusted children of his own and a very successful career as
an attorney. the younger brother is a successful engineer.
39.
They are all more extroverted than I am, although they have introverted
moments. I used to fight with them, but now we get along fine. However,
we don't communicate much without our mother. We all call mother
instead of calling each other.
40.
I think my brothers are extroverts. We got along fine. I remember
I was very territorial and didn't like anyone in my room.
41
and 42. N/A
43.
yes - all of the above I have mentioned go for her too. (except
that I dont think she was bullied as badly as I was)
44.
N/A
45.
just fine. my brother is like me...but he's inclined to be talkative
at times.
46.
in the closet; never got along with him
47.
We are all introverts, and we all live some distance from each other.
I was the most sociable of the bunch. The other two stayed in their
rooms most of the time. So I didn't feel that we were particularly
close growing up (or now).
48.
maybe even more introverted than me, but I get along with my sister
very well
49.
she's an extrovert, and I can't say I can stand her
50.
my brother is a dick i would say that i have a 'normal' brother-brother
relationship with him he is an extrovert and loves having attentio
if he doesn't he shouts and stuff even though he is 13. My step
sister is 14 she is very shy and i hardly know her as she lives
in denmark. My half brother i don't know they are too young but
the older one seems wuite shy.
51.
N/A
52.
N/A
53.
Sister was an extrovert...we fought like cats and dogs. I was picked
on as an outlet for her due to the stress of growing up in such
stressful circumstances, I'm sure. My step siblings do not communicate
with either of us, but both were extroverts.
54. My sister is very extroverted and though we get along
(she's 6 years my elder), I sometimes find it hard to understand her.
My brother is mostly introverted I think, and I get along well with him most of the time.
55.
He is also an introvert.
We became each-others really good friend always knowing when other needs me and
when he wants to be left alone.
We are still able to share each others secrets and plan our little fun tricks.
55.
We're all pretty much introverts - but I feel I'm the worst - i can't make friends and don't like going outside. We get along pretty well.
57. Extroverts. I don't like them much. I actually find myself
jealous of my brother's stupendous social life from time to time.
But then I remember he doesn't have a single coherent thought in his head and I feel a lot better.
58.
My sister is very introverted. But I have problems with her since we are so apart from each other.
59. Extrovert; we fought just as much as any siblings do but we get along well now
60. N/A
61. N/A
62. I would say the step sister was definitely extrovert....
I got along with her better than her mother, and I think we were both sensitive
enough to sympathize with the plight of the other...
I have not been in contact for many years and do not intend to make contact
63. one was an introvert the other an extrovert 64. My half-sister is an extrovert. Sometimes I can say it's hard for
me to relate to her. My two half-brothers are still growing up;
they both seem pretty extroverted, one of them moreso than the other. 65.
2.
My father is very introverted, but since retirement and moving out
of NYC and to a leftist town he likes, he has done lots of volunteer
work, made some good friends, gone on lots of outings, joined a
men's discussion group, etc. My mother is more of a balance - not
very extroverted, but certainly not a true introvert. I could relate
to my father better in many ways growing up, but more or less got
along with both.
3.
N/A
4.
My father is a big time introvert, even more than me. My mother
is an extrovert but she has some introvert characteristics and stays
home most weekends. My mother always signed me up for tons of activities,
some of which I liked, others I did not. For a short period she
called me anti social. During college I shared with her some readings
on introversion, and since then she has been understanding.
5.
My dad was definitely an introvert. I'd guess his type as ISTP.
We were never really close until I got into my late pre-teens. My
mom is an ENFJ, and we were always close. Still are. My mom is a
(now retired) teacher who majored in Psychology in university, and
so she understands that introversion is perfectly normal.
6.
Mom's an extrovert and Dad's an introvert. When I was little I wanted
to be more like Mom but as I've become more accepting of myself,
I'm glad I take after Dad.
7.
My adopted parents are definetly extroverted. My memories of Mom
are: "Don't be such a loner, you are too sensitive, get over it,
and my favotite....What's wrong with you." Dad didn't say much and
has't to this day. (miltary..need I say more). My biological side:
We are all introverts with a few more extroverted than others. My
parents married 2 years after I was born and just divorced. I've
learned alot from the entire family tree and myself since that day.
I am, like my brothers, totally like my MOM.
8.
One of each. I totally indentified with my mother. My Dad was "fun"
when I was prepubescent, but we had little in common thereafter
9.
N/A
10.
My father is an extrovert. My mother, in my opinion, is an introvert,
although she denies it. It's my opinion that my parents' refusal
to respect my introversion is *the* major cause of the problems
in the family today.
11.
My father figure was an introvert and my mother figure was an extrovert.
I felt comforted by his presence even though he was quiet. I felt
fear and dread when she walked into the room.
12.
I had one Uncle who was an introvert. We had a great relationship
until he married an extrovert. She knew she couldn't change him
but she must have thought there was hope for me. Goodbye fishing
and camping - hello "girl time". Everybody else in my family was
pretty extoverted and usually "busy". You know, do stuff at church,
do stuff with the Elks, active in local politics, etc. I actually
didn't have much trouble with them as a child since I generally
did what I was told to do and I wasn't a whiner. As an adult it
was sometimes a different story. Once I was paying my own way and
living away, I just said "No" to social situations I didn't like.
It ruffled some feathers. Now it's just my peculiar way instead
of a personal affront.
13.
My father is definitely an introvert. I think my mom is an extravert.
She always wanted to be doing things with other people and my dad
was always resisting. I was very close to my dad, in awe of him,
really, growing up. I often felt frustrated by my mom, but don't
know how much her being an extravert had to do with it. I know she
horrified my more than once by saying things I considered personal
to people in front of me. And she was always pushing me to say/do
things that made me uncomfortable. (like join the tennis team, run
for student council, make friends with different people -- who,
by the way did NOT want to be my friend.)
14.
My parents were extroverts and they, of course, never understood
me. They had pet names for me and teased me too. Looking back, I
can see they took advantage of my easy going nature and nurturing
tendencies by giving me the responsibility of raising my younger
brother until I went away to school. I think I was always trying
to please everyone and doing everything I could not to make anyone
mad.
15.
No answer
16.
My parents were extroverts mostly. They were always (and still do)
try to get me to be more social, mostly because my father says that
you cant be an introvert and expect to network in the real world.
17.
Mother E, father I. Father and I did OK, but he was gone for business
some. My mother is an ESTJ; in some ways we were actually closer
but we did have our fights. It doesn't take much imagination to
see how an INTJ and ESTJ could have conflicts.
18.
My parents are extroverts. My Dad's an extrovert, but has a very
weird sense of humor. He tires me out. My Mom is a more soothing
extrovert. She talks a lot.
19.
My Dad is a very highly skilled introvert at dealing with people.
He was a cop growing up and had his own business, he knows intuitively
how to deal with people but would rather not. My Mother is an annoying
extrovert, always pushing or nagging me to do things with her.
20.
I was raised by my mother only. She was an introvert and I enjoyed
the freedom she gave me
21.
Mom extroverted, very. Dad, no social skills. None. He's an engineer.
22.
They must be introverts, because getting together with friends was
rare and always initiated by someone else. Other than holidays,
we didn't hang out with family.
23.
Introverts. We mostly have the same problems and likes. We can vent
over the frustrations of small talk and are all bookworms, except
for my dad, who doesn't have time to read much. We read some of
the same things and talk about it a lot. So, I think being introverts
helps us to relate pretty well on most levels
24.
Mother was an introvert, although she seemed to want to be around
people alot given that shes not that socialble. I get along with
her although its alot of work for me since I don't going places
with her because she need componly when I would rather be home by
myself. My father was an introvert. Although I only had him for
13 years he was wonderful. He knew I was unique before I did. He
told be before how I was unique and that I should never conforme
myself or change myself for others and I should never be ashamed
of it. I also admired him greatly. He rarely spoke but when he did,
it was always meaningful. He is also the one who made me fall in
love with physics.
25.
Father was extrovert (sales) and very much derived his self-worth
& self-concept from others. Mother was somewhat introverted, but
in a more self-absorbed way; he was also quite self-absorbed in
his own hobbies & pursuits (fishing, hunting, Masons -- that plus
a traveling sales job meant little time at home). We kids were low
on the priority list to them. We were more like pawns in their battles;
and I was made to feel as if I was an unwelcomed burden (costing
too much, not worth their effort, chronic diasppointment, never
good enough, etc.). Between the 2 of them, they tried to mold me
into what each thought I should be rather than what I actually was.
26.
introverts
27.
Mother introvert, father extrovert but both respected my need to
be on my own and I never had any problem there.
28.
My dad is an introvert, and my mom is a major extrovert. Major major.
Like my little sister.
29.
My mother was the classic bubbly socialite, attending luncheons
and things where she could show off her encylopedic knowledge of
all things archaic. My dad, well, I don't really remember, because
he was at work most of the time, and then passed away, but if I
had to choose, I'd say he was more extroverted. My foster parents
were exact opposites: my foster mother was as Type A as they come,
opinionated and emotional, while my foster dad was much more like
me, reserved, introspective, and preferring his own company to that
of large gatherings.
30.
My mother is an extrovert. We were driving down a road in a dumpy
part of the city when a man and woman stood talking in the middle
of the road. They did not move, even after they seen us coming.
Finally, when my mom stopped the car about 15 feet away from them
they slowly walked to the side of the road. The woman shouted something
rude to us and then I thought I was going to die. My mom stopped
the car, backed it up, and from within the limits of her seatbelt
she leaned over me and frothed at the mouth and shouted all the
names in the book to that woman. I couldn't reach her with my plead
to stop shouting and just go. I sunk into my seat scared as hell
and mad at her for making such a big deal about it. Finally, she
flicked the finger and the car was moving. She and I don't have
a whole lot in common but our willingness to understand each other
helps. I think she is superficial when she talks on the phone. I
told her that and she said, "I'm just being nice." My step-father
is an introvert. He and I did not start getting along until last
year. We have lived together for 8 years and we rarely ever gave
eachother a hug or had an in depth conversation.
31.
My parents are introverts. In that respect we got along very well,
especially my mother. She and I can spend a lot of time together
and still feel like we're very much alone the entire time.
32.
Mother very extroverted, father very introverted. Didn't really
talk to my father much, nor my mother. Mother was always complaining
about her life and talking. I listened more than I talked.
33.
believe it or not i think they both were more introverted and have
somehow become really extraverted, could just be how i see it though,
i respect them alot, they do too much for us and always do the right
thing and respect that
34.
my parents i think are introverts, but my mom always and still does
tried to force me to be an extrovert by trying to make me make new
friends all the time, to socialize when i was sick of people (she
tells me i don't get sick of people i just get tired but i really
do get sick of people) and also has told me to my face my day dreaming,
odd personality traits, and always wanting to be alone wasn't normal,
but that it was strange she also trys to make me like my social
butterfly sister, but my relationship with my dad is ok
35.
They are both more introverted than extroverted (about their feelings
anyway), but they (especially Dad) have a number of extrovert traits
too. I have gotten along with them well, but sometimes I wish we
were able to communicate more freely, being as Dad hates reading,
and I am uncomfortable cummunicating my thoughts through speaking
for the most part.
36.
Mother is an introvert (INTJ) and dad is an extrovert (ENFJ). I
am a lot like both of them, in different ways (INFJ).
37.
They were introverts. I remember thinking they didn't have many
friends. My birth mother passed away when I was almost 1. My parents
caused me so much pain and suffering, I wanted my parents to die.
I still do.
38.
My parents loved to have company. My father never really liked his
jobs as a maintenance electrician. My mother had jobs she disliked
until she did well in pyramid sales of cosmetics (party plan with
distributors under her) until my dad insisted we move to another
state. We were afraid of my father, never close to him...he criticized
us and ridiculed us and doted out punishment unfairly because of
his unhappiness and frustration in his own life. My mother was kind
hearted and made some effort to protect us but she was afraid for
her own security so was pretty helpless to stop my father's harsh
treatment of us. We were left alone a lot. They remodeled houses
in the time my father had off from his paying job. I am not close
to my father but am close now to my mother. Both are 80 years old.
39.
My parents were both very extroverted. My father was also very introverted.
I did not get along well with him, in a kind of frustrated way.
I get along well with my mother, and I live with her now. I probably
allowed my father to mess up my relationships with other men. Actually,
I didn't tell him that I had any relationships.
40.
I think my mother was an introvert trying to mask as an extrovert.
We got along fine.
41.
mom was extroverted with a bonus narcissistic personality disorder
psychotic bent & grandmother was introvert
42.
Dad - Extrovert; Mom - Introvert
43.
I dont know if they are introverts or extroverts - they never seem
to do anything. No interests or hobbies for them. I dont think they
understood us - they constantly criticised us for reading so many
books (like thats a BAD thing!) - they still do. I think our differences
actually lie in a more "sensing/intuitive" kid of way. I think I
always frustrated them because I was always so reluctant to do the
"done thing" all the time.
I
am close to my parents - but only in a "close knit" kind of way
- not in the way that I can tell them anything. Any detail I give
them about my life I know will get digested and then turned around
and somehow used against me later on. After a couple of hours in
their company I feel suffocated and can't wait to leave!
44.
Mom is an extrovert and always has to be the center of attention
no matter how stupid her antics make her look. She talks loud so
everyone knows she's present. One time I wanted her for something
and couldn't find her in the house so I went outside. I could hear
her talking to a neighbor 5 houses up the steet. Dad was a quiet
introvert with interesting hobbies.
45.
My father didn't force me to have friends and stuff, he's much more
like me...self contained. My mom was big about NOT offending people.
You have to be gracious and your house should be neat and stuff.
And you have to act like this and that...Frankly all these SHOULDS
are driving me crazy.
46.
Alcoholic and child of an alcoholic. No love lost there, either.
47.
My father was an introvert--he was a sole proprietor of an upholstery
shop. We were very close emotionally. My mother was more dominating--she
was an elementary school teacher and had to be extroverted on the
job. I don't think she is an extrovert by nature, but she learned
how to be one in social situations. I don't feel that we are that
close, although we love each other.
48.
I think they're extroverts..I'm not sure. I don't get along with
them well at all most of the time.
49.
They're both more on the extroverted side, but my mom did enjoy
having some time alone every now and then. Didn't keep me from getting
along with my mom well enough, but my dad's an ------.
50.
My dad is a bastard the biggest extrovert i know he hates talking
to people he doesn't know even in shops he won't ask where things
are which is really annoying. My mum is more of an extrovert but
likes being on her own so isn't really but she is much more confident
than my dad. My step mum don't even start.
51.
My mother is an introvert and a mastermind one at that. I do not
know my father. She and I are pretty much the same as far as personality,
so we've never had a problem getting along.
52.
My mom was an introvert, and she understood me. Sometimes too much
and we clashed, but overall we got along wonderfully.
53.
Dad was deeply introverted, and was a trombonist during the Big
Band era. We got along very well, often not having to speak to communicate.
I feel we really understood one another, and accepted each other
as we were. Mom was extroverted, but as her troubles began to deepen,
cut herself off from the world. I always felt as if I could never
live up to some unspoken standard she held, and was uncomfortable
when she tried to talk to me, gave me a gift or told me she was
proud.
54. My mom's an introvert, and my dad's an extrovert.
I love them both and get annoyed with both,
but not because they're extroverts or introverts.
55. Both my parents are introvert. They have been loving to me but
they always had a feeling that they could have been more successful in life
and career if they were extrovert. They therefore used to try and push me
(and my brother) to be like other 'normal kids'. We however failed them.
Sometimes they will take out their anger over finances etc.
over us but that gradually vanished with time. By the time
I was in high school and preparing for university they were very supportive
of me and let me be myself. My dad soon opened up and used to tell about his
childhood life and struggle etc.
This way I actually got a very good friend though late in my life.
56. My moms an extrovert no doubt about that. I'm not sure with my dad, but I'd say extrovert.
They always push me to make friends or something like that and I hate it!
57. Both of my parents are faily introverted, especially my bother.
I never got along well with either of them, and lately, I find myself asking myself
wheather or not I actually love them.
I have a great amount of difficulty forming any kind of relationships with anyone.
58. My mom is a moderate introvert.
My mom has a short temper as for my dad he is a moderate extrovert.
59. I think my parents are introverted.
We got along fairly well when I was young and very well now.
60. N/A
61. N/A
62. Out of reflex I would say they were/are both extroverts but since
studying Introversion more I believe my father was/is far more introverted than
I ever realized. My mother - definite extrovert. My father and I usually had
tense times understanding the other but lately we have made bit by bit progress
63. my fatheris very extroverted, I often ask him is there
anyone who doesn't know him?
My mother passed away when I was 8 years old. I'm not sure what
her classification would be 64. My parents both seem to be extroverts.
I get along with both of them alright.
My dad sometimes wishes I'd get out more,
but I think over the years he's been understanding me more and more.
My mom has acknowledged my introversion more since I was young,
but has offered me too much of a security blanket. 65.
2.
Yes, I had my own room - thank goodness!
3.
N/A
4.
yes
5.
I was an only child, so of course I had a room of my own.
6.
Sis and I shared a room until I was sixteen and she was eight. To
tell you the truth, I was happy to have my own room but my sister
was rarely a pain in the neck even though we shared a room. I used
to read her the short stories I wrote (the children's stories) and
she gave me feedback. I also used to write jokes and I had a tape
recorder which I'd use to perform the jokes. I'd play them back
for her and she'd roll over laughing if they tickled her and give
me what she called the "dead face" if they stunk. She was a good
audience and sometime straightman during the performances.
7.
I always sleep in the basement. Miltary housing never had more than
2 bedrooms. I loved it.
8.
From about the 4th grade on, yes.
9.
yes
10.
Yes.
11.
Yes, I did. I used to pull the covers completely down on all sides
of the bed and crawl under the bed with a penlight and read half
the night away.
12.
Not until 14 and it was on and off then. I always wanted my own
room (Heck, I wanted my own country!). I had the room for a few
years and then college meant dorms - yuck. After college - marriage!
I do have my own room now and I will defend it.
13.
I had my own room. As I think about raising a family, I cannot imagine
children not getting to have their own room. Toddlers, maybe. But
the thought of not having your own room to go to? Unconscionable!
14.
My sister and I always shared a room until I left for college. I
don't remember ever wishing I had my own room. We had a very large
room that had been built in what would be the attic (second floor)
of our house. I loved that room with the sloping ceiling. I, of
course, spent more time there than my sister, so a lot of the time,
I had it to myself. It was seemed so large and spacious that I didn't
feel croweded.
15.
No answer
16.
Yes when i was living at home in junior high. When i moved away
for high school I had to share a room. I got along perfectly with
my room mate though.
17.
Yes - very thankful for that.
18.
I always wanted a room of my own. I got one after my older brother
moved out before 7th grade.
19.
I have always had my own room.
20.
I nevre cared about a room. I was used to sharing it, but I could
tune out all the noise and be alone even iof someone was in the
room with me.
21.
Yes
22.
Always had my own room. Even through college, i managed to have
my own dorm room. Moved to San Diego and had two different male
rommates--never again, man, never again. No more roommates. I hate
sharing my space.
23.
Yes, and I LOVE it. It's in the basement with all the privacy. Needless
to say, the ideal introvert's room.
24.
no, I would love to have a room of my own, alough its not that bad
since my sister respects that I need time to myself and she not
loud or anything.
25.
Yes, thankfully, but I was grounded a lot.
26.
no when younger, yes when older
27.
Yes - with a lock on it that I used!
28.
My room was my kingdom, and I loved having it. I shared a room with
my little sister until I was in 1st grade, but I don't remember
much about it besides her annoying me (a constant theme in my childhood).
29.
I always had at least one room of my own. Every one of them overflowed
with my stuff, be it art, meticulously typed novels, paperdolls,
or costumes.
30.
I had my own room, thank...you mom.
31.
I always had a room of my own, with the exception of about a year
when I was three and my mom and I lived in my grandma's family room.
At that time my "room" consisted of a bed in the corner that was
divided from the rest of the room by an overturned desk. I spent
a lot of my time in daycare or playing outside or in other parts
of the family room while everyone else was somewhere else, so I
didn't mind.
32.
Yes
33.
i have my own room now, but didn't use to, i'm so glad i do
34.
till about i was 9 i had to share a room with my younger brother's
or my older sisters then i got my own room till my older brother
moved back but i finally have my own room again so people can't
come in and bother me all the tie and touch my stuff
35.
No, I have always shared a room with at least one other sister.
At present I share a room with 3 of my sisters. There are times
when I wish I had my own room where I could go and no one would
bother me, but I am mostly able to be content with how things are.
The bathroom has a lock on it, so even though it may seem like a
weird place, that is usually where I run to, when our room is full.
36.
Yes, I had a room of my own. Needed it. :)
37.
It depended on where I was staying at the time. There were periods
of time where I had my own room, like when I went to live with my
grandmother (again) when I was 15. I had my own room, but it was
hers to go through. The wallpaper had been pre-selected. The furniture
was hers. It never felt like my room. When I did share a room, I
was younger and it was with my younger half brother. I remember
he wet the bed and he had a metal sheet with an alarm. He often
joined me in my bed with his wet clothes. It was busy with lots
of commotion with him.
38.
Yes, i usually had my own room. My brothers shared a room with bunks
but I had my own room but was not allowed to customize it to my
own taste...it had to be appealing to the guests who got to use
it.
39.
Yes.
40.
Yes. Thankfully, I did.
41.
moved a lot: fluctuating circumstances. . . still wishing for a
room of my own though
42.
Yes
43.
Shared a room with my sis till university. I was always desperate
for my own space while growing up
44.
I definately had my own room, I had to room with a roommate in the
army and it like to drove me crazy.
45.
When i was a child, no. But now I have an entire house to myself.
And that's just the way i want it to be.
46.
Thankfully, yes.
47.
Yes, thank goodness. My brother, sister and I all had separate bedrooms.
48.
Yes, the smallest room in the house, but was all mine.
49.
I'd lose my sanity if I didn't.
50.
yes and im glad recently ive had to share with my brother but it
doesn't really bother me than much because it is only a couple of
days a fortnight when im at my dads house
51.
Yes, it's a total necessity that I have my own room.
52.
Yes, I had my own room
53.
Yes, but my sister invaded it at whim. She'd figured out a way of
undoing the lock from the outside. After a while I just didn't bother
locking the damned thing any more.
54.
have my own room and thank God I do! I need my space!
55.
No, I used to share with my brother.
I always wished to have a separate and my brother even more.
56.
Yes, I did a lot when I was little,
but, now I'm not sure because I'm so use to hangin' in it with my sister-
we both have different sides.
We sit on our beds and do our own things.
57.
I have a room, and it's downstairs and in the basement. Yipee!
58.
I still don't though I share one with my sister but she is not in there 90% of the time.
59.
Yes; n/a
60. N/A
61. In high school yes, before don't think so. when little,no
62. yes, I had a room of my own - only child - except for the step sister.
63. yes i had my own room 64. I didn't really have a room of my own until I was 15.
I had always wished, as a child, to have a room of my own. Since the "room of my own"
is still prone to interruptions of some sort, I now wish for the "apartment of my own."
Guilty as charged. 65.
2.
knit, animal, music, organized sports, backyard sports, trips, choir,
volunteer work AND learning political history, foll music history,
baking/cooking, tarot cards and astrology
3.
knit, sew, animal, library, music, backyard sports, trips, home
arts, gardening, volunteer work, church
4.
stamp collection, scrapbooking, knitting, animals, library, music,
organized sports, family vacations,trips, choir, comic book, academic
clubs, home arts, volunteer work
5.
animals, library, family vacations, trips, comic books, academic
clubs
6.
scarpbooking, animals, library, comic books
7.
backyard sports, family vacations, trips
8.
trips, choir, academic clubs, speech or debate, marching band, symphony,
church related activities
9.
stamp collection, photography, knitting, sewing, animals, library,
music, organized sports, family vacations, trips, home arts, gardening,
volunteer work
10.
animals, library, music, family vacations, trips, academic clubs,
volunteer work, speech/debate
11.
stamp collecting, photography, knitting, sewing, animals, library,
music, backyard sports, family vacations, trips, choir, home arts,
gardening, volunteer work, flying a single engine plane, painting,
writing, photography. clothing design, interior design
12.
stamp collecting, kniting, sewing, animals, library, music, backyard
sports, family vacations, choir, comic books, academic clubs, gardening,
speech or debate
13.
photography:sewing, animals, library, music, family vacations, trips,
choir, home arts, gardening
14.
scrapbooking, photography, sewing, animals, library, music, organized
sports, backyard sports, family vacations, trips, choir, academic
clubs, home arts, gardening and church related
15.
No answer
16.
photography, library, music, family vacations, trips, academic clubs,
home arts
17.
church/synagogue, stamp collecting, photography, library and organized
sports
18.
stamp collecting, photography, animals, library, music, trips, home
arts
19.
stamp collecting, photography, knitting, sewing, animals, libary,
music, family vacations, trips, home arts
20.
animals, library, comic books, home arts, gardening, volunteer work
21.
library, church/synagogue, family vacations, volunteer work
22.
music, family vacations, trips, comic books, academic clubs, speech
or debate
23.
church/synagogue, stamp collecting, scrapbooking, photography, sewing,
animals, library, music, organized sports, family vacations, trips,
choir, home arts, volunteer work, Thespians and crew for shows
24.
animals, organized sports, backyard sports, academic, volunteer
work
25.
photography, knitting, sewing, animals, library, music, choir, home
arts, gardening
26.
stamp collecting, photography, knitting, animals, library, comic
books, academic clubs, volunteer work, speech and organized debate
27.
stamp collecting, photography, animals, library, family vacations,
choir, speech and debate
28.
photography, knitting, animal, library, family vacations, trips
29.
church/synagogue, scrabooking, sewing, animals, music, family vacations,
choir, comic books, academic clubs
30.
scrapbooking, photography, sewing, animals, library music, organized
sports, backyard sports, family vacations, trips, choir, comc books,
home art, volunteer work, drawing and designing clothes
31.
church, stamp collecting, photography, knitting, sewing, animals,
library, music, family vacations, trips, choir, comic books academic
clubs, home arts and volunteer work
32.
stamp collecting, scrapbooking, photography, knitting, sewing, library,
comic books, volunteer work
33.
animals, library, backyard sports, family vacations, comic books,
academic clubs. Also: video games, i enjoy being able to be in another
world where you can be who you want to be and be able to feel like
you are helping others even virtually
34.
scrapbooking, photography, knitting, sewing, animals, library, music,
organized sports, family vacations, trips, home arts and gardening
35.
church, scrapbooking, sewing, animals, library, music, bckyard sports,
choir, home arts, volunteer work
36.
library, organized sports, backyard sports, family vacations, trips,
writing poetry
37.
church, stamp collecting, photograph, animals, library, music, organized
sports, backyard sports, family vacations, trips, choir, academic
clubs, gardening, volunteer work, farmwork
38.
church, scrapbooking, photography, knitting, sewing, animals, librar,
backyard sports, family vacations, trips, home arts.
39.
stamp collecting, scrapbooking, photography, knitting, sewing. animals,
library, backyard sports, family vacations, rips, choir, academic
clubs, volunteer work, just taking long walks. Kind of outdoor nature
activities. Skiing, skating, bicycling,sailing, swimming, cooking
or baking, free concerts or plays, going to movies by myself, making
jewelry, reading foreign languages, writing poetry, attempts to
keep journalling, playing cards, reading magazines of all sorts,
visiting friends, yoga, exercising, fitness, and many other things
I can't think of right now.
40.
church, knitting, sewing, animals, library, family vacations, trips,
choir, academic clubs, reading
41.
scrapbooking, photograph, sewing, animals, library, backyard sports,
family vacations, trips, comicbook, academic clubs, home arts, gardening,
voluntee work, rockhounding, watching tide pools, astronomy, climbing
a mountain while taking LSD with one close friend
42.
photography, library, speech debate
43.
scrapbooking, animals, library, family vacations, trips
44.
knitting, sewing, animals, library, home arts, gardening
45.
photography, knitting, sewing, library, comic books, home arts,
Playstation/PC Gaming, collecting various things from books to sea
shells
46.
church or synagogue, photography, sewing, animals, library, music,
organized sports, backyard sports, family vacations, trips, academic
clubs, home arts, gardening
47.
church or synagogue, knitting, sewing, animals, library, music,
backyard sports, family vacations, choir, academic clubs, home arts,
volunteer work
48.
church or sunagogue, stamp collecting, scrapbooking, photography,
knitting, sewing, animals, library, music, organized sports, backyard
sports, family vacations, trips, choir, comicbooks, academic clubs,
home arts, gardening, volunteer work, speech and debate, singing,
piano and theory lessons, band (trombone and percussion), dancing,
drama/plays, journaling, art club, chess, cards, tea collecting,
cooking, drawing/painting, poetry, quilting, track, tae kwan do,
may choirs, summer wildlife camps
49.
library, organized sports, family vacations, trips, home arts, guitar
lessons 50. Organized sports, family vacations, trips, reading,
writing poetry
51.
photography; animal care, including pets; going to the library;
musical recitals; organized sports; comic book, science fiction
or other club with common interests academic clubs; speech or debate
52.
church, synagogue, mosque related activities; scrapbooking; photography;
going to the library; animal care, including pets; organized sports;
backyard sports; family vacations; trips; home arts and crafts;
gardening; volunteer work
53.
N/A
54.
synagogue, knit, sew, animal, library, music, organized sports, backyard sports,
family vacations, trips, choir, comic books, home arts
stamp collecting, library, music, backyard sports, comic books,
home arts, gardening, speech or debate, writing letter
I heard that it is an art and I tried to practise it by sending
letters to my relatives, friends and to some organisations etc.
which I thought are engaged in public service.
Most of the times they were amazed but pleased
(just imagine the Zoo Oraganisation of India receiving a letter from an
8 year old suporting their cause of protecting endangered animals).
56.
stamp collecting, photography, knitting, library, home arts
57.
photography, academic clubs, anything having to do with computers, particularly the hardware aspect of computers.
58.
library, academic+clubs, can't think of anything right now.
59.
church or synagogue, stamp collecting, scrapbooking, knitting, animals,
library, music, backyard sports, family vacations, trips, choir,
comic books, academic clubs, home arts, volunteer work,
speech or debate
60. N/A
61. scrapbookkeeping, photography, knitting, animals, library, trips, gardening,
back yard work
62. photography, animals, library, music, family vacations, trips
63. knitting, animals, library, family vacations, home arts 64. photography, library, music, comic books, academic clubs, pets 65.
2.
Yes - I always loved animals. When I was 4, my sister found the
nicest little dog on the street, and when she asked the local pound
if the initial "owners" had reported the dog missing, the pound
said yes, but that they were going to leave it at the pound. So,
since my sister couldn't keep it, she called up our mother and said
that she had a late birthday present for me - a very friendly but
very timid dog! My parents went and got the dog and she was with
us for 17 years! I also had tons of fish, a few hamsters, and when
I was 9 I got my dream of having cats! I picked two kittens from
an animal shelter. One died 4 years later (poisoned from roaming
yards, we think), and right after that I got a new kitten from some
friends who was the cutest, friendliest cat! She and my older cat
became best friends in two weeks. She had congenital hepatitis,
though, and we kept her healthly for about 9 years, when she died
from complications. The surviving cat from 14 years before died
of complications from a stroke a few months later. We were there
with all our animals (except the first cat who died) at the times
they died (we had to have vets kill them), and they are all buried
in the backyard. Shortly before the last cat died, I found a hamster
outside the front door! We ended up keeping her for over two years
and she was the friendliest hamster ever! (for the last year, after
I moved out of my parent's house, they kept her)
3.
N/A
4.
yes, 4 small lizards
5.
I had cats when I was younger. If I could have them now, I would.
(My place is too small where I live now.) My favourite cat was a
Siamese-Himalayan cross named YoYo, who was a real character.
6.
cats, dogs, fish, gerbils, hamsters and one rabbit. All mine. I
loved them more than people sometimes.
7.
Nikki my 11 year old mutt and her 6 year old cat named Riley. My
babies.
8.
N/A
9.
we had a white, deaf cat that was wonderful to play dress up with
when I was little. She lived to be 21 years old. Then this cat came
by one day and she was pregnant and she had 8 kittens. That was
great, I loved it! We could only keep one kitten (he lived to 21)
and gave the rest to my cousins on the farm. I felt really sad because
none of them made it! Eventually we got another cat and as a teenager
a dog. I had various turtles and fish too. At the lake I would catch
snakes and frogs.
10.
Over the years, my family had three Great Danes, two cats (very
long-lived cats, who to ages 17 and 23), guinea pigs, and a Welsh
Pony. There were a couple other dogs and at least three other cats
that I only remember vaguely. Also, we had a couple of kennels and
we boarded dogs occasionally, so we got to play with those. Right
now, I own one very, very spoiled cat.
11.
I at one time raised and bred Siberian Huskies. I loved the nights
sitting outside in the dark and hearing their wolf songs.
12.
Always. I can name every dog I ever owned. The first dog I personally
owned (as opposed to family or huntiing dogs) was Pal. There was
a series of flood control canals by our house and I used to play
in them a lot. One day I found this - creature. The dog had no hair
on his body and was covered with open sores. Naturally, this was
a problem my mother would fix in short order. So I dragged this
starving, pus covered, hideous dog home and proceeded to bath him
in the bathtub. My mother was not amused. She came around, however,
and several expensive vet bills later the dog Pal became my best
pal until the day he died. (His hair did grow back but he was still
kind of hideous.)
13.
We usually had two cats and two dogs. The cats were Siamese. Sam,
is the pet I loved the most. He was a cat we got when I was 2 or
3 and he lived until I was in my 20's. I moved away from the home
I grew up in to live with my dad in another city when I was 15.
I missed that cat more than any of my friends and felt so guilty
that I left him and couldn't explain I was moving and why. My cousin
told me he'd died when I was about 22, and I cried so much even
though I had assumed he was dead by then. I used to sit with him
on my lap in the sun and read to him. And I'd walk out in the orchard
and he'd follow along with me. Our pets weren't allowed in the house,
but sometimes my brother and I would sneak the cat in through the
window at night.
14.
We had a dog when I was little that I disliked intensely. Actually,
it was my mother's dog before she got married and she hated all
of us kids. I remember being 4 or 5 years old and being cornered
on the sofa by this dog who was snarling and definitely wanting
to take a bite out of me. They finally got rid of the dog. We had
a cat, Fluffy, for a long time, but I don't recall her being an
overly affectionate cat.
15.
No answer
16.
Yes. I have a house dog and several horses, a herd of goats and
barn cats.
17.
N/A
18.
Yes, one very smart cat (he can open doors).
19.
I had two horses and two toy poodles growing up.
20.
Fish are the ultimate pets. They are beautiful and you can eat them
21.
I had two bunnies, they were fat and pooped all the time, and wouldn't
let me snuggle with them. Now I have five fish and two dwarf frogs
(about two inches long).
22.
My parents never let me have anything but fish until I got my cockatiel
in fourth grade. WHen I got to college, though--in my dorm room,
I had Madagascan hissing cockroaches, an anole, a garter snake,
4 hamsters, 2 mice, 4 rats, and a tarantula. WHen I got my apartment,
almost everything had died by then and I got 2 cats. I had to give
the cats away but I still have my bird. He's 16 now. And if I could
I'd get cats again. And a dog. And a rat, but they're kind of messy.
23.
Yes- Tippy is a three-year-old lab mix sitting on the rug a few
feet away from me. He has almost too much energy and has been bad
about messing up the trash lately, but we love him to death. But
he loves (unfortunately) to sing along to musical instruments during
practice. Other than that, we've gone through quite a menagerie:
another dog, two mice, two hamsters, a cat, and about five guinea
pigs.
24.
My first dog was named Nikki. She was a month older than me and
she basicall mothered me. She alway look out for me and never let
anyboddy (including my parents) do any thing that might romotley
be violent tword me. That included chaseing my while playing tag.
25.
Yes, many kitties throughout the years! Helped ease my existence
when having to spend time with my birth family (one of the few sources
of unconditional love I had then).
26.
yes, a hamster, who I lke to imitate, and is one of my favourite
imaginary friends.
27.
Yes - a budgerigar called Tony that my aunt gave me and our family
dog. I used to take the dog for long, long walks - he was the ideal
companion, because I didn't have to talk to him but didn't feel
as silly as I would have done, just walking on my own.
28.
Yes, I have always loved cats and seemed to understand them better
than dogs. We had a dog, who I loved, but have always when given
the chance had as many cats as possible. I was a crazy cat lady
at 12. Cats seem chill, which I understand. Dogs seem loud and time
consuming.
29.
I had a pomeranian named Precious, a Golden Retriever named Natalia
(Christmas gift from the folks), a canary named Gumdrop, various
rabbits and cats, but oddly, never a hamster. They tell me that's
an essential part of childhood, having a hamster, but I never did.
Precious drowned, sadly, in our pool, my mother adopted Natalia
when I left home -- I never really knew what happened to her --
and I accidentally killed my poor canary. It was awful! I didn't
know that when a bird eats a seed, there's a hull left behind, and
so I simply thought Gumdrop wasn't eating until one day the poor
thing dropped dead. I remember sitting in an anxious little ball
on the couch while my dad prayed over his lifeless little body,
but he didn't move, and I pronounced myself a bird killer. I had
nightmares about him coming back and getting revenge on me. I tend
to dwell on things, particularly mistakes, and that was one that
haunted me for a good while.
30.
We had a parakeet that I named Skeeter and mostly took care of him.
I had an albino mouse named Brenda who was accidentally crushed
by a plastic bowling pin. I had a two dwarf hamsters, Whitey and
Blacky, who multiplied at a very rapid pace. They were very amusing
together. I didn't like keeping them closed in because they were
always trying to get out. They were kept in seperate glass cases
because Whitey would eat the babies if he wasn't seperated. No one
wanted a baby and I had so many I decided to put them out of theirs
and my misery and drop them off at the park. One of my favorites
was a water frog named Penelope. She was easy to care for and relaxing
to watch. We had a cocker spaniel named Reggie, short for Lord Reginald,
named by my step-dad. He counted on me during long walks to protect
him from the ferocious barks of the other dogs. He didn't take many
orders and I admire that.
31.
I had a cockatiel named Georgia for a few years. For a while I was
enraptured, but I quickly tired of all the work it took to keep
her cage clean.
32.
pets: rabbits, mice, birds. They were more my brother's pets than
mine. I wasn't very interested. Was more interested in insects and
pulling them apart.
33.
a dog, a cat, and a rabbit, i take care of the dog, her name is
Emie, she's wild and a little stupid, but she is a very affectionate
dog
34.
i had plenty of pets like my horse, dog ,cats, and fish the sad
part was that i was more attached to my pets then most people even
in my family
35.
N/A
36.
Yes, they were cats, and I liked them.
37.
I grew up with a lab, but I remember even though I gave it fresh
water in the summer, it was considered "Jimmy's dog." That was my
step-brother who only seemed to want to have a dog. I remember nurturing
him.
38.
loved my collie that I had from age nine to eleven when she was
hit by a car with seven puppies we had to feed with doll bottles.
I had other dogs but never any as lovable as the first. Co owned
a nice siamese cat who was also hit by a car ten years ago. No pets
since then.
39.
We did have dogs, but my mother didn't want to care for them. Now,
I have allergies. I once had a dog and a cat, all on my own.
40.
I preferred cats over dogs and had several of them throughout my
life. I consider dogs too much trouble with the housebreaking and
all.
41.
lots of dogs, cats, hamsters, rats, snakes, lizards and rabbits.
now i have parrots, my african grey parrot is my preferred companion,
though i have many friends (whom i frequently avoid)
42.
N/A
43.
yes, goldfish which always died
44.
I have always had pets, cats are my favorite but I also have a dog
now. I tried fish but they all died so I decided not to get more
of those. I like most animals.
45.
2 cats. Named "Pooh" and "Kuroro"...
46.
a weiner dog, several cats
47.
Yes - we had various cats (from 1 to 4 at any one time) and I was
very attached to them. I wrote poems and stories about them and
how I felt about them. We lived in the country on an acreage, and
there were neighbor dogs who came to visit. I used to confide in
my cat all the time--I often felt as if the cat loved me even if
no one else did. Today I am married with two kids, and we all love
pets. We currently have a cat and a dog.
48.
I had a hamster who liked to eat salt, carrots, and cake.
49.
I've got a dog, there's nothing much to tell, it's a mut.
50.
i have a cat and 2 rabbits i don't do anything with them and my
cat is crap.
51.
TONS. I had 2 dogs, and then had 3 puppies. I had a guinea pig,
2 cats (I had to give them up unfortunately because my mom is allergic)
and gerbils. I've always had pets.
52.
I've always had cats, and I've always felt like they understand
me. I played with the first cat I had like she was a doll, and she
cooperated. As I got older, I quit dressing them up and just sat
together with them--they were calming.
53.
Yes, a siamese cat named Maggie. I loved her more than anything,
and fortunately my room was one of her favorite hangouts. When no
one else understood, when I felt lonely or frightened, Maggie was
always there for me. No one on this earth ever had a more beloved
pet.
54.
I had I dog that I loved but he's dead and was grumpy toward
the end and now we've got a Jack Russell Terrier.
I love her to death and she's as smarter than I'll ever know!
She once faked being hurt (walking around with a limp) just for attention.
We only realized she was faking it when we asked her if she wanted and cookie.
She came running and the limp never appeared again!
55.
No. We lived in a small rented house where I could not have one but
in village farm there were cows/buffalo calves and I used to play with them.
56.
does a brother count?
57.
I had far too many cats to list. I have a dog named Lady. (After lady from Lady and the Tramp).
She's my baby. She is pretty much my only friend after my cats.
58. No.
59. Always had cats since I was 4. Still have 2 now.
60. N/A
61. rescued many; had at height 15 cats loved every dear and unique one;
over my life to date age 50 had about 20 cats 10 dogs over the course.
Love birds but there messy love Chickens as pets, had a horse but couldn't keep him.
Husband died and just too much work and danger in having alone I love all animals
oh and have gold fish that were my husbands I never ever cleaned the fish tank till
after his passing....I still have all but one
62.Yes, I always loved having a dog around and we always got along very well,
but I never had anything against cats, either.
63. yes, I always had a dog. When one would run away or die,
I would always get another 64. No. 65.
DID
YOU
WORK DURING HIGH SCHOOL?
2. For
a bit I did - at the general store owned by two men who became family
friends shortly after opening the store. It was called "Yippee! General
Store" and they were really neat people. Unfortunately, they were
diagnosed with HIV and died during the 1990's. I didn't have another
job for the rest of high school
3. N/A
.
4. Yes,
starting in middle school I babysat most weekends and some afternoons.
This continued in high school. Starting in 11th grade I worked 15
hrs/wk at a petstore.
5. Yes,
toward the end. Worked summer jobs doing landscaping (mostly laying
sod), or as a cashier's runner at a racetrack. The only time I worked
during the school year was my last year of high school, during which
I worked weekends at a submarine sandwich shop.
6. I
worked during the summer at fastfood joints (hated it!) and a free
lunch community center for poor children (loved it!) and various typing
jobs (indifferent to it).
7. Only
for grade 12. I was hired to work the front desk of a 4 diamond hotel
and then went on to help open 4 more with the firm before gettign
the heck out of there!
8. No,
other than as a volunteer with the band department, copying music,
tutoring the wind section, teaching marching every summer prior to
school opening
9. Yes,
started at 14 as a volunteer in the hospital/nursing home. And quickly
moved up to a nurses aid.
10.
Erased answer by mistake (!)
11.
I worked at home, housework, gardening, raising cows, horses, chickens,
cats, dogs. I always hated Thanksgiving. It was the ritual of slaughtering
the calves and hogs that did it. They were my best friends.
12.
Always. One summer was landscaping, the next was washing glassware
in a lab, the next was low level math grunt work in a solar research
lab. During school it was anything - retail, an answering service,
sorting hangers for a department store, whatever worked with my schedule.
This in addition to the usual babysitting/yardwork stuff.
13.
Yes. As soon as I was old enough to legally work I got a job. My highschool
jobs were all in restaraunts -- mostly bussing tables. Because I was
working with people I got to know them and made friends at work when
I couldn't make friends at school. I'd moved to live with my dad and
it was a new city/place and I didn't have friends 'till I started
working.
14.
I worked 16-20 hours a week at a local restaurant. I started out as
a carhop and ended up cooking, doing prep work, everything (multi-talented,
I am!)
15.
No answer
16.
Yes. I worked in a music/record shop and a dry cleaner.
17.
N/A
18.
I don't work. At least not quite yet.
19.
Yes, I babysat and worked sporadic fast food, which I hated.
20.
I wish. I knew nothing about work as a teen. Didn't even know I could
work.
21.
no, but I do volunteer work.
22.
Not until my senior year. Worked at a sandwich shop for a few months
then worked at the Store of Knowledge, a store kinda like the Discovery
Store but they've since gone bankrupt. I really liked that store.
Especially when I did stock and got to hide in the back.
23.
No -- but I'm working on it.
24.
no
25.
N/A
26.
no
27.
N/A
28.
Nope.
29.
I did. Not willingly, but I did work. My foster mother set me up during
the summer after my sophomore year at a little restaurant across from
where she worked. I worked three hours a day, setting tables and cashiering,
and I hated having to chat with the customers. Even worse were the
attentions of various well-meaning coffee-guzzling old men, who liked
the pants I wore; being petite, it's hard to find pants that are short
enough for me, so I tend to just buy the next smallest size, which
sadly fit me a bit tight. I was rebuked a few times for being frosty
with them, which was mortifying. After that, I worked as a cashier
again at a grocery store -- also set up by my industrious foster mother
-- for a year before getting fed up with the rude customers. Not only
was I being forced to be pleasant to complete strangers after standing
on my feet all day, but I had to be pleasant even when they were rude.
I humored my foster mother for a year or so, but then moved on to
a fast food joint, and then joined on with a cleaning crew at a factory
where my foster father worked. That I didn't mind so much. Being the
only white girl on an entirely Spanish-speaking crew, little conversation
was required of me, and what was generally was kept to one-on-one
chatting about the weather, my foster dad (the Boss Man), and their
stories of sneaking over the border. I've always liked Mexico and
the Spanish language, so I was able to indulge my interest in that
when I liked, and withdraw and not be spoken to when I wanted to scrub
the machines and be in my own little world. After that was a dry cleaners
and another restaurant, neither of which went very well, once again
to the socialization factor, but I did just fine, and here I am at
my nice little office job, where only four other people work, surfing
the internet when it's not busy. Works for me.
30.
I worked at Ponderosa Steak House. The kids had taken over and we
had water fights in the dish room, dough fights behind the buffet,
and sometimes a person would end up in the ice despenser. We were
like monkeys on a playground. The manager didn't do a whole lot to
settle us down or take control. He knew the place was going to get
torn down in almost a year, but we didn't. I had a lot of friends
there and my buffet wasn't too bad. I quit right before it closed.
31.
worked at a banquet center as a server for a year and a half. I found
it very tiring at times. We had a lot of downtime during meetings,
but I'm sure I didn't come across as the friendliest server, simply
because I was so task oriented that I frequently forgot to be particularly
polite.
32.
Yes, first at Pizza Hut to go along with my friend, then at Tony Romas.
Got all my friends jobs there and had a fantastic time working there
33.
for my dad, he is a contactor and has me work with him durin the summer
and when he needs me
34.
not in high school yet
35.
N/A
36.
No
37.
I started working when I was 15, first under the table as a dishwasher,
and then at McDonald's, then Wendy's, and then my favorite job during
that time, I scooped ice cream at a dairy. We sold milk, pies, groceries,
sold lottery tickets. My most memorable moment occurred during that
time. A customer asked me if Mary was my mother. My mother had been
dead since I was one, and she was her cousin. She could see it in
my eyes.
38.
babysat whenever anyone asked me to (my mother's friends). We picked
strawberries and beans in the summer to earn money for designer clothes
if we didn't want to settle for what our parents were able to buy
us for school clothes. When I was a senior in high school I got my
first real job working for a bakery in a shopping center... packaging
what customers chose, cleaning the glass cases, putting out the baked
goods, ringing up sales.
39.
I didn't work during high school.
40.
I worked for about two weeks at McDonalds then quit. I hated having
the obligation of having leave the house on a school night. I babysat
for a while for a woman next door who worked nights. The best times
were when her kids were already asleep when I arrived.
41.
oh, hell no.
42.
N/A
43.
no I was never allowed. My mum thought kids working was unethical
44.
could have graduated after 1/2 a yr in my senior year but wasn't ready
to get out in the working world, full time.I worked one summer but
I barely remember that summer.
45.
I stopped twice. I worked as a lottery-machine operator. I loved the
machine operating part...but the people interaction part that drive
me crazy...you have to be "nice" and "smile a lot" ...i also worked
at a road side eatery...same problems....
46.
yes & often
47.
I didn't have a paid job until Christmas break of my senior year,
when I worked retail in a discount store in the city. There weren't
that many jobs in the small town where I lived, so I had to go to
the city (20 minutes away) to look for work. I hated working retail--dealing
with customers and operating the cash register was pretty overwhelming
to me.
48.
I still am in high school, but having a hard time landing a job.
50.
yeah had a paper round because it was good money for the hours and
it was flexible
51.
I worked at a grocery store and then as a waiter. I found my job very
taxing after a year and then switched. I do not mind people, I really
don't, it's just certain human proclivities perplex me to no end.
Being a waiter, for instance, and having to deal with people being
needlessly rude. People liked having me as a waiter because I was
consistent and focussed on giving good service instead of being their
best friend. I thought "if I'm in a restaurant I'd value the
fact that my food was hot, my coffee steaming, my silverware clean,
and my table washed, than some big smiling peppy waiter with gaudy
flair on his jacket writing his name down on the table and giving
me the most gigantic fake smile ever."
52.
No, but I volunteered during the summers at a summer school for elementary
kids.
53.
Yes. I was a nurses aide at a local retirement home. I loved the work,
though it often left me pretty sleepy in the mornings (i worked 3-11).
54. No not yet.
55. No,
but I worked during my university duration as a teaching assistant for my professor.
I had to conduct laboratory classes, maintain his academic webpages and
help in taking examinations.
56. Yes-
I work at a snack bar in a bingo [place]
I hate it - too many people. too many things to do for them.
57. No. I have a hard time getting and holding jobs.
58.
I would not want to since I want some days off.
I will wait till I'm out of school to start working.
59. I worked in a church office, at a pharmacy, at a steel mill driving
a big crane and as a secretary for a medical company.
Most of these I did either at the same time or at least 2 at a time.
60. N/A
61. all I can
remember is waitressing; a girl friend and I decided we wanted to fly to Puerto Rico
for Spring Break our senior year; we parted each intent on getting a job
she employeed at a KFC ( better her then me) I got a Sunday morning resturant doing buffets.
And I'm sure we both ate to much on the job.
62. N/A 63. yes, my first job was at a fast-food restaurant, my senior year in high school,
I participated in a co-op education class where i sent to school for half
a day and worked the other half 64. Only during the summer. Worked as technician at the high school IT dept. 65.
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