# How Much Have You Changed Since High School **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 7, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-have-you-changed-since-high-school/85896 "2001-10-07T05:10:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-have-you-changed-since-high-school/85896/21 "2001-10-07T20:34:01Z")
It’s been 8 years for me as well. I still _look_ 17, but fortunately, just about everything else has changed. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-have-you-changed-since-high-school/85896/22 "2001-10-07T20:45:02Z")
I graduated 21 years ago and am told I am only recognizable by my distinctive voice. I wore glasses and was a very late bloomer. I didn’t learn to dress to my best advantage and tame my unruly hair until I was in my 20’s. At 5’8", I tried to seem smaller—the boys in school were always shorter than me, it seemed. My parents were very loving and very strict. I was involved in lots of extracurricular activities but they drove me there and waited until I was done to take me home. I look much better than I did in school. If a man is shorter than me, it’s okay and I’ll still wear my 3 inch heels. I drive myself everywhere and like it! ---
**Author:** ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-have-you-changed-since-high-school/85896/23 "2001-10-07T20:58:22Z")
How much have I changed since high school? Well, I graduated in 1977. 25 times 365 minus a few camping trips…wait a minute…are we counting underwear and socks separately? ---
**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-have-you-changed-since-high-school/85896/24 "2001-10-07T21:43:37Z")
not much. It’s been 11 years. I know that sounds like a lot to some of you. I hear somebody’s age mentioned on the news and I think ‘gosh they’re old’ then I think, ‘they’re a year older than me’. I’m getting that narrowing of the hair in the front on the top of my head. My hair has thinned a good bit. I still wear cool clothes. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-have-you-changed-since-high-school/85896/25 "2001-10-08T01:27:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shera \* > \*\*I am a completely different person and it’s only been two and a half years! I am a lot less naive then I used to be and I look different too. What about you? \*\* 1. I am no longer suicidal. At least, not nearly as much. 2. I no longer want to blow up significant parts of the world (including my former school). 3. My hair. 4. I used to be a rather conservative person in terms of religion. I ain’t anymore. 5. Lot less naive, thanks to this board. 6. I’m not a completely pathetic loser anymore. [sub]Only a mostly pathetic loser.[/sub] 7. As I told a friend of mine from high school, I got the stick out of my ass. 8. I have accepted the possibility that not every person I haven’t met is evil. Er, it is possible that there are random people out there I haven’t heard of . . . who aren’t out to get me. You would not have been able to drive this fact into me with a sledgehammer and the jaws of life back in high school. In general, I’m healthier. ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-have-you-changed-since-high-school/85896/26 "2001-10-08T01:32:06Z")
It’s been nearly five months. I have darker hair. I’m not afraid to dress in a very weird fashion. I have gained no weight, nor have I grown, nor did I expect either. I’ve become EXTREMELY independent. I was always somewhat of a loner in high school, but I’m more of one now. It’s not so bad. I kind of like myself. ---
**Author:** ![Tiggamoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@Tiggamoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggamoo)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-have-you-changed-since-high-school/85896/27 "2001-10-08T22:09:27Z")
It’s been over 3 years since I graduated high school. I’m glad I’m out of high school and away from my hometown. It was such a dead end. As for how much I’ve changed since back then…I basically look the same or better, I’ve learned a lot about life,I’ve made a lot of great friends, and I’ve lost a few old ones. The biggest and greatest change in my life since high school has to be falling in love with the very best friend I’ve ever had… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-have-you-changed-since-high-school/85896/28 "2001-10-08T22:20:34Z")
How much have I changed since high school? About this much… {\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_} Seriously though Im a lot more self confident and have lost quite a bit of weight. I am also way more versed in drugs. I believe these three changes MAY be related 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-have-you-changed-since-high-school/85896/29 "2001-10-08T22:22:25Z")
I have matured. In high school I was universally regarded to be an insufferable know it all. These days I am only generally acknowledged to be one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-have-you-changed-since-high-school/85896.md?page=1)