Pretty sure you’re right that we went to the same school.
I see it as, yes, it was way better than many other places, and lacked the worst dysfunctions. It had really smart kids. It was basically what you’d want it to be, aside from teachers being chosen by seniority, which resulted in some bad/crazy ones that did their best to run my life for months on end or (via grades) permanently.
And yeah, Mr. Geller and the math team were world-class and awesome. Can’t complain about the math side. Computer science they wouldn’t let me take due to not good enough average, so I can’t comment there.
To me, it’s not “I went to a terrible high school” because I didn’t. It’s “I went to an exceptionally good high school and it was still the thing that it was.”
Pretty sure you’re right that we went to the same school.
I see it as, yes, it was way better than many other places, and lacked the worst dysfunctions. It had really smart kids. It was basically what you’d want it to be, aside from teachers being chosen by seniority, which resulted in some bad/crazy ones that did their best to run my life for months on end or (via grades) permanently.
And yeah, Mr. Geller and the math team were world-class and awesome. Can’t complain about the math side. Computer science they wouldn’t let me take due to not good enough average, so I can’t comment there.
To me, it’s not “I went to a terrible high school” because I didn’t. It’s “I went to an exceptionally good high school and it was still the thing that it was.”
I’m glad you had a good time.