Senior Year & 2000s Graduation Memories

[@MilkWasABadChoice17]

Class of 2005 here as well. My tale around this time was very different from most and I'm very reminiscent of this time because of what occurred. Ever since I was in kindergarten, I did not fit in with the kids in my class/grade, they were all very clicky, snooty, and vindictive if you did something they did not align with. All of my friends either went to other schools or were older. Skip to junior year of HS, I felt this looming feeling of dread, all my friends were leaving and there were some people in my grade that were aimed to make my life miserable (and even attempted to after the fact). At that time, my parents were thinking about moving across the country, not for a particular job, but for a better life (financially it was getting increasingly more expensive where we were), and if we had left by the summer I could get most of my college tuition paid for. I always hated change, but when my parents asked me in January 2004 "do you want to do this?" I said "we'd be stupid not to." They eventually found a house, put ours on the market and by July 2004 we were out of there and in our new home. Senior year of HS was really the best school year I ever had. I was a part of the first gradating class of my school (it was new), met so many good hearted people that became good friends, and getting that scholarship was such a huge load off my mind. Graduation was very bittersweet, because I wished that I could've experienced more there than I did, but it was only the beginning for me since I already made such a drastic move. Going to college after that was just another part of that transition. I stayed local, I did not want to take out loans just for room/board (I was very smart in this regard).

[@mariahwong5704]

Saying that seniors were the main characters is the most accurate sentiment I’ve ever heard. It absolutely felt that way, and I say that as a total outsider lol

[@alexandriaharris5342]

31 year old millennial here. I LOVE your videos and makes me miss the 2000s 😫

[@jennaabarclay]

Thank you!!! Glad you enjoy

[@erinc6683]

Class of 2007 here! 👋 LOVE your content and it's so fun watching you reflect on our generation ❤

[@abmi4259]

Jenna I have to admit watching your videos is such a replay of my high school days. I'm class of 07, and seeing these videos gave me the realization we laterally dressed just like the movies of those times.

[@erinbower2081]

Class of 2003 here. 🙋‍♀️ I feel so old. I was sad at my graduation because I figured I would never see my classmates again. Of course Facebook came along and I see them every day online. 😂

[@kpatt13]

Haha, careful what we wish for. 😂

[@TwilightSagaCullen]

I love your podcast Jenna! Your stories are always so entertaining and nostalgic! 💗💗💗 Toilet and crickets... GENIUS!!!!🤣

[@jennaabarclay]

Thank you!! Haha wish I could take credit for the toilet but I cannot 😂

[@amandalaphotography]

American school life sounds so wild & fun like in the movies! We didn’t have any high school graduation in New Zealand, everything was pretty drab, & I didn’t even make it to my university graduation as I couldn’t wait to dip overseas to California to start my life somewhere more interesting 😝 I love to live vicariously through such stories you tell of a teen life that I only ever witnessed in movies!

[@MachelTheDestroyer]

I got a normal sized letter telling me I got into school and to look out for the welcome packet.

[@thehapagirl92]

Yay weekly episodes again 😊. Also, when you said summer equals weddings it reminded me that my high school bff’s one year wedding is coming up in July!

[@gmanandhislady]

You're not much older than I am. I got held back in second grade, or otherwise I would have been class of 06. I ended up graduating in 07, and by my senior year, I was so finished with high school--I was over it. In hindsight, I wish I wouldn't have taken my high school years and teen years for granted. Sometimes, the early 2000s still feel like yesterday; other times, it definitely feels 20 plus years ago. It's crazy that I am going to be turning 36 soon.

[@kpatt13]

The seniors before me let crickets out in the school too and it was so gross! We were finding them everywhere lol.

[@destinigreen5267]

Love it.

[@coleslawYSJ]

heh wild yall would have been banned from graduation, if you skipped class. I skipped constantly, and was legit NEVER there in highschool, and yet somehow, managed to maintain a high honours GPA. I think my grades were the only reason I managed to never be placed on an attendance monitoring contract. I know my parents were NEVER happy anytime they got the automated message stating their child missed one or more periods during the day. We got into many a fights over it. In my defence, I was a straight A kid, and didn't agree with the need to be present, if I wasn't failing. I don't know if the school ever took it so far, as to physically check in with my parents, or cps, to ensure nothing at risk was happening at the home, to support why I wasn't ever there. It's definitely something they do now, but it might have been before they implemented those check points.

[@jennaabarclay]

Oh I skipped school all the time 😂 we were just threatened to be banned from graduation if we organized a senior-wide skip day where we all skipped. Funny enough I also maintained really good grades

[@coleslawYSJ]

@@jennaabarclay the super high functioning presentation is why I wasn't diagnosed as being neurospicy until hitting 40. Successful on paper, but struggle bus city shit show, behind the scenes when it comes to logistics and executive task functioning. Always forgetting something not marked on a calendar, or misplacing items - can't ever leave the house in one successful trip. Always waiting to the last second to complete a task. Poor time management, and a terrible propensity for underestimating how long things take. Knowing I'm neurospicy allows grace for a life time of perceived eff ups, and gives opportunity to come up with better ways to manage my known limitations. Everything goes in a calendar. I say no to same day plans, in efforts to not overload my plate. Constant lists of things that need done, or items that need grabbed for the day. It's nice setting myself up for more successes than failures. Things still fall through the cracks, but they are fewer and further in between.

[@alana07723]

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