Drew W.
Yelp
Crappy school.....I graduated back in 2011. ALOT of really bad sht happened to me.
-A fellow male classmate molested me in the bathroom, telling me to take off my pants, and when I refused, forcibly trying to do so. (I am a guy. I did not report it because if I did, I know for a fact that I would've ruined his high school life and I pitied him.)
-Ms. Vergo (school counselor) gave me misinformation which led to me making bad decisions that ultimately ruined my chances of getting into UCR/UCI schools.
-Mr Kanow (my chem honors &ap physics teacher) ,among other teachers, basically treated me like some idiot. When they saw that I wasn't doing well in the classes, their behavior towards me became more negative. As instructors, they could've approached me and asked what was wrong or if I needed help on anything but they did not do anything of the sort.
-Specifically, Mr. Kanow would threaten me sometimes by saying "can I hit you?" whenever i asked or said something that was "stupid" according to his standards. Also, I remember distinctly in AP physics that I politely asked him to sign my marching band field trip to disneyland (we were going to perform there) and he got angry at me and said "you realy dont deserve to go. You should be studying and improving your grade. Don't blame me if you end up failing." and I had a C in that class. I got a C on the previous exam and he treated me like an idiot.
- I got my heart broken by my first true love, Cindy, when I found out she was dating Michael in junior year (was going to ask her on a date but clearly, I was too late) leading to a whole mess of me constantly thinking about her in junior year and I ignored her for the entirety of junior year, which made her sad. I ended up apologizing in senior year but I clearly tell that she wasn't going to forgive me. I met her and sat next to her in AP world history in sophmore year and like an idiot, I fell in love with her because she was pretty, laughed at my corny jokes, and said "i love you" (she meant it as a friendly gesture but i took it the wrong way).
- was bullied by Tony in marching band who kept hitting me and berating me just because I dropped my tenor saxophone accidentally and I came to the Camarillo parade late (I made mistakes but he had no right to do that to me). Complete asshole.
-I generally felt ostracized from everyone because no one really wanted to hang out with me. I think people found me annoying mainly because I had this tendency to make corny jokes. I actually spent majority of my lunch time alone hiding in one of the practice rooms of the band room and joined some clubs. Actually in senior year, I didn't have class after lunch period so I just left school once lunch time started. I believe thats when I started turning introverted. I was this very positive guy who would come up with these bad, corny jokes to cheer other people up because I wanted to be liked by everyone. Instead, I felt like a nuisance and it didnt seem like anyone really wanted to hang out with me..........even my so-called best friend, Michael (different from the guy dating Cindy), wanted to hang out with other people and I was just a convenient buddy he hang out with so he wouldn't have to be alone during marching band events. He used to bully me in junior high school and it literally took both other fellow classmates scolding him and me mustering up courage to scold him myself that he then stopped bullying me and we somehow became friends (my other friends scolded me for hanging out with him because they knew how badly he treated me). In senior year, I approached almost every classmate and apologized to them by saying "Hey, I want to apologize if I ever did or say anything mean to you" because I wanted to clear any bad blood and try to end high school on a positive note. I'm not a bad guy but i remember there were times where I made a small remark or had a negative attitude towards someone so I wanted to get that off my guilty conscience before high school ended.
This is all I can remember for now. So, I threw behind my past after graduation because i hated san gabriel high school and everyone there and my gut was telling me that if I didn't do that, I'd be tethered to those crappy experiences and not be able to move forward. I am glad that all this drama and bad things happened the past couple of years to SGHS. The school put me in a very bad spot after high school and obviously, it traumatized me. Luckily, I was able to pick up the pieces and make something of the mess. This essay was very therapeutic for me so yeah, I recommend going to Rosemead HS! Its ranked top of the nation! Do not go to SGHS unless you want your kids to have a bad experience! Keep in mind that not everyone experiences high school the same way! If an alumni says to you "SGHS is amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed my time there!", someone else had to suffer and experience bad things in order for that to happen.
