WEEK 6 April 14-20- HIGHSCHOOL!

Okay! So my highschool experience was probably a bit abnormal. I went to private school all my life until 10th grade, when i decided i wanted a different experience and started going to my local public school in PG County, Maryland (which is right outside Washington, DC and is known for being a bit "ghetto.")

In 9th grade i dressed absolutely insane. Extremely colorful and someone between Rainbow Brite and Courtney Love. I was one of the first people to join Myspace, and actually had a bit of a following, as lame as that sounds. I wrote in an online journal every week that got tons of attention and i was what you'd call a D List Internet Celebrity :OP In school i was well known, especially because my school only had about 300 people.

10th grade i moved to the public school and it didn't take long for all 3,000 students to know me by first name. I was pretty infamous and got a lot of attention. Can you believe people actually got in fights over me, arguing about what i was wearing at any given day? Totally redic. My teachers all loved me because i smiled and payed attention and showed some intelligence. It wasn't hard to get good grades even though i didn't try very hard. Even though i was very well known, i didn't really have people i considered super good friends.. All my friends were always much older than myself (mid-late 20's) and i had a hard time relating to 15 year olds, and vice versa. None-the-less, people were kind of obsessed with me, and liked to believe they *knew* me.. but no one really did other than the surface image. (which i'm sure Paris can relate to at times)

Somewhere between the end of 10th grade and the beginning of 11th i decided i wanted to lose weight. I was around 175lbs and always comfortable with that, LOTS of confidence! However, something changed. To make a long story short, i developed anorexia and lost an insane amount of weight in less than 6 months. My 11th grade year was hectic. My Myspace & journal were hacked into and deleted just as my easting disorder worsened. My long term boyfriend (who was way older than myself) and i ended up breaking up because i knew we were just hurting each other. He had problems with alcohol, so basically.. i'd starve, he'd drink. Not a healthy environment. I stopped going to normal school February of 11th grade year because i was going to too many doctors appointments to keep up.. also.. when people saw me drop that amount of weight... well.. you can imagine the craziness. Grade wise i finished with great grades, because quite frankly my teachers just really liked me. When i dropped the weight i stopped dressing insane.. i didn't want any attention, not surprisingly.

12th grade i applied to another private school thinking it would help get my life back in order. Unfortunately, i didn't consider the work load and left after the first month. I started going to the same public school and was working part time but it didn't work out. People were still being rude and nosey. I finished off my 12th grade year on time at an alternative type program (similar to where they send pregnant teens, hahah). I graduated with a normal high school degree and good grades.

Overall, high school was difficult but i don't like to label things negative. I've learned so much, and can truly appreciate how wonderful life is now! <3

So that's my novel! I'm completely recovered now, and doing wonderful health wise :O)

_Sammy xx

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