during my senior year:
i spent the first two weeks in the wrong class for my last hour (we have 5 periods) in our last trimester (bc semesters are dumb). I was in a computer business-type class when i should've been in an environmental studies class. leaving that computer class wasn't embarrassing - it was actually funny and i was glad to leave as i foresaw me learning nothing - but joining the other class was really awkward and the teacher told cringey jokes aimed at me which only made things worse
Having a staff member stop me in the halls to ask for an id to prove i was a student and not some outsider with no visitors pass was embarrassing the two times it happened. you'd think they'd recognize me, but to be fair i tried 3 different hairstyles that year, my sense of style in clothing rapidly changed, and i often didn’t have my backpack with me. i tell ya having students walk by and hear a staff member asking for your ID without being given an explanation never looks good
junior year:
In the early spring, my friend caleb and i skipped part of our fourth hours to do flips & crap in the halls for one of our freerunning/tricking videos. a bit of a backstory: one of our freshman-at-the-time friends tried front-flipping off of a chair, the chair slipped from beneath him, and he busted the stuff out of his ass; since then the administration banned flipping and tricking and everyone who paid attention to the announcements knew it. the only time we got away with it was outside or during a gym-type class (PE teachers thought our tricks were sick). so, caleb and i were having fun and it was all going well, but when we got to the last area we wanted to film before class got out, it was occupied by two very well known, preppy girls who were just reading, sitting against a wall. we thought "forget it, they wouldn't tell the staff" and decided to film there anyways. we got a few things in and i wanted to finish up our recording with a running frontflip to wall flip, but i ironically failed the frontflip and busted my own ass right in front of those girls. caleb yelled "RECOVER, RECOVER" so i threw a simple back flip on the spot and quickly speed-walked away after the landing, right as kids were leaving class. Although, i was not quick enough to miss hearing one of those girls shout in my direction "THAT DUDE FLIPPED ON HIS BUTT"
At the end of junior year i wanted to have a little "fun" and exit my comfort zone, so i decided to straight up ask out a girl who could’ve easily fit into a “top 10 most popular girls” list for our school. It went well, i got her number, i asked her out and got a yes, etc etc but it was a mistake-- the freaking process was so embarrassing for me. I am an introvert, so jumping into dating like that without being friends or at least acquaintances beforehand was very uncomfortable for me. when i was with her i stuttered a bit and i knew my face was very often red so i had that self-conscious stress in the back of my head. She ended up shutting me out altogether: she didn’t actually like me, but her best friend liked me a lot and she just wanted to make her jealous, so finding that out was both embarrassing and infuriating
i might dig into my memory bank for things that happened during my sophomore and freshman year later
