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= F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. =
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Real Life - School
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Welp. I sat back the other night and flipped the old television
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on. Beverly Hills 90210 assaulted my senses and I realized it was one
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of the first season episodes. Heh. I changed the channel in under 5 seconds
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and started my usual grazing process. Flipping through each channel, one
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by one, going up and past channel 62, back around to channel 2. I gradually
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got back around to BH and thought about it a sec. I had always hated the
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show but I actually gave a thought about the show for a sec. I also thought
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about the other show, Class of '96, and how well it does, and the advertising
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for it that I had heard.
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We have two shows here, one that went so many seasons, and another
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that is supposed to go for 4 years or about that long. Both have/had a huge
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base of watchers each week. They are two of the most popular shows on TV among
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the teens. Many of the younger people actually think high school and college
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is actually like that no doubt. Perfect little society, storybook romances,
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emotional triumphs, and an occasional sad time or two.
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They are all bullshit yet they make tons of money, and pollute the
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minds of millions of kids each episode. So, this file is to make a few people
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aware of the real shit that goes on. I guess this file is geared toward a
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younger reading crowd, that hasn't experienced either high school or college.
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For reference, I have attended two high schools(both quite different), one
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in South Carolina, and one in New Mexico. I have attended Texas Tech
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University for about 2 years(7 semesters), including summer sessions. I think
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I have a decent concept of what school is really like.
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90210
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What a wonderful high school, located in one of the wealthiest
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areas of America. The show always opens up with a view of a beautiful high
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school, in perfect repair, with perfect people spread all around, talking
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and smiling and having a grand old time. Classes are easy, people are
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friendly, and free time is abundant.
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Lesse. My first high school was Irmo High, located in Irmo(suburb
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of Columbia) South Carolina. The school was pretty old, and was in the middle
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of some really rich neighborhoods, and some really poor neighborhoods. I
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would guess it was almost 50% white/50% black, but I am not sure. It was/is
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considered one of the nicer high schools in the greater Columbia area. Fights
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happened about one a day, a major incident with a weapon occured once a week,
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and things like vandalism and such were an hourly occurence. Cliques were
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abundant at that school, and they never intereacted unless they had to. Many
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people kept to themselves, and staring at someone too long was often times
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a prelude to a fight.
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Each morning over half the school rode the bus, not in 15 thousand
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dollar cars. We got there, and went to our classes, a third of which were
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in small trailers called portables. Near the summer, the temperature was
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often times around 85 or 90 degrees, with 85% or so humidity, and classes
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inside those trailers were living hell. Imbetween classes we went to the
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cafeteria or outside to concrete slabs to eat our lunch, and looked at brick
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walls, and sometimes the trees across the railroad tracks. Two or three
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teachers and security roamed the area during lunch to break up any fights
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that might break out.
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Class let out around 3:30 in the afternoon, and the nearest mall was
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about 20 minutes away. But you didn't want to go there. Hanging out there got
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you kicked out. No money, no mall. Overall it was a school that was sort of
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lacking. People could be friendly enough, but it was rare.
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My second high school was La Cueva High School, in Albuquerque, New
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Mexico. It was located in the richest part of town, and was the newest high
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school. I graduated during its fifth year. The school was often times mistaken
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for a shopping mall, no shit, and money wasn't much of a problem for the
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school. The original plans of the school called for a McDonalds to be located
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in it, but instead, a snack bar went in that served a wider variety of food.
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The school was primarily white. I think there were a total of 15 black
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people at the school and about as many with mexican/spanish blood. The school
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had a total of 1500+ people attending class at any given time. My graduating
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class was 470 or so. I moved in, and started school halfway through my
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sophomore year. When I attended, they were in "phase II" of the building,
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and the later 3 phases called for a swimming pool, outdoor stadium, and a
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second gym.
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Typically, the people that went there were rich, sons/daughters of
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rich people in town. I figured it would be a much better school but I found
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myself to be wrong. I was new to class, and everyone knew it. Instead of
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friendly 'hellos' and stuff, I just received disinterested stares. The fact
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that I came from a state halfway across the country didn't interest any
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of them in the least. I made a small effort to meet people but it was hard.
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Cliques were even tighter, and there were twice as many of them. In the
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councourse at lunch, small groups would eat their lunch and talk, and rarely
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venture out of their groups. After two months of attending class, someone
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actually came up, sat down beside me, and said "you are new here right? mind
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if I join you?". I quickly said that was cool and looked at the guy. About
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6'6", long hair, megadeth shirt, ripped jeans, and a reputation of having
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more drugs than a pharmecist. No shit.
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In three months, I had one person offer to eat lunch with me. That is
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all. About that time I was approached by the manager of the snack bar and
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offered a job there. So for the next two years I worked for an hour before
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school, an hour during lunch, and an hour after school. No prob. A little
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extra money and free food for lunch.
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Graduation came, and I imagine I knew about 50% of the class by name,
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and even fewer personally. I knew more 'of' them than anything. Sorta dull,
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but the truth.
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This shit on 90210 with a class saying they won't graduate because
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the school is holding one person back is so ridiculous. The money there,
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and the general comradery portrays it a place of absolute friendship, and
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the perfect living place. -Bullshit- . Enough said.
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Class of '96
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First, this show advertised in our area, as being a show that would
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bring back memories in all the college graduates of past. Heh. This takes
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place in an Ivy league school, and they expect it to remind people of all
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their college times? Yeah right. We are introduced to like 7 or 8 people,
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and they quickly become friends. They are roomates, and are instant friends
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for life. Classes are hard but well rewarding. Each class teaches them
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something totally new to them. The life outside of college is that of
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perfect harmony. No problems, little worry, and a lot of good times.
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Notice how they don't really say their majors? If they did I missed
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it and then I would have to say they are bullshit. Any declared major is
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more work than what they show. For all of one semester I was a dual major,
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Architecture/Civil Engineering. After that, I dropped to architecture by
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itself, and after 4 more semesters of that alone, I switched to English.
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If you wonder why, it wasn't so much because the classes were hard,
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I just thought some of the classes were total bullshit is all. That is the
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thing about college. There is so much review work, in the middle of new stuff
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that it is hard to get it all down. Classes take a lot more time and don't
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leave quite as much time for messing around as they would leave you to
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believe.
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Next. Notice how they all go to the local bar/pool hall and get some
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beers here and there? How old are they? All over 21? All I know is I have
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gone to school for 7 semesters now, and I still haven't legally bought
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any beer. I can get it and all, but at a bar I have to have a friend buy it
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for me. Also, notice how they never leave campus it seems? I am hardly ever
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on campus unless I am at class. Even when I lived in the dorms, I tryed to
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get out of them as much as I could.
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My two rommates I had, I hated. The first was tolerable when he wasn't
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around. The other, was outright stupid. We didn't get along at all. Most
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of the people I lived near, were the same way. Just didn't get along.
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I guess my major problem with this stupid show, is if they are trying
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to bring back memories, and show what college is like, then shouldn't it be
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at a regular university? Ivy league school are quite different.
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Summary
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So in conclusion. Don't believe the hype. They are bullshit shows
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that aren't close to the truth. If you are in high school or college then
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you probably know what I am talking about. If you don't, and you are about
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to attend either, then don't let shows like that have ANY influence on you
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if you can help it. Shows like that should have a disclaimer I think.
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"The following program is not even close to real life. Sit back
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and enjoy the show while we make a killing."
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Don't believe the hype.
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-Dam
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