Your being non-religous is you..I give respect to anyones beliefs as long as they don't disrespect mine....being around people that are "just like you" can be mudane and boring..I like a challenge..I also like having my brain cells required to actually work for a change instead of being told all the time yes..or people that agree with everything I say..but I don't like disrespect..thats my hangup..respect...I don't really give a darn who you are,where your from,what you do....for real but if you show respect and signs of intelligence..yes it does keep my interest in that person...and as for my age..as you know I am much older than you but I have had to learn to deal with men your age group..oh yes..to many watching Mrs.Robinson I think..anyway..I was in the store one day..and I just "felt" someone watching me..I was absorbed in the fruit aisle....but felt it..I look up from the oranges and there is a really young couple standing by the bread aisle and I happened to look the guy right in his eyes when he was bending down acting like he was getting bread from the lower shelf but he was actually looking up my skirt!! Yes he did! And his g/f was glaring at ME with her arms over her chest and I couldn't do anything but just walk out..so I get caught off guard sometimes so watch your mouth about age haha...have you ever taken the national IQ test? Do you know what your supposed IQ is? Its starting to look more and more like you should have skipped high school and headed for Coll...or wherever you could find an outlet for the way your brain operates..I don't agree with high school..I agree with home schooling....some things DO have to be taught right?..but I don't agree that everyones brain thinks alike and that we should be forced to accept teachings that are taught to everyone as a whole...but I'm one of those people that believe girls and boys shouldn't be taught together either...as you have pointed out..2 many mindless distractions....we are total opposites but you do fascinate me by sharing your beliefs so being non-religous is not a problem with me..the only problem we would have on that one is if we started trying to force each others beliefs on each other but like I said I don't tune people out because we are different..of course I like being able to discuss similar interests but that is interests not beliefs..and if we were the same..what would we keep talking about?...like me and my g/f's here...when are we going shopping..what am I going to serve for dinner tonight..what perfume...so on and so on...useless chatter but shared interests...and fyi they think I am one person and to a point I am but I have to live a lie sometimes because I smoke MJ..so I came here originally to this board to find people that have shared interests and accept the "real" me...I can be an activist to a point also...just haven't really showed that yet haha I got your point on hs and I agree with you..to me it is outdated..but where do the basic teaching skills we need come from if not for teachers? I think life is a teacher also...not what someone is telling me about life...I learn through experience and to sort out all the good and bad..make my mistakes and keep on keeping on and try not to make them again..I am starting to see where you are really coming from..wow....just so you know..in YOUR case HS is going to be very boring for you..very....you need more..anyway I do see where we are headed and try to figure this one out..imagine doing what I did..surviving..and then I go to trial..and I listen to the prosecutor telling the jury what kind of person I am...what a joke that was..and 2 different psychs examine me (lol) and come away with different "results" from the same exam?! so your view at hs is my view in a way on the "judicial system"...when I got on down the road so to speak I was forced to attend group sessions and then 1 on 1 sessions with psychs..look up antisocial personalities...wanted to classify me in that group when all I had done was save myself!! And have no problem nor have had any being "social" since I stopped the abuse I was getting in my own home from my own husband..what a joke..sorry I would have finished this sooner but my husband is coming home this weekend and we are excited lol...he keeps calling to let me know where he is...I am excited about that..I am a loner for the most part but I miss him and will be sooo happy when he gets here....hope you don't take offense but thats why you get bored so easily...your alot like me whether you know it or not haha....that brain without meds is constantly going...and we don't conform for the most part..haha...who would have thought....wow..still can;t get over your being 16 and you have already figured most things out about yourself and others...I will be back..got to do some things but darn I wish I could meet you haha...yes you are interesting to me...a married 40 something Southern Woman...you have a large brain is all and you are a non-conformist..thats why hs disgusts you right? Be thankful you won't have alot of trial and tribulations just to figure out the truth of what you want..who you want..and how you want it...And keep thinking for yourself..you just figured out at a young age you don't need everyone to do that for you...but we have to follow the rules of society..I get you