Post #2142815
2026-04-15 01:50 UTC
@zkat @shauna I was a miserable misfit in my college prep public high school. Hampshire was not only where I found my people but where I learned there even could be such a thing as "my people." It wasn't all great, a lot of people had a very bad time there because it wasn't right for them, but it was for me and I like to brag that I got a complete undergraduate degree and I only took 16 classes (and some of those were karate).
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@shauna@social.coop 2026-04-15 02:00
@jessamyn @zkat This resonates so much Jessamyn. Being miserable in high school (I failed half my classes senior year and never graduated) and then finding your people when you hadn't even known to look for it. (being deeply unimpressed with alumni relations also resonates)
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@zkat@toot.cat 2026-04-15 02:03
@jessamyn @shauna I was an undersocialized toxic as hell gamer boy and my first year was basically spent stepping on land mines. Eventually came out the side a somewhat better person. I don’t even want to think of who I would be today if Hampshire hadn’t given me the room to grow and the resources I needed to learn better.