Tonight we toured the first of the Wichita Falls Junior High schools - McNiel. That's where I went to Junior High, and I hated it for the most part. I hated the bullies and the peer pressure and the popularity contests and how I always felt geeky. Well, walking the halls tonight I remembered some of the good things. Why is it that the bad tends to stick in our minds more than the good? I really did have some good memories buried deep within, but it took being there to feel it.
I remember learning wood-working and getting shocked for fun by a simple gas engine. Those were some good times. But seeing it from where I am now helps me to appreciate it more. Back then I was always worried about how I looked and if any girls liked me. I am glad to be where I am now. I wouldn't trade my life now for anything from back then, but hey, I still do have some good memories. I just had to find them.
--Johnie
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