This seems like as good a place as any to post this.
5 Things You Don't Learn About High School Until Too Late | Cracked.com
Usually cracked is bathroom humour, but this one actually hit so many truths.
There is a change in people right around 19 or 20 when they realize that high school is a tiny little universe upon itself that implodes for people after graduation. No one cares anymore that you were the high school bball champion or anything else because it all adds up to equal SFA.
As I said, I realized that early and just checked out at the time. Had enough family drama happening that I really didn't feel like celebrating.
In fact, I had thought that it was all behind me until I went to BCIT and for me, the social interactions were High School 2.0-complete with class clowns and all the rest.