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Vlog Brothers 1., 11. Who I Was in High School

11. Who I Was in High School

Gooood morning Hank, it's Tuesday.

So, we're undergoing a pretty significant office reorganization project, and along the way I found a lot of documents from my past like, uh, this old picture of me.

Good news, little me. Your braces are going to come off! In six more years. I also found this somewhat newer picture of me. I'm not sure if this is a photograph, but it's definitely realistic.

And from 2006, my favorite fan mail ever, "In regards to Looking For Alaska I can honestly say that after putting your book down I felt a feeling that I had not felt before. It was not a sickness, like I was going to throw up. Or a feeling like I had to take a crap or anything. But I felt something."

Your book made me feel something, man. Not the two main things I feel: the urges to defecate and vomit, but something new. And Hank, I also found, from way back in 1994, some of my report cards.

This is from my junior year of high school, Hank. I got a C- in Latin, "John went into a tailspin in this course during the last 6 weeks. He missed too many classes and seldom was prepared for the daily lesson." Yeah, that's Latin; that's a dead language. This is from my, uh, French - got a B- in French, not to brag. "It's safe to say that John underachieved this year." Hmm. American history, I got a B, "John managed to get to class more often during the final trimester, and his grade came up - a bit." That wasn't necessary, to say "A bit."

Could have just ended it at my grade came up. It's technically accurate. I got a C- in Pre-Calc, which frankly, was probably generous. In chemistry, C. And in English I got a, uh, C-, "Incredible potential as an English student, but he's reached a juncture where he just can't mail it in anymore."

Hank, I don't talk much about what a terrible student I was in high school. I think partly because I'm still embarrassed about it, 20 years later. I did miss a lot of classes, you know, because they were early, or because they conflicted with my schedule of smoking cigarettes in the woods.

But even when I attended class, I was still a pretty terrible student. Hank, you know how you become the third best C-student in the entire state of Alabama at academic decathlon? First by getting terrible grades so you're not an A or B student.

And that's who I was in high school. I underachieved, and I skipped classes, and I didn't do my homework, and I didn't do the reading, and I was always behind and stressed out. Meanwhile, Hank, you were getting great grades, and not smoking cigarettes, and then you'd get a scholarship to college and everything.

Anyway, Hank, coming across these report cards made me think a couple things. The first is that I was incredibly lucky. Like I didn't just get a second chance -- I got hundreds of chances. And even though I was a crap student, I still had excellent teachers who continued to believe in me despite my not giving them a reason to.

The other thing these old report cards made me think about, Hank, was this: High school is not destiny. It's part of life, but I feel like when you're in high school, people act like it's the most important thing you'll ever do, and like the whole course of your life is being decided.

But at least so far as I can tell, the course of your life isn't decided. Ever. Most of the time it's not like there's one fork in the road, and you choose one, or you choose the other. There are hundreds of forks in the road every day that you're alive.

College is also not destiny. For the record, I was a much better college student than I was a high school student. Also your 20s are not destiny! Your 30s are not destiny! Like, destiny is not something that happens all at once. It's something that happens only in retrospect.

Hank, when I was in high school, I thought I was just, kind of, a screw up. You know? But in the end, Hank, people aren't just one thing. Like I WAS a screw up, but I was also a pretty good reader.

And looking at those old report cards, I just want to thank my teachers for knowing that I wasn't just a screw up - even when I didn't know it.

Hank, I'll see you on Friday.

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11. Who I Was in High School ben|ben|olduğum|okulda|lise| 11. من كنت في المدرسة الثانوية 11. wer ich in der High School war 11. Quién era en el instituto 11. Qui j'étais au lycée 11. Chi ero al liceo 11.高校時代の私 11. 고등학교 시절의 나는 누구였나 11. Kas aš buvau vidurinėje mokykloje 11. Quem eu era no liceu 11. Кем я был в школе 11. Lisedeyken Kimdim 11. ким я був у школі 11. 高中时的我 11.高中時我是誰

Gooood morning Hank, it's Tuesday. Good|Good day|No translation needed.||Tuesday

So, we're undergoing a pretty significant office reorganization project, and along the way I found a lot of documents from my past like, uh, this old picture of me. Therefore||undergoing|||||reorganization||||||||||||||||||||| ||проходимо||досить|||||||||||||||||||||||| حسنًا، نحن نمر بمشروع إعادة تنظيم مكتبي كبير جدًا، وعلى طول الطريق وجدت الكثير من الوثائق من ماضي، مثل، هذه الصورة القديمة لي. Итак, мы занимаемся довольно важным проектом по реорганизации офиса, и по пути я нашел много документов из моего прошлого, например, эту мою старую фотографию.

Good news, little me. أخبار جيدة، يا صغيرتي. Your braces are going to come off! |braces||||| سيتم إزالة تقويم أسنانك! ブレースが外れる! In six more years. في ست سنوات أخرى. I also found this somewhat newer picture of me. لقد وجدت أيضًا هذه الصورة الأحدث لي إلى حد ما. このやや新しい私の写真も見つけました。 I'm not sure if this is a photograph, but it's definitely realistic. |||||||фотографія|||| أنا لست متأكدًا من أن هذه صورة فوتوغرافية، لكنها واقعية بالتأكيد. これが写真かどうかはわかりませんが、間違いなくリアルです。

And from 2006, my favorite fan mail ever, "In regards to Looking For Alaska I can honestly say that after putting your book down I felt a feeling that I had not felt before. |||||||||||||||truly|||||||||||||||||before ومنذ عام 2006، كانت رسالة المعجبين المفضلة لدي على الإطلاق، "فيما يتعلق بكتاب البحث عن ألاسكا، يمكنني أن أقول بصدق أنه بعد وضع كتابك جانباً، شعرت بشعور لم أشعر به من قبل. そして2006年からの私のお気に入りのファンメールは、「Looking For Alaskaに関して、あなたの本を置いた後、今まで感じたことのない感覚を感じたと正直に言うことができます. It was not a sickness, like I was going to throw up. |was|||||||||throw| لم يكن مرضًا، وكأنني سأتقيأ. 吐きそうな病気ではありませんでした。 Or a feeling like I had to take a crap or anything. |||||||||срати|| أو شعور وكأنني أريد أن أتبرز أو أي شيء من هذا القبيل. または、がらくたか何かを取らなければならなかったような気分。 But I felt something." ولكنني شعرت بشيء ما. でも何かを感じた」

Your book made me feel something, man. كتابك جعلني أشعر بشيء ما، يا رجل. あなたの本は私に何かを感じさせました、男。 Not the two main things I feel: the urges to defecate and vomit, but something new. ||||||||||Stuhlgang haben||||| ||||||||urges||defecate||||| ليس الشيئين الرئيسيين اللذين أشعر بهما: الرغبة في التبرز والتقيؤ، ولكن شيئًا جديدًا. 私が感じる2つの主なものではありません.排便と嘔吐の衝動ですが、何か新しいものです. And Hank, I also found, from way back in 1994, some of my report cards. وهانك، لقد وجدت أيضًا بعضًا من تقاريري المدرسية التي تعود إلى عام 1994. ハンクも、1994 年にさかのぼって、私の通知表のいくつかを見つけました。

This is from my junior year of high school, Hank. هذه من سنتي الثانية في المدرسة الثانوية، هانك. これは高校3年生のハンクからです。 I got a C- in Latin, "John went into a tailspin in this course during the last 6 weeks. ||||||||||Abwärtsspirale geraten||||||| ||||||||||tailspin||||||| لقد حصلت على درجة C- في اللغة اللاتينية، "لقد دخل جون في حالة من الانحدار في هذه الدورة خلال الأسابيع الستة الماضية. 私はラテン語で C- を取得しました。「ジョンは、このコースで過去 6 週間、追い風になりました。 He missed too many classes and seldom was prepared for the daily lesson." ||||||seldom|||||| لقد غاب عن العديد من الدروس ونادراً ما كان مستعداً للدروس اليومية. 彼はあまりにも多くの授業を欠席し、毎日の授業の準備がほとんどできていませんでした。」 Yeah, that's Latin; that's a dead language. نعم، هذه هي اللغة اللاتينية، إنها لغة ميتة. ええ、それはラテン語です。それは死んだ言語です。 This is from my, uh, French - got a B- in French, not to brag. |||||||||||||angeben |||||||||||||хвалитися هذا من لغتي الفرنسية - حصلت على درجة B- في اللغة الفرنسية، ليس للتفاخر. これは私の、ええと、フランス語からのものです - フランス語でB-を取得しました。自慢するためではありません。 "It's safe to say that John underachieved this year." ||||||underachieved|| "من الآمن أن نقول إن جون لم يحقق النجاح المطلوب هذا العام." 「今年、ジョンは成績が振るわなかったと言っても過言ではありません。」 Hmm. American history, I got a B, "John managed to get to class more often during the final trimester, and his grade came up - a bit." |||||||||||||||||Trimester||||||| |||||||||||||||||trimester||||||| التاريخ الأمريكي، حصلت على درجة B، "تمكن جون من الحضور إلى الفصل الدراسي بشكل متكرر خلال الفصل الدراسي الأخير، وارتفعت درجاته - قليلاً." アメリカの歴史、私は B を獲得しました。 That wasn't necessary, to say "A bit." لم يكن ذلك ضروريا، أن نقول "قليلا". 「ちょっと」と言うには、それは必要ありませんでした。

Could have just ended it at my grade came up. كان من الممكن أن ينتهي الأمر عند وصول درجتي. It's technically accurate. إنه دقيق من الناحية الفنية. I got a C- in Pre-Calc, which frankly, was probably generous. ||||||Calculus||||| لقد حصلت على درجة C- في مادة ما قبل حساب التفاضل والتكامل، والتي كانت بصراحة سخية إلى حد ما. In chemistry, C. And in English I got a, uh, C-, "Incredible potential as an English student, but he's reached a juncture where he just can't mail it in anymore." |||||||||||||||||||||Wendepunkt|||||||| ||||||||||||||||student|||||juncture|||||||| في الكيمياء، حصلت على درجة C. وفي اللغة الإنجليزية حصلت على درجة C-، "لديه إمكانات مذهلة كطالب لغة إنجليزية، لكنه وصل إلى مرحلة لم يعد يستطيع فيها إرسالها بالبريد بعد الآن".

Hank, I don't talk much about what a terrible student I was in high school. هانك، أنا لا أتحدث كثيرًا عن مدى سوء الطالب الذي كنت عليه في المدرسة الثانوية. I think partly because I'm still embarrassed about it, 20 years later. أعتقد أن السبب جزئيًا هو أنني لا أزال أشعر بالخجل من ذلك، بعد مرور عشرين عامًا. I did miss a lot of classes, you know, because they were early, or because they conflicted with my schedule of smoking cigarettes in the woods. ||||||||||||||||überschnitten sich mit||||||||| ||||||||||||||||conflicted||||||||| لقد غبت عن الكثير من الدروس، كما تعلمون، لأنها كانت تأتي في وقت مبكر، أو لأنها كانت تتعارض مع جدول أعمالي للتدخين في الغابة.

But even when I attended class, I was still a pretty terrible student. ولكن حتى عندما كنت أحضر الفصل الدراسي، كنت لا أزال طالبًا سيئًا للغاية. Hank, you know how you become the third best C-student in the entire state of Alabama at academic decathlon? |||||||||||||||||||akademischer Zehnkampf |||||||||||||||||||decathlon هانك، هل تعلم كيف أصبحت ثالث أفضل طالب في المستوى C في ولاية ألاباما بأكملها في مسابقة العشاري الأكاديمي؟ First by getting terrible grades so you're not an A or B student. أولاً، عن طريق الحصول على درجات سيئة للغاية بحيث لا تكون طالبًا بدرجة A أو B.

And that's who I was in high school. I underachieved, and I skipped classes, and I didn't do my homework, and I didn't do the reading, and I was always behind and stressed out. |underachieved|||||||||||||||||||||||| Meanwhile, Hank, you were getting great grades, and not smoking cigarettes, and then you'd get a scholarship to college and everything. ||||||||||||||||scholarship|||| ||||||||||||||||стипендію||||

Anyway, Hank, coming across these report cards made me think a couple things. The first is that I was incredibly lucky. Like I didn't just get a second chance -- I got hundreds of chances. And even though I was a crap student, I still had excellent teachers who continued to believe in me despite my not giving them a reason to.

The other thing these old report cards made me think about, Hank, was this: High school is not destiny. It's part of life, but I feel like when you're in high school, people act like it's the most important thing you'll ever do, and like the whole course of your life is being decided.

But at least so far as I can tell, the course of your life isn't decided. Ever. Most of the time it's not like there's one fork in the road, and you choose one, or you choose the other. There are hundreds of forks in the road every day that you're alive.

College is also not destiny. коледж|||| For the record, I was a much better college student than I was a high school student. Also your 20s are not destiny! Your 30s are not destiny! Like, destiny is not something that happens all at once. It's something that happens only in retrospect. ||||||retrospect ||||||ретроспективі

Hank, when I was in high school, I thought I was just, kind of, a screw up. Генк|||||||||||||||| You know? But in the end, Hank, people aren't just one thing. Like I WAS a screw up, but I was also a pretty good reader.

And looking at those old report cards, I just want to thank my teachers for knowing that I wasn't just a screw up - even when I didn't know it.

Hank, I'll see you on Friday.