The first high school I went to, here in my hometown, was garbage. It was very geared towards university prep and magnet programs, but also had a pretty wide area that went to it, so if you weren't in one of those (which at the time, I wasn't), you weren't really prioritized.
The second one, which was in a smaller town, was a lot better. I participated in a lot of extracurricular things, even won a local award for my work on their theater productions. I sorta became a fixture there even though I was only there for a year and a half. It was the only time in school I was actually well-liked and known by people. I miss that school. I don't miss that town though.
It would not be much of a universe if it wasn't home to the people you love.
- Stephen Hawking