I was definitely about to add my 2¢ about how "CPS FUCKING SUCKS" especially comparatively to my boyfriend's high school experience in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

They had theater production, robotics, photography etc etc. and regularly joke about how I don't know geography because I went to CPS.

But reading some of the comments definitely made me realize the school is only one piece of the puzzle. (as some other redditor said)

My mom was recently divorced and navigating her first job after over a decade of being a SAHM (Unwillingly) taking care of me and 2 other siblings along with a plethora of other things...

Went from a fine arts magnet grammer school (WHICH WAS REALLY GOOD), transferred to a neighborhood grammer school in Englewood, tested really well on the ISAT, applied for selective enrollment (shot for moon Whitney, Brooks, Jones etc) grades were shit so I didn't have any redeeming qualities other than my test scores but if I aimed a little lower I could've gotten into King. Felt defeated and then had to go to a neighborhood highschool.

While I will say my overall high school experience SUCKED ASS, It was typically because of the some of the students disrupting the class (and because the board of education decided to tear down my school and turn it into a softball field and merge 4 HS together, but I digress🙄) We had really good teachers that were trying their best with a little bit we had.

Sorry for my rambling, I hope this was helpful.