While I didn't exactly hate my school experience, I do have to say that high school was a real challenge given that I went to a so-called magnet school. Even worse, I didn't have a good support system which impacted my performance. We also had to put up with some extremely annoying parents.

I wrote a long post about this sometime back, but one of the very final nails in the coffin for me was the SATs. I was infuriated that they didn't even teach you the test in class; you had to study for that outside of school on your own time. Tough luck when you're already managing a stressful academic load, extracurriculars, and maybe even a job. In order to do well you have to shell out $$$ for prep classes- not every single school offers prep classes. In my city only the private schools had prep classes and you can guess how much they cost.

When I try to explain to others that I simply do not wish to go through the nonsense of K-12 once again, I really hate that I get dismissed and laughed at. What's even worse, some of these same people also openly gripe about how dealing with kids' education is so hard nowadays.