Teen Drama

Buzz was being stalked by his high school sweetheart. After they dated for a year, Buzz decided to call it quits. Homegirl wasn't feeling that. She did whatever was necessary to remain at the center of his life. Buzz was so overwhelmbed by this girl that he had to leave his school altogether.

I met him during a school visit his senior year. He had requested an individual meeting with me to talk about our academic offerings. Unfortunately, there wasn't much for him to consider because his grades were so bad. After a short, yet mutually informative, conference he settled on our General Studies program because there were no minimum requirements to get in. It also offered him a great deal of flexibility in terms of course selection. Buzz was excited about basically designing his own major.

Over the span of four years, Buzz attended three high schools.
As a high school freshman, Buzz started at a vocational school. Plumbing was his trade. He decided to transfer after a year because it wasn't a good fit for him. That year, he met chica loca who was a junior at his new school. According to him, they hit it off right away. I didn't ask why they broke up, but the relationship ended after a year. Homegirl was a little sour about being dumped, to say the least. That lead him to transfer to his final destination.

She popped up everywhere he hung out unexpectedly after they broke up. Even though she beat up every girl who tried talking to him, Buzz decided to give the relationship a second chance. Things came to a head during a lover's quarrel when she hit Buzz over the head with a stick and threw a lit candle at him.

Me: Why would you get back with her after that?
Buzz: I was stupid. She was a senior and I was a sophomore. The thought of being with an older girl was cool, you know. Big mistake.
Me: I'm sorry you went through that.
Buzz: Me too. I tried to put a restraining order on her but that didn't work out. That was my junior year. If you look at my grades, they were awful. I was going through a lot with her.
Me: Were you not successful in putting the restraining order on her?
Buzz: Nope. She told me if I tried to put a restraining order on her that she'd tell the judge that I raped her, so I backed off.