Again? No! Back in time? Yes! I wouldn't waste my time there anymore, tried to make something out of my life with my degrees, all BS. Made something from my / our (wife and me) creativity, works like a charm for many years. So much wasted time and energy, only to justify the worthless existence of ignorant, fascist so-called teachers. There was one, Mr Lehrke, who was a good person. One! Rest in peace, my friend. The rest: human trash. At least in my experience. School's a highly subjective time, I guess.

For all the topics you likely could apply yourself more in, there's probably ten that would (especially as a repeat) just be so fucking boring you would not want to relive.

I'd rather return to school as an adult than relive learning my colors, or writing book reports, or whatever else was too boring or too easy the first time around.

No thnks. Could I instead keep all my credentials and start work at age 13? I'll keep the bald spot and beer belly too.

There were subjects which I hated, either because I found them boring, the teachers were not inviting, or I just needed sleep. For instance, chemistry and national history are examples of them.

Many years later, I found myself in situations where I started to develop curiosity around those subjects, where I would wish to have properly learnt or attended those topics again.

Yup! The absolute best days of adventure and awe.

Maybe jump through some sweet memories. And relive the excitement I had for watching cartoons and 90s Anime.

🤮

Sort of, but I remember how boring all those thousands of hours of classroom time were overall, and I don't want to go through all that again.

If I have my memories and knowledge it may help me make better decisions, but it would also be frustrating having to wait for societal changes. It was still a time where being called gay was an insult and racism was rife, and while that still happens, it's much more likely to be called out.

Additionally, watching the world do nothing to stop climate change would be even harder to take knowing what is coming. Maybe I'd try to change that, but it would be like shouting into the void (as climate scientists can attest to).

Do I still have money? In a heartbeat.