> What social experiences do you feel like you missed out on?
If you're only interested in social experiences then there's all the obvious answers: girlfriends, team memberships, or even just how to discover and talk to other people my age with similar interests. Standing up for myself is hard. Simply talking to people is hard. How to filter the words I say so that people don't take offense to me expressing an opinion.
If you want to expand your question, then also: art, business, chemistry, college, even joining the military required a high school diploma.
I went to a public high school and I also missed out on all those things. It sounds like you got an equivalent education!
We often mistakenly think the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. I suggest to you that in the alternate history, with you in a public school, you also would not have had girlfriends. I sure didn't have any, despite being tall and slightly athletic.
The same goes for being able to filter words to not cause offense. One time, that got me fired! My public school education served me just as well as your education served you.
If you're only interested in social experiences then there's all the obvious answers: girlfriends, team memberships, or even just how to discover and talk to other people my age with similar interests. Standing up for myself is hard. Simply talking to people is hard. How to filter the words I say so that people don't take offense to me expressing an opinion.
If you want to expand your question, then also: art, business, chemistry, college, even joining the military required a high school diploma.