The author (not pictured) graduated from high school during her junior year and now her daughter is doing the same. Melanie Acevedo/Getty ImagesDuring the first weeks of junior year, I asked if I could graduate that year.My school counselor said it was possible but that she thought I'd regret it later in life.It's been 29 years since I graduated, and I haven't regretted it once.There are many decisions I made growing up that I now regret, like the short haircut I got in the fourth grade that was supposed to look like Princess Diana's, pegging my jeans so tight at the ankles that it almost cut off circulation to my feet, and my first kiss with a nice guy who should definitely have stayed in the friend zone.But I don't regret my decision to graduate a year early from high school.