Dear excited Middle Schoolers around the world,
Do NOT get your hopes up about high school. It's hell. Sorry to pop your bubble, but if you've watched Clueless as many times as I have, you're going to be very disappointed. High School, at least for me, was a giant punch in the face. You sit in the cafeteria, alone, with nothing but one friend from Biology for at least the span of two weeks, and then gradually make your rounds to the hectic, loud, crowded hallways, where you find your "social standing" with at least five of the most obnoxious people you've ever met. I thought high school was supposed to be the time where you meet the people you spend your entire life with, and instead I met one important person who makes my day a little bit brighter, and the Junior AP English Language teacher, who is my only other best friend. You go to classes that you hate, every single day, with people you wish could just hop on the next flight to Nevada. I, unfortunately, go to the so-called "ghetto" high school. I came to find out early that if you don't go to a school where the district pays for everything, you're not worth talking to. My best friend who I've known and went to school with for 8 whole years recently told me that she's moving next semester. For the past three months I've been silently slugging along, just trying to get through the year. "Just get good grades, focus on sports, and finish strong" has been my motto. But "slugging along" isn't living. And when you go to a high school that has the second-to-worse sports teams, and even worse reputation as a school, there's nothing to be excited about. Which only makes the feeling of loneliness grow. I'm just praying that it gets better. That by Junior year I'll have better friends to surround myself with, and more things to be involved with. After all, It's only freshman year.
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AuthorGrace Willcox. High school student. Likes to think of herself as cunning & witty. Probably isn't. Enjoy. Archives
March 2017
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