I am a graduate in the class of 2016. This isn't meant to be a pity post, just a helpful survival guide to those going into high school.
what is high school? high school is a small moment in your life with happiness, fun, friends, memories, sadness, anxiety, hurt, anger, and just about any other emotion you can feel. Here are a few things to help you survive high school. 1. Always Support Your School & Be Involved my high school was like no other. each year, every sport made it to the state tournament to at least quarter finals or further. I was always wanting to go support them. Whether it was football, basketball, soccer, drill, you name the sport, I was most likely attending and supporting. I had school pride from the time I was a sophomore, until the day I graduated. I went to as many events as I could, knowing that one day high school would end. My sophomore & junior year I wasn't involved. And going to a school where sports and clubs are the only way you'll fit in, it was a rough 2 years, but I still had the time of my life. 2. Be Friends With Everyone & Try to Ignore the Drama In high school, I went through multiple friend groups, which most have ended with drama. I made many memories with those friends & many of those memories I will never forget. Each group had fun & each group had drama. I also tried to be friends with everyone. You won't regret the people you became friends with. The more people you know, the more fun you'll have! I always tried to reach out to people I didn't know. I would go up and introduce myself, then later we would become friends. IT NEVER HURTS TO REACH OUT TO SOMEONE NEW!! You never know who you will impact, and you never know what people are going through. Also, it doesn't hurt to be best friends with people younger than you. My best friends are all a year younger than me, and it just works out that way sometimes! 3. Go to the Dances, & Ask to Them! I never went to dances. I never went to homecoming. I went to one dance my sophomore year, one dance my junior year, and one dance my senior year. (And those aren't including the ones I went stag to, We'll get to that later.) When it came to boys choice dances, I always wondered why I didn't get asked to them. Even though I had the mindset I was going to get asked, I knew I wasn't. Anytime the doorbell rang, I was the first one to the door hoping it was an invitation to prom or homecoming. I would come home hoping my room was decorated and that I had been asked. Anytime I got home late or from a school event, I had hoped for that poster and clues of where to find the name of who asked me. I never got that for my junior prom, or my senior homecoming. 3b. DON'T QUESTION YOURSELF I started to question my appearance: was I ugly? was I fat? did I dress weird? was my make up done wrong all throughout high school? so I did what I could to fit in. I'd go with the crowd and wear what was only in style and what everyone else was wearing. I soon realized that wasn't it. I started to question my actions: did I have too much energy? was I too crazy? was I loud? was I just annoying in general? I may never know the answer to these questions. What I learned, is that dances are fun, but you shouldn't let them determine how much fun you have in high school, and that boys are stupid. haha just kidding, they aren't. My advice to younger kids: if you don't get asked, find a group of friends that haven't been asked either & go stag with them. Boys & Girls: find the courage to ask someone to the next dance. DON'T TALK YOURSELF OUT OF IT. Boys, you will make a girls entire year if you ask her to that dance. And girls, boys aren't that scary, & you may make his entire life as well! JUST DO IT! 4. Don't Settle for the Easy Classes I always wanted my school work and life to be easy. I was just striving for easy classes and that's what I did. I took from the easiest teachers, and I didn't push myself hard enough. When I reached my senior year, I realized I had made a huge mistake. I wasn't ready for college and the hard classes in which I will have to take for my dream job! I realized that I was going to struggle through college. I really regretted it when it all came to an end. 5. Your Year Full of Lasts For three years you couldn't wait until the day you graduated from high school, and can move on and be on your own. I promise that once senior year gets there, it won't be that way. It truly is your year full of lasts. Your last first day of grade school. Your last "Friday Night Lights" cheering on your football team in the stands. Your last homecoming, prom, preference, and whatever other dances your school has. Your last basketball game, your last baseball game, your last time cheering on all the teams at your school. By the time you realize it's your year of lasts, you realize that you want time to slow down, just so you can have time to breathe, and to live your last high school year to the fullest. DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. 6. Graduation Day The day has finally come. The day you have waited for for 13 years. You've been counting down for years, and it is finally here. I remember back in 7th grade everyone told me that middle school went by really fast, so don't blink or else you'll miss something. The same was told to me in 10th grade, that high school goes by fast, so take in every moment. You start to think back to the beginning of your senior year. Everyone had a countdown going and checked it daily, but it was still 9 months away, which seems far. And then all of the sudden you hit April saying "we only have 2 more months left!!" Then you hit the beginning of May saying "last month of high school!!" then all the sudden it was here. Graduation Day. The day you and your whole class has been looking forward to for 13 years, and boy did it come by fast. Friendships have ended, relationships as well. You have stayed up in the morning hours just so you could pass that one class that could keep you from graduating. You attended your last assembly, last theater production, last football game, basketball game, baseball game, softball game, volleyball game, any other sporting event, along with your last dance. You can name it, and it would most definitely be your last. Some of you, are going to miss it all, some of you won't miss any of it. The kids we've known since kindergarten, are all going our separate ways. somewhere in this world. I'm so grateful I met everyone I did over all these years and you should too.. Everyone you meet will truly impact your life in a different way that you will look back on and think, "wow. I'm really grateful for that person." You shouldn't want to change anything that happened to you for the world. None of the events I went through, none of the break ups, heart breaks, or staying up late just to pass. That's all part of life. You know that quote "You only regret the pictures you didn't take."? I would like to end by changing it to, You only regret the memories you didn't make. Or even, the chances you didn't take.
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