So I’m sure that you have heard your parents or family friends or someone older tell you that high school is a “full experience”. Well, they are right and wrong at the same time. Anything is what you make of it, so for example, if you don’t do things in high school those memories will not be made and you will not have those experiences that may be vital for college or the workforce or even everyday life.

High school offers many experiences. Like learning to stick up for yourself and getting over petty drama, or in some cases staying up crying because you have a chemistry test tomorrow and a three-page paper due at midnight and you missed the deadline by seven minutes. It teaches you to work with other people and tolerate them even if they aren’t your favorite. You get to somewhat be your own person and finally try to decide what you want to do with the rest of your life and hopefully, you have good teachers that inspire you and help you along the way. There are so many things that high school teaches you that so many people skip over. Once you realize this, you will realize that teachers aren’t trying to make you have an emotional breakdown and people aren’t always going to be so petty and you will probably never see them again too. It will all be okay and just remember what has shapen you to be the person you are today.

“High School” by Nick Youngson shared with a CC BY-SA 3.0 license.