High school can definitely be the most amazing four years and the most stressful four years. You can either make it amazing and memorable or dreadful and long. “High school” two words that carry a lot of experiences, lessons, transformations etc. This is the place and the time where young adults can find themselves. We develop our own thoughts and opinions, our likes and dislikes, our interests. When an entire school full of teenagers are discovering who they are as individuals many challenges are bound to come up. As a graduating senior I know first hand the different types of problems that everyone from the ages of 14 to 18 face.
For anyone going into high school, I would say it is 30% accurate of what you see in movies. People don’t bust out dancing in the middle of the hallways. I would say to every incoming freshmen that high school is what you make it out to be. Focus on what makes you happy and successful. You can sometimes get caught up in the social aspect of everything but at the end of four years none of that will be important. Fitting in is one of the most common challenges that kids face. What I would say to that is to be yourself. Never change who you are to accommodate someone else. Being yourself, feeling genuine and happy will bring you more rewards even if it doesn’t seem that way at that moment. Joining school activities, clubs, organizations in your school could be a way to find people you share things in common with. Take advantage and explore what your school offers.
In terms of academics, high school can be rigorous especially the last two years but it is very much manageable. Freshmen and sophomore year will be the two easiest years of high school, therefore take advantage of that and increase your GPA. All that goes into getting a high GPA is simple, just doing your work. Turning in homework on time, listening in class and studying for tests is all that goes into you accumulating a 3.5 or higher. All in all the four years that you will be in high school are some that you will never forget make sure you do what is best for you to make them memorable.
