It’s been a long 4 years here at Stafford. All through high school you hear people talk about how, “Oh, these are the best years of your life, it all goes by in the blink of an eye so enjoy it while you can.” Have these people ever been in highschool? Oh yes, we absolutely adore the constant packets and projects, the social hierarchies, and having to go to school while playing a real life ‘Dress to Impress’. Yeah, because why wouldn’t these be the best years.
Do you want my advice on how to survive this? I recommend keeping yourself private, not making a public spectacle of yourself. One thing about highschoolers is that they will be fake, they will betray the people they call friends all for a chance to be seen as popular or better than others. Creatures like these need to be avoided in the wild jungle of animals that we call school.
Now I’m not going to sit here and tell you to be a quiet loner, but I will say that you really need to be careful about what types of people you choose to make friends with. If you’re a bug, does it really make sense to try and befriend a spider? I don’t think so.
Make sure that your top priority is yourself. Of course school is important, having good grades, having a social life, etc., but you can’t have any of that if you don’t have a foundation of good mental health. Whether that be by taking breaks in between doing homework and do something that you enjoy instead, or talking to a counselor and making them involved to better help you, do what will work best for you.
Communicating that you know you are going to be behind on something is also a big part of maintaining solid grades. Teachers are people too, so letting them know you are behind, or need help is so important.” – Grace Hamilton, senior.
Likewise, Grace. Teachers may seem like rule-following robots sometimes, but I promise not all of them are like that. They are here to teach and to offer help when needed if you communicate openly and honestly with them. This is how you can survive four years in this enclosure.
