Ever since I graduated high school, I have felt liberated. I am no longer confined to a small classroom with a teacher who treats me like a child. Although I didn't have a normal high school experience (I had most of my classes at college) I was there long enough to suffer the effects that high school brought. I did enjoy high school and all the perks like spirit week or seeing my friends everyday, but there were things about high school I do not miss.
1. I don't miss the drama.
Let's be real. The real way to spell high school is D-R-A-M-A. Everyone had it, and if you didn't have it, you were involved some how. Rumors were the worst, some people found out their friends aren't really true until they got out of high school. As students we also found out there is no way to escape it. There will always be people who won't like you, but people act on it way more in high school. I couldn't stand coming into school everyday hearing a new rumor about who hooked up with who, or how the drama club has been in chaos because someone got the lead due to being like over someone who actually deserved it.
2. I don't miss the teachers.
Alright let me take that back, I don't miss all the teachers. Actually I had the best English teachers my junior and senior year and they actually taught more than just the standard curriculum. (Shout out to Mr. Farr and Mrs. Bronski.) Besides a few, I thought the teachers were just teaching because they got summers off and they were considered an authority. I didn't see many teachers who had a passion to teach. This was sad because I liked school (most of the time) and I felt like my teachers didn't.
3. Waking up early.
Enough said.
4. Goodbye whole-wheat pizza, hello Chipotle
Cafeteria food was beyond awful. Of course I didn't expect filet mignon, but come on, half-cooked chicken patties and cold curly fries? Halfway through high school, all lunches switched to whole-wheat and gluten-free and even the cookies turned healthy. (Thanks Obama.)
5. You are free to be whoever you want post high school.
Because everyone and everything was labeled in high school, it was hard for people to be themselves. This often caused tensions between friends and people not following their passions because they were embarrassed or scared they wouldn't fit in. In college there are no cliques, and no one cares who you are. College is a great experience and it is a time to find your true self, and your passion while everyone is rooting for you.
