If I had a penny for how many times, I heard college students say that "That was so high school," I would no longer be the broke college student that I am.
See, once we graduate from high school there is this norm that we should move on from every aspect of high school. I think this idea is right and wrong in different aspects. I think that it is good that we don't get stuck in the past and dwell too much on the good ol' days so that we can continue growing as individuals and creating new memories.
However, I think it is perfectly OK to still appreciate high school, the memories you made, the way it helped you grow, and most importantly the people who helped you along the way.
High School Friends are NOT overrated, and they are allowed to still hold a special place in your life.
Now, I cannot speak for everyone, because many people might've had horrible high school memories and friendships and truly need to completely move on, but for many, I think keeping in touch with your friends from high school is a really great thing.
I am my second week into my second semester of my freshman year of college, and I still love and cherish my close friends from my high school years.
A lot of my friends in college don't understand how I am still close or still invest in my friendships into high school, and my response is simply this: These people are the ones who got me through the good, bad, ugly and joyful times before I came here, I have no reason to leave them behind. Their problems are not "high school drama" to me, rather people who met at that stage in my life who are going through things and need support.
Moving onto whatever path life takes you after college should include change, including putting yourself out their to meet new people, but you should never feel like you have to leave the old you behind.
There will be friendships that were toxic and you need to cut out of your life.
There will be friendships where over time, you grow apart. People come into our life at certain stages for a specific reason, I believe, and maybe you don't realize now, but someone else needs them more.
Then, there will be the friendships that last. The ones you don't have to talk every day, just enough to show you care and that they still cross your mind. These are the ones when you go home for breaks, you know they're the first person you'll reach out to. The ones you'd still drop anything for, no matter how many miles apart.
That's what special about friends from high school. Usually, they aren't super close in distance, but when they know you need them, they're there in whatever way they can be. They don't have to, they don't see you all the time — but they choose to.
High school friendships are NOT overrated, in fact, they're some of the most special ones. You choose to still be friends after college, and the fact is, they chose you.
