Do not get me wrong, I love college and everything it has brought me. I really am happy to have moved on from high school. However, lately I have been looking back on high school, senior year especially, and remembering all of the fun times that I had.
In particular, football games.
The cheers, chants, and screaming that took place in the student section was definitely something else. Senior year was the best time for it all, being up close and cheering so loud until you basically had no voice. The themes of each game were one of the best parts, and we all went full out.
So many other parts of senior year were so fun and definitely were the best parts of my high school career. The classes were actually interesting (for the most part of course). If you know me you know my LOVE for psychology, and that all started when I took it my senior year.
Best. Class. Ever.
I am not kidding the information is so captivating. Learning about the way you think and learning about why you act the way you do and using your brain to do that, it is literally the coolest thing. If I could go back to high school for just one class, that would hands down be the one.
Another amazing part of high school was simply the comfort. Having a specific routine every day that I was so used to was something that I took for granted. Being in college, every day is different, which is also fun and I love it just as much if not more. I would say having the freedom in college in 100% better, but the familiarity of high school is a feeling that can never be replaced.
High school is a small four-year blurb in the grand scheme of things, but it is an impactful four years. It prepared me for the workload of college (thanks, Adlai you rock), which I have it to thank.
While loving college, I forget that I actually did enjoy most of high school. I always loved seeing people in the halls. A seven-hour school day seemed like absolutely nothing at the time. So many little things that high school had to offer are things that I am just now realizing I really did love. Yes, high school did cause me a lot of stress, but I would not change one thing about my experience.
We go through every stage in our lives for a reason, and I can confidently say that my high school stage perfectly prepared me for the even better college stage that I am in right now.
