Some things we can’t change, but what we can do is look back and laugh at our old selves. The sad part, for some of us, is looking back only a year or two… boy, have things changed.
We all know middle school was rough, and that we thought we were cute but we weren’t. But if there were things I could take back from high school, I would.
1.You did not need to get up at 5:30 a.m.
We all did it, we glammed our faces out, but as for the outfit, we looked ratchet. Night club on the face, just rolled out of bed from the shoulders down.
2. Get a real book bag.
The Victoria's Secret over the shoulder bags needed to go. We thought we were so cool when we had a nice bag. And I'm laughing at the girls that carried a nice Kate Spade or Micheal Kors bag around. Girl, you are walking the halls of your high school, not NYC. Chill.
3. “If you don’t try you won’t get into college.”
We all had parents that said this our junior year, and look at us now, killing it and doing our thing. I think if I had a dollar for the amount of times I was told that I wouldn’t get into college due to my SAT scores, I would have enough money to pay off my college debt.
4. Walking into school and hearing “Wow, last weekend was so crazy!”
Oh, I bet it was; sitting in a basement drinking and wishing that boy you have been crushing on would text you. College is so different. Now, you see people that you saw out, and you only ask “are you feeling alright? I saw you out there killing it. It was worth the hang over.”
5. Strutting through the halls.
I thought I was so hot walking through the halls of my high school, and that everyone knew who I was, but when college hits you, no one is looking. I wish I saved my cardio workout and did not show up to my algebra class sweating.
6. Do not argue with you teachers.
Believe it or not, there is no need to make a fight with your teachers about a grade, because most times, a little friendly e-mail followed up by a meeting will get you the points back. I know, we all fought severely for the grades in high school, but I think if we gave our professors the attitude we gave our high school teachers, everyone would think we are crazy.
7. Senior year—Who run the world? Seniors.
You know how, when you walked into school your senior year, you felt like you were on top of the world? Now, as a sophomore in college, you are roughly halfway through your college career and you are already sad. Time flies when you want it to slow down, and when you want everything to move faster, you don’t appreciate events that will mean something later on.
8. That one school lunch that you thought was good…
For me, it was turkey and trimmings and Big Daddy's pizza, and I know you all put the ranch under your pizza so they didn’t charge you the extra 20 cents. But college you have Auntie Anne's, and that beats turkey and trimmings any day of the week.
9. Tying your shirt with a ponytail holder.
C'mon, girls, we all did it, and we hate ourselves for it, but it worked. It got the job done; you know we had the long shirts and we wouldn’t cut them to make them cute… Um, 911. I need your help, I have a baggy t-shirt on and I need a ponytail holder.
10. Ask.fm... I'm sorry, ask me what?
Don't lie to yourself; if you didn't have one, you for sure snooped on other people's and were appalled by the questions. I never had one and I never used them to get back at others, because I thought they were stupid and degrading, but I know you all did the same as me. Some of the questions were so dumb... see you later, freshman year!
Thank God we have moved on to bigger and better. As high schoolers, we were sort of pathetic and super unexplainable. At least we can look back at these times and laugh... and maybe we will even laugh so hard we cry.
