Graduating high school was amazing, I felt like I accomplished something, and a chapter in my life was ending. I was also very excited to see the end of high school cliques, and the high school drama that accompanies every student. My juvenile mind was very wrong, because unfortunately, that stuff never ends. There are always going to be annoying cliques and unbelievable drama regardless of your age, and that stuff is showing its face everywhere.
I'm in my final year of college and I feel like I have a good sense of reality for my age. I understand how society works, though I may not like it, and I feel like I can speak for many people my age. As a twenty-one year old, I can promise you that drama is as crazy as ever. Let's start with the drama surrounding school. The final year of college can be very stressful because you are expected to do better than ever. There are people surrounding you, expecting you to do great, and become something great. This not only brings a lot of stress, but it brings drama out. Some people may be jealous of where you are, some people might think you're not doing enough. If you aren't looking for jobs during your senior year, people start talking. It seems like everyone is two-faced in some ways, which is extremely annoying.
If school wasn't enough, we could talk about how family brings out drama. While this may not be the same for everyone, most parents have an extremely hard time letting go of you. Graduating from college means that you are a full adult. You can go wherever you want, to find the job you want, and your family can't always follow. Your family may give you a lot of shit for not spending enough time with them, even though you want too. It turns out we are very busy, and as we mature, we meet other people and we go out. We are not the children we used to be, We have lived on our own, and we need time away to explore the world. The drama comes in, when your family doesn't agree with you wanting to explore and grow up. They stay too attached, and while that's understandable, it's also unacceptable. We have to grow up on our own, and we can't do that with dumb drama like that.
Probably the biggest instance of high school drama happening later in life is involved within your social groups. I have had my fair share of different social groups, and as people grow up, people grow out of friendships. I had a friend group for a few years that I just couldn't handle anymore because they act extremely immature. Even after not talking to them or about them in months, I find out that they are still talking shit. I just laugh and shake it off because they are still doing that childish bullshit, but it gets to you sometimes.
Drama will always find its way into your life. In the end you just want to please everyone, regardless if you're friends or not, but it just isn't achievable. People will always stir drama and it is just something we can't control. What we can control, is how much it affects us. If we give no power to the words of the weak, they will eventually just keep quiet. There is enough drama and stress in life already, having to deal with high school drama is not a necessity
