High School: the four years of torture where you go from having to raise your hand to go to the bathroom to having to decide what you want to do with the rest of your life. I'll be the first to admit it, high school could be very aggravating. Some days it got to the point where I just needed to walk away from whatever I was working on and cool off before I had a meltdown. Senior year was the worst. While most of my classmates were looking forward to prom and the after-prom parties, I was looking forward to the day of graduation when I could say goodbye to all of it: the school, classmates that I had issues with since day one, and the worry of if I failed one test I wouldn't get into college.

Prom was a blur in my memory since I intentionally block it out since it was not a fun night. Go to prom then go home since I knew graduation rehearsal was the next morning. While others stayed out all night and came to rehearsal with dark shades to hide the fact they had a hangover, I showed up ready to leave.

The day of graduation came, I was so excited to walk across the stage and never look back. I even remember saying to one of my friends, "Last day here. I won't miss it."

However, two years later, I actually do miss high school. Don't get me wrong, I love college. I have learned so much in my field and have made some friends here who are in my field of study and joined different groups which have made me happy. But I look back sometimes and think, "maybe high school wasn't all that bad." It wasn't as stressful as college. College can be very stressful at times when you have at least 3 papers that range from 1-4 pages due within days of each other and end up pulling all-nighters to finish them all.

There are days (okay I admit, it's usually during classes that I am trying not to fall asleep in) that I look back and wonder, where did the time go? It feels like only yesterday I was walking into freshmen year of high school not knowing anybody since I had just moved there. Now I'm getting closer to my 20th birthday and graduating college.

I know I was never the perfect student (apologies to the teachers who got frustrated when I either asked them to repeat something or just explain something differently), But school has always been my number one priority. If I knew I had a test coming up, I stayed home and studied instead of hanging out with friends. I went to any extra help offered and did extra credit projects.

I will always love high school even if I'm stressed out at times due to papers, but I will also miss high school. Both have many good memories for me.