What do I miss most about high school? Woah. So many thoughts, emotions and experiences from the past four years of my life are rushing through my head, I need a minute to form a coherent statement.
I know what I'm supposed to say. I should say that I miss nothing about high school. College is great. End of article, all done, moving on.
But that's not how I feel.
College is scary, new and exciting. But, high school?
High school was safe. High school was comfortable. High school was familiar. If I miss anything, it's that. Waking up every day, going to the same place, with the same people I'd known for 13 years. The sense of understanding where we all knew that, yes, no one wanted to be here but it's okay because it's almost over.
I miss the people, the ones I hated and the ones I didn't even know. Most of all, I miss the ones I loved. The friends that were like family. The late night bonfires, lunch time Slurpee runs and shared jokes in the middle of class wondering when, if ever, we would use this in real life. I miss the times we laughed so hard that our stomachs hurt and the table next to us wondered what on earth we were laughing at. I miss our shared bond. I miss knowing that each of them would always be there when I needed them. I miss someone being able to know, just by looking at me, that something was wrong and knowing exactly what to say to make it better.
Of course, I miss the normal high school things, too. Friday night football games, daily soccer practice ( better known as death), band rehearsals and drama performances. All the activities that make high school high school.
To sum it all up, I miss what high school is -- a less than amazing place, at an awkward time in your life (okay, not as awkward as middle school but still). This place where you get to grow into the amazing person you're meant to be, and a thousand other people are there with you, struggling to do the same wonderful thing. People who have so much life left to live. People who could go on to be whatever they wanted limited only by their dreams and propelled by their sense of adventure. Some people loved it, some people hated it, but no one denies that it helped shape them into who they are now. It was safe, it was comfortable, it was all we knew. It was our whole world with people who we couldn't imagine our lives without. It was the final step before the unknown that was the rest of our lives.
But yeah. Sure. College is great. I miss nothing about high school. End of article, all done, moving on.
