The friends you had in junior high will most likely not be your friends in high school.
I had an extremely close group of friends in junior high. Most of us have known each other since kindergarten so the friendship seemed natural. After graduating the 8th grade, that summer was different. None of us really spoke anymore and we were all too "busy" to see each other on the weekends. The thought in your mind will always be "things will go back to normal when we go back to school" but they won't be. Your schedules are different and you all make new friends and now you truly do not have time for the old ones. This is normal and you shouldn't be heartbroken about because people come and go and that's life.
The boy that broke your heart will not ruin your outlook on love forever.
Breakups are hard and after spending months or years with someone, living without them seems impossible. You become so close and learn so much about one another so it feels like forever not enough time with them. Then come the trust issues, the lies, and maybe even the cheating and you feel lost. The love-filled relationship you once knew so dearly is just a memory. Whether it was a bad breakup or a good breakup, the feeling is still the same: the emptiness, heartache, never ending sadness. Your mind keeps saying "I will never love again" but I promise you will. The hurt may linger but you will find your other half when the time is right. Focus on yourself and the rest will work itself out.
Do not put your work off.
Procrastination will kill you in the future. The homework you never did because "the teacher doesn't check it" is now the homework that is being collected in college. The classes you once skipped are now your GenEd classes where everyone has a broad understanding of the topic because of the classes they took in high school. You may get lucky and write your one page, double spaced paper the night before it's due but it's impossible to do that with your five page, single spaced thesis paper.
Be true to who you are.
They say high school is all about finding yourself but as teenagers we also feel this is when your popularity status either spikes or plummets. Everyone wants to have friends and fit in with the crowd but it's not always the best decision. Drinking, drugs and skipping school may seem "cool" to your new friends but how will that affect you in the future? To be successful in life, you need to figure out what is the best road for you to take and go full speed. You cannot let others influence your future endeavors because it is not always guaranteed that they are looking out for your best interest.
Everyone's in a rush to get to college and just move on. Sit back and enjoy the four years you have with the people you grew up with. These people have watched you grow as a person and can teach you a lot about yourself. If you stop looking at all the bad parts of high school, you will be able to see the amazing lessons you learn in those four years.
