1. Have to agree and disagree with you on this one. Yes, HIgh school isn't at all like those movies, but high school was some pretty good years, none-the-less. Getting a license, hanging out with friends, sports, etc. Compared to University or "Real Life" afterwards, this stuff is cake, and needs to be enjoyed (As senile as you like to think parents are for saying that, it's absolutely true...but never believed until after the fact).
2. Be friends with as many teachers as you can. Believe it not, they're not bad guys. Most of them are more than willing to lend an ear with any problem you may have.
And then, you do have some bad apples. I too had some teachers who were pretty self-serving. I had one teacher who wouldn't help me with algebra because he thought I was hopeless - turns out I had a form of dyslexia that affected how I perceive numbers. I also had problems with a very fat gym teacher who I ended up telling off (I have athsma, so was naturally one of the slowest kids in class. After one too many slow jokes, I told her to put down the donut and run a few laps herself because she needed it more than I did. I initially got detention, but the principal dismissed it. Ah well.)
3. I didn't get a girlfriend until I was a senior...too shy around girls.
4. Join any groups you have interests in. Clubs are a great way to make friends, and they only look good on University applications.
5. Can't disagree with you there, if you're school still does this though, it's usually a required class anyway.
6. Yep.
7. Have to add, that these classifications no longer amount to anything once you're out of high school. Those cool cliques who may (or may not) end up tormenting you because of their status suddenly lose all their power once that diploma hits your hands. There may be frats in college and university, but there are NO cliques...at least none with power...you'll see.
8. Ooooookayyyyy. Moving on.
9. Moving on.
10. True.
11. Get used to it, it only gets worse in College.
12. I have to take offense to the term "incompetency". Most people who are in special ed classes aren't incompetent in the least. Most just learn in different ways. I used special ed classes in the case of my math, I wasn't stupid, I just had to learn a different way and with a more hands-on approach. BTW: while there are a great number in special ed because of social problems, it usually doesn't matter in this class.
I also don't know about the whole "don't tell anyone" thing either. I never found this to be an issue, with the exception of a one particular ass who liked to find something to pick on me with. Though most don't really care.
Have some confidence in yourself.
13. So are must art teachers I know. I also had a pretty cool history teacher (though he loved to be sidetracked by the JFK conspiracy).
14. Usually health is a prequired class, at least it was for me. I don't know about the whole bull-shit artist thing either, most of the course work here is state regulated. Otherwise, it's a good first step if your interested in healthfield industry.
15. Ditto.
16. Again, this all has to do with the cliquish thing, and how vicious high school can tend to be socially. May be true for high school, you'd be surprised how much that changes in college. I didn't hide my obsession in college and often had figures up in my dorm...everyone else found this pretty cool.
17. Probably not.
18. Big egos deflate like balloons once that diploma hits the hand. Welcome to the real world.
If those were the best years of my life, then life is gonna suck.
You have no idea.
In retrospect, wait until after college, you'll think much differently. EVERONE thinks high school is the worst during and immediately after. You're no exception.
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