Beginning our guide on surviving
high school, we’ll start with, in my opinion, the most important aspect of high
school, and that would be making and maintaining friendships. I know this may seem blatantly
obvious, but it’s easy to get caught up in all of the excitement and stress of
high school and forget about the people closest to you.
One of the most important things
you have to remember throughout your high school career is that you need to
have fun. Without any fun in your life, and treating high school as strictly
business, you’ll almost certainly drive yourself insane and crash and burn. If
you’re like most people, fun involves being with friends and having a good
time. No matter how many honors classes you’re taking, or how many sports you’re
playing, you have to make time in your schedule to just go hang out with your
friends. It doesn’t have to be extravagant or a crazy party, just hanging out
together will help relieve all of the stress that you accumulate throughout the
school year.
Friends not only bring the angle
of fun into high school, but they are also going to be one of your main sources
of motivation. There are many forms of motivation that they provide. When your
alarm clock is buzzing and you feel like you’d rather get shot in the foot than
go to school, your friends provide that motivation to get your lazy self out of
bed and to school, if only for the sole purpose of hanging out with them.
Friends also provide motivation to keep your grades up. If your friends truly
care about you, then they’ll want to see you succeed and be the best that you
can be, so they won’t let you start slacking on your school work. My freshman
year my best friend and I were the top of our class in pretty much everything.
Sports, grades, girls, you name it. However, as the school year progressed, he
started getting caught up in all of the “fame” and both his school grades and
his athletic performance started to decline. As I watched this get worse and
worse I decided that this really did need attention. So, I sat him down and had
a sort of intervention moment with him to wake up and get his priorities back
in order. By the end of the year he was back on top with me. This is the kind
of support that friends can provide you. If my friend would’ve been completely
alone in that situation, who knows where he’d be today. His friendship saved
his career.
Friends also provide an outlet
to commiserate with. Sometimes you just need to vent about how unfair and
horrible one of your teachers are, or how much you hate getting up at the crack
of dawn. Friends go through that same thing with you, and they’re more than
happy to complain about their high school lives with you. Having someone to
talk about these things with really alleviates a lot of the pent up tension
that you accumulate through the stressful high school year. Talking to someone
that really knows where you’re coming from feels a lot more rewarding than
boring your parents about how much your life sucks.
So as you continue your endeavor
through high school, it is of the utmost importance that you make time for your
friends, look out for your friends, and motivate each other. Good luck surviving
high school.
-Brandon
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