High School

Whenever people ask me if I'm ready for high school, I don't know what to say. I usually go with "As ready as I'll ever be" and try to change the subject. What I really want to say is, "I'm ready to get this over with and head straight to college." That's how a lot of my friends feel as well actually. College has been put on a pedestal our whole lives. It's the thing people talk about when there's a lull in the conversation and it's what parents have presented to us with a ribbon on top. I was in the GT program 4th-8th grade and I can tell you one thing. GT kids' home life is jacked up. And 99% of it is from our parents. College is this wonderful utopia where there are no parents. High School is the ring of fire we have to jump through to get there.

My friends and I being worried for high school isn't so much worrying about social situations and stuff like that. It's the added pressure. The grades mean so much more. Which means the stakes are so much higher. The shining beacon of glory that is college can be snatched away from you in a flash if you don't make the right choices. If you don't join the right clubs, activities, classes, or a plethora of other things.

I start this journey in 9 days and I'm excitedly nervous if that makes sense. I just can't wait to get my life up and going. To experience. To live. To hate. To love. I guess typing those things makes it sound like I've never done them before but believe me I have. I guess it just makes all the difference that I'll be doing those things in high school. Bring it on, baby!