High School

I found a website with lots of longer quotes. They have been so interesting to read. I found this one about high school and thought I'd share it.

I didn't have a ton of friends in high school. And we haven't kept in touch very well. Thank goodness for Facebook... I was kind of the weird quiet girl who always did her work and always went to class. I was surprised when people knew who I was.

By my last semester of high school I'd started sluffing a little. I'd gone to all the football games that fall and hung out with friends until midnight. I'd go to class and talk or pass notes or text or listen to music or lay my head down to sleep. It was a thrill to do what I wasn't really supposed to do. My friends helped me to not take things so seriously. And school started to become for fun.

I did well in high school. I got good grades, never went to attendance school, never got sent to the office... I was in several clubs, on the literary magazine staff, English Sterling Scholar, and I got my Associates Degree when I was 17. But those weren't the things I learned the most from. And while I wouldn't want to go back and do it all again. Heavens no. I am grateful for all the things I did learn and all the times I'll remember :)

"Somewhere between the procrastination... and the homework... and the incessant forwards... and the friendships... and the calls to each other complaining about crushes... Somewhere between the phone calls to old friends... And the "I miss yours, the "I love yours, and the "What are we doing tonight?"... And somewhere between all of the changing and growing... Somewhere between the classes... And the skipping classes... And the studying for tests... And the pretending to study for tests... And the downright NOT studying for tests... I forgot... I forgot what high school is all about. I forgot what it meant to cry... I forgot that pretending to be happy doesn't make you happy... And that pretending to be smart doesn't make you smart... I forgot that you can't just forget the past in fear of the future... I forgot that you can't control falling in love... And that you can't make yourself fall in love... I learned that I can love... I learned that it's okay to mess up... And it's okay to ask for help... And it's okay to feel like crap... I learned it's okay to complain and whine to all your friends for a whole day... I learned that sometimes the things you want most you just can't have. I learned that the greatest thing about high school isn't the parties or the drinking or the hook-ups... It's the friendships, which means taking chances... I learned that sometimes the things we want to forget are the things which we most need to talk about... I learned that letters from friends are the most important things... And that sending cards to your friends makes you feel better. But, basically, I just learned that my friends... Both old and new... Are the most important people to me in the world. AND... without them, I wouldn't be who I am today. So this is a thank you to all of my friends... For always being there. And even if we're not on good terms or we have lost touch... I still care for you... Always and forever love all you guys."