I am so glad that high school is over. Honestly, I don't know if it was the absolute worst years of my life, as sixth grade especially, as well as seventh grade were particularly horrible, and really were the worst years of my life. But high school quite sucked, too.
Senior year was okay. I had the knowledge that I was leaving that place forever hanging on my head. That, while scared, I had a future to embrace, and looked forward to it. And, finally, the bullies really left me alone. I finally felt "okay" in school. Wasn't popular, likeable, didn't go on dates, didn't go to parties, but everyone finally left me alone, yet I had acquaintances (even the popular kids), and best of all, I was leaving.
Thing is, though, my high school wasn't quite as stereotypically cliquey as the one portrayed in this film. There were popular and unpopular kids, but it's not as if most of the popular kids were ever really mean. In fact, some of the people who were nicest to me through those horrible years were the really popular kids. Maybe they pitied me, but whatever. They weren't most often the ones who antagonized or bullied me. They weren't about to invite me to their parties, but you know, they made adolescence a little easier on me, and that was enough.
After graduation, I joined the Marines for four years, left that damn house, and never looked back. Adulthood has been a world better than high school ever was. I wouldn't go back. I wouldn't go back to the atmosphere, the home situation, or the person I was back then. I'm glad it's all over.
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