It Gets Better

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It Gets Better

                If you’ve ever gone to high school, you know that there are obvious stereotypes that most people fit into.  One of these stereotypes is ‘the populars.’  I have to say that they are my least favorite, and about ninety percent of people probably agree with me.  They think they are popular and cool, but what they don’t realize is that they are only popular among themselves.  Seriously, no one else gives a damn.  I especially hate how they think they are better than everyone else, when in reality, they will be the ones working minimum wage jobs their entire life.

                Another big group present in the high school atmosphere is ‘the nerds.’  Ten percent of these people have no social life, and waste their life on their computer that they built in their basement.  However, unfortunately for the other ninety percent, people identify this entire group by the description of the ten percent, and it is assumed that all the other ‘nerds’ are exactly the same.  This isn’t true, obviously.  It needs to be clarified whether 1) nerds are only the ten percent that spend their life in front of their self-built computers, never interacting with another human, or 2)nerds are people that are at the upper end of the intelligence spectrum, deserve more respect than anyone else, and will grow up to run the entire world, bitch.

                The point that I’m trying to make is that how others perceive you in high school has nothing to do with how successful you will be in your adult life.  People that think they are cooler and better than you will be the ones making your McDonald’s burgers and cleaning up your puke on the floor, and the poor nerds will probably be the billionaires that all the women cling to.  Don’t try to be cool, just be yourself.  You’ll get a lot farther that way, and people that you went to high school with will fall out of your life completely.

                The people that I feel bad for are the high school kids that take their own life.  Despite those airheads that say “High school is the best time of your life,” in reality, it is probably the worst time of your life.  One really awesome teacher that I respect said, “I feel bad for people that think high school is the best time of your life.”  It shouldn’t be!  For any normal person, your life will probably continue to improve from when graduate from high school to the end of your life.  Therefore, taking your own life before even finishing high school is just giving up to the adversity that everyone has to go through.