I was always distracted with problems at home, so I didn’t really have a normal school life most of the time. For a bit of the time, I wasn’t with my parents so things were better.
I was a member of the Drama Club, and acted in plays. I did stats for track and got my varsity letter for “Team Management”. I was a columnist for the school paper and an editor for the Literary Magazine. I took courses I loved like Journalism, Spanish (all 4 years even though the req was 2), and Theatre. I didn’t have many friends and kept to myself but I didn’t mind. I had amazing teachers who were willing to work with me to excel at what I loved. My journalism teacher always gave me recommendations for good books, ways to improve my writing and other things of that sort.
I got into things that I enjoyed, and it was easy to take my mind off of other things. It was so worth it.
I wish I hadn’t had so many problems at home so I could have done better in school (grade wise). But I wouldn’t do it over, as I have turned out pretty well (so I think).
High school is what YOU make of it. Everyone has completely different experiences. It all depends on who you are, what you’re willing to do, and how you spend your time.
People say high school was the best years of their life. For me, they were the hardest/worst.