Being a high school graduate of almost three years, I still look back and hate every second of that horrid place. Unless you were Miss prom queen, whose family owned half of the county, or Mr "I sleep with everybody, but you're okay with that," you were a nobody. If only the nobody's felt like an actual nobody.
After middle school and experiencing lockers, and the two new grades full of boys and girls you've never seen before, high school seems like a magical place. In high school, you can try new sports, new hobbies and even new friendship circles. It seemed so refreshing, until the time actually came.
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My freshman year, I decided to go with soccer and inline hockey as my new interests. Being on an all girls team, soccer taught me to be nice to everyone, including the ones who thought they belonged in Fifa. I never played soccer before, I sucked. I was on Junior varsity throughout my career, and I was okay with that. Once someone knows you're on JV though, you're fresh bait. I was made fun of, I was sick of running, and to be honest I was sick of being embarassed for how much I didn't know about the sport. With how much I struggled, you would think someone would help me, like a coach or the captain, but no. Wearing that JV label over my head made me invisible.
Being on an all guys hockey team was even worse. I was again horrible at this sport, but hey, I tried for the sport I loved. I was torn to pieces by the guys I looked to for support and help. I was tormented for being the only girl. Names were called, pictures of me changing were taken, the sport I loved eventually ruined my confidence and well being.
After the sports world, I entered the world of relationships. I entered my first ever relationship, yet somehow I was still called these vivacious names. I was cornered for being an interest in guys eyes, and somehow that was a sign for everyone to tear me down. My friends seemed to dissipate into thin air once these rumors and names spread. The same group of friends with whom I've been with since elementary. The same group of girls I trusted into my life for laughs and tears. These girls tormented me for the rest of my high school years, because so and so saw me asking this guy a question, so of course that means I'll be cheating on my boyfriend that exact night. Why was I attacked? Why won't my friends talk to me? It took me four years to realize out of that whole school, there were only one or two people I could actually count on.
Fast forward into my junior year of college, and I have never been so happy with where I am in life. I don't talk to those jerks I went to high school with, because I honestly could care less where they go in life. I have found real friends who I can depend on in college. Now, I'm not saying there aren't some who are fierce with hate for no reason, but the positive outways the negative. I have found what true love is without any names being called, or any scars to hide. Getting out of that place called high school had turned my life a 180 and I couldn't be more thankful.
