When I was getting ready to enter into the world of parties, drinking, and endless rumors, I was told that high school was going to be the best years of my life. To the people who told me this, thanks for trying to brainwash me. To my reader, you are not alone.

We'll begin with freshman year. This is the year where you are trying to figure out what high school is really about. So you decide to go to every football game, every formal dance, and follow every rumor there is. To say the least, this year you aren't yourself and you won't find who you truly are until your freshman year of college, maybe even later. But right now in the moment, you feel like you already know who that girl or boy is. You think you know who your friends are. You've never been the topic of discussion yet that wasn't positive and you have yet to have your first heartbreak. Freshman year you think you have your career plans all aligned and you believe what everyone tells you. "Did you hear about blah blah blah?" is what you'll hear every morning up until your graduation ceremony. To say the least, your freshman year is nothing but lies, rumors, and unnecessary drama that you like... for now.

Sophomore year is where things begin to pull at your heart strings. That rumor that went around freshman year has resurfaced, but this time it was probably started by the jock. The friends you believe you had by your side are no longer there to support you because you aren't as popular as the jock who you just so happened to date the year before, but you were the social butterfly. Now everyone knows who you are but they have the wrong idea. All thanks to the ex-boyfriend. Now you are down to one friend, maybe two. I say this since you're probably questioning everyone's true intentions, so you keep your circle small. Even with the smallest circle you keep finding yourself questioning the people you used to call your best friends. Sophomore year is one of the hardest for you. You are rushing to get out of high school, busting your behind just to get all of your credits. Then reality kicks in and you are now reminded that you have two more years left. Congratulations.

So you think junior year is going to be your year, you're about to get phenomenal grades, you'll be recognized at every assembly for your hard work, and you'll have a lot of friends. I had the same mindset, honey. To say the least, you won't accomplish half of these things. Not because you're lazy (maybe you are, I don't know you), but because you now have a job where you work every single day in order to get money for college, your mom and dad are both working so you need to help around the house, and you are constantly in the books. You won't get any desired sleep unless you call two or three hours of sleep a good amount of rest, all because you don't have time in your day to put your nose in the notes. Junior year rumors are rare to hear, but when you hear them you can't help but want to know more. This is where you have to stop yourself before things get too out-of-hand. Drama is most likely affecting your current high school relationship, you fight almost everyday because your partner heard something about you or you heard a lie about them. But because of this, because of the immaturity a high school relationship has, you break up and that "love of your life" and "soulmate" is now dating your best friend. Or should I say ex-bestfriend?

You are finally in your senior year, your heart still aches from the recent breakup and the loss of a friend, but your summer took a lot of weight off your shoulders. You worked everyday, worked overtime in order to pay for college and the second semesters of senior year you get accepted into your dream college. Rock on, dude! You feel as if senior year is going to be the best year yet. That's until you get hit with all of your senior priorities. You now have senior prom (goodbye $500+), college orientation, graduation party details, you have to pass one of the hardest classes you've ever taken, and the best part... finding college tuition. Oh yes, college tuition has to be the hardest part of senior year. Since all and any drama has faded away with your former friends, you think working everyday right after the release bell has to be the best idea you've thought of yet. Oh, sweetie... you were so wrong. Yes, the money is epic, but by the time you get home every night you don't finish school work until 3 am like usual, and you're constantly tired. Being tired does not make someone's day better. You are now exhausted, grumpy and want to skip every sporting event and girls night just so you can sleep. Taking all AP classes your senior year will benefit you once you're in college, but right now you are already experiencing the life of a college student, You have mental breakdowns almost everyday and you have no time for yourself.

So you graduated, you finally have your diploma in your hand and you're about to start your life as an independent. As you look back on these years, you realize that they were a little harder than you expected, but what you went through shaped you on how to handle life's smallest situations. What you experienced in high school was just the start of where your life would take you. You don't have any connections with your high school pals and that's a very good thing, You're now in an adult relationship and even have a ring on your finger. High school was not the best years of your life and I'm sure a lot of other people just like myself feel this way. Your high school was way smaller than you think, considering you haven't seen anyone from your school since graduation day, so everything is finally at peace. It feels pretty gnarly, doesn't it?