In high school, there is a lot of pressure. You're expected to figure out your whole life in the months before graduation. How realistic is that, though? Well, I'm here to tell you that it's not.

I'm here to tell you that at least 75 percent of what you learn in high school is probably not something you will ever need to know again. When do I ever need to know what the powerhouse of the cell is? But most people could tell you, because that's what is drilled into our heads in high school.

What is the symbolism in one of Shakespeare's plays? I write stories, and I can tell you that there isn't nearly as much symbolism in his plays as your English teachers always told you. If the curtain in the characters bedroom is blue, all that means is that it is blue. He's not sad, it's not going to rain, it's blue.

Who was that one leader of Russia that one time? Not very specific, I know, but that's because I don't know history. But I can tell you in high school, history was something that I was forced to 'learn' because it's important to understand the past--but when will I need to know about a Russian tsar?

So many of the things you learn in high school are just fillers, and that's not the only bad thing about high school.

I'm sure that the majority of the people reading this were either bullied or teased about something at some point in high school. Whether it was for your hair, your clothes, your friends, who you had a crush on--whatever it was, I'm sure we all got made fun of about one thing or another. At least, I did, and I can tell you that once you get out of high school, nobody cares about your hairstyle. No one cares if you buy your clothes at The Gap. No one cares who you are friends with--the only thing people care about in respect to bullying is if you are the bully. In the real world, being a bully gets you nowhere, and that goes as well for causing unnecessary, childlike drama.

When you're in high school, there are a lot of lies and secrets, and plenty of two-faced friends. If you're the kind of person who is going to try to ruin someone else's relationship because of a crush, or you pretend to be someone's friend for any reason just to be mean and rude to them, you will not have a good place in many people's lives once you graduate.

After graduation, a lot of you will go to college. Some of you won't, and that's okay. But honestly, all of the things that are considered to be important in high school, all of the things that have you stressing, all of the lame responsibilities of memorizing historical figures and the parts of a cell, will be almost completely obsolete after you graduate.

So don't worry about how rough high school is, because I can tell you that it get's a million times better the second you graduate. The real world is nothing compared to high school, because in the real world, you have to be yourself, or else life is not worth living.