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This Isn't High School

Then why does it seem like some people just can't shake their old high school tendencies?

Xena Raymond
Feb 28, 2017
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We are all in college now - some of us close to or more than half way done. We've been out of high school for AWHILE, right? Then why does it seem like some people just can't shake their old high school tendencies? It's baffling.

I catch myself thinking about this a lot. Since I've started college, I've realized that the things I thought I'd leave behind in 12th grade are still present. There are still girls fighting over guys, best friends battling over nothing, the whole "he said-she said" act continues and bullying is still an issue. People are still as two-faced as ever. Don't get me wrong, we all have our days where the immaturity is still present, but I've noticed that for some, it's an everyday thing.

I've seen it... I've experienced it. I've had people I know act childish and I just think to myself, "why?" Why have some of us not grown up yet? I'm glad I've left acting that way behind me, but at the same time, I feel like I'm gonna lose a lot of people that were close to me because of how they act. When someone behaves that way - that childish way, what do you do?

You're left with making a choice. Do you deal with it or do you cut them off and move on? Personally, I choose the second option. It's not fair to you to have toxic people in your life. It's not fair to have "friends" that are always trying to prove that they're better or smarter than you. You don't need people fighting with you constantly because they want to be right. You owe it to yourself to cut off those types of people and focus on what's more important; a couple no good "friends" or yourself.

I know leaving behind people you care about can be hard and it's something no one wants to do. However, we live in a world where people suck so we have to make decisions like that.

I thought college was about stepping forward, not stepping back. Making forever friends and having fun. I thought it was going to be more about picking each other up, rather than stomping on people to get to the top. Is this what the real world is like?

I'm starting to think that leaving behind the way people acted in high school wasn't the end... it was only the beginning.

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