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Hello, Fastlane Forum, and happy new year!
I'm a high school student, about to enter senior year in a bit. I wanted to make this post because I have been battling high school for a while now. All I have wanted to do during this time was just drop out or find alternatives to it because dropping out doesn't look good on your portfolio
I'm currently living in central Florida and have been attending a bad high school (i.e, there is no learning, little to no opportunities or advanced programs, bad social circle & networking opportunities, a lot of time wasted), I have looked into 'alternative education' but found that there aren't many opportunities there for many factors like money and location. It is highly ordinary, wastes precious resources (mainly mental energy and time) and it's driving me absolutely mad.
Enough of that rant, I wanted to hear from the rest of you about how your high school experience was.
Did you feel completely different from others like I do? Were you constantly getting in trouble? etc.
John S.
PS, Any additional insights are highly appreciated
I think you're asking the wrong question. It doesn't matter what anyone else's high school experience was, so don't waste your energy soliciting information about something that isn't relevant to your goals, and probably not relevant to us or our goals, either. For many of us, high school is a very distant memory.
There's a saying: "Wherever you go, there YOU are." The point is that you can be in a crappy environment or a great one, but ultimately it's up to you to do the best with what you have, whatever that may be. There are people with zero advantages in life, who rise to do great things. There are also people with every advantage in life, who are a total waste of space.
There's another saying: "What you focus on grows." If you continue to focus on what's lacking in your environment, those deficiencies will only seem larger in your mind. And while you're focusing on your problems, real or imagined, you're missing great opportunities to focus on what you CAN do with what IS available to you.
High school is a means to an end. Stop worrying about what it isn't and just get the job done - graduate. I don't know if you're thinking about dropping out, but I assure you that you will regret it if you do, if, for no other reason than it sets a precedent of failure. If you truly feel that you're in the wrong place, then you need to look harder to find an alternative. Do the work, solve the problem and forget ranting about something that isn't a real problem to people who don't know you.
Don't mean this to be harsh, but you're focusing on the wrong things. As a teenager you have luxuries most adults don't - time and very few responsibilities - so take advantage of them. Use this time to get your head right, direct your own education and design the life you want to live. Get after it.
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