By Nicquie TwedtAhhh summer! Tanning in the warm sun, swimming in the cool water, tasting the sweet lemonade, another break from another year of school.
Now that school is out, I often reflect on the events of the year. Sadly enough, all that clouds my mind besides homework, band and being with friends is the intensity in our schoolóbetter known to teens as High School Drama.
It seems that in high school, the idea of drama is dramatized.
Constantly there is gossip about who broke up with who, who got into trouble over the weekend, what parties are going on, who started that fight and what classes or teachers are driving everyone crazy.
There is so much going on that itís hard to stop the spinning. Not to offend anyone who loves the excitement of school, but I must admit one thing: being away from High School Drama is relieving.
What is drama? The phrases, ìI could die!î or ìMy life is officially over!î come to mind when thinking of High School Drama.
Webster defines it as ìa series of events involving conflicting forces.î
Conflicting forces? No doubt about it! During school, we are running around trying to find time for friends, family, work, sports, homework and other activities. Teens can get so stressed and overwhelmed about what is going on at school that it is hard to stand firm on their feet.
As teens, our hormones are so active we tend to take things more seriously than we should.
For instance: grades. I know a few people this year who have had straight As all of their life but this year they got a B or B+.
ìMy parents are going to kill me!î flies out of their mouth. WHAT?
Side note to the parents: if you are giving your teen a hard time about a B in high school, I honestly think you should step back and look at that accomplishment.
Depending on the subject, you may have every right to be upset. Maybe they really did slack off and not do their best, but people seem to lose sight that a B is still above average.
I have been a straight A student myself and I got my first B of high school this year. I panicked at first, but then I thought of how hard I had worked and that makes me proud for what grade I had received.
It seems high school is worse than any other stage in our life, especially when you are a teen in the present. If you get a C in math, you wonít go to college.
If you and your boyfriend/girlfriend break up, you will never love again. If you and your mom/dad get in a fight, youíre moving out. If you wake up one morning with bad hair, youíd rather have your mom call in sick for you. I, too, have thought these things. Can we honestly say that these little faults can ruin our ENTIRE lives?
An adult friend of mind once told me about a retreat that she went to. For a visual, the leader asked 80 people to stand in a line across the crowd. Each person represented one year of a personís average lifespan. The leader then had four people step forward. These four people represented the years spent in high school.
Think about it! High school is 1/20 of our lives and itís going by faster than we had anticipated. Donít stress that you didnít make the track team this year. Work hard this summer and try again next year. If you didnít make an honor roll because of a certain class, now you know your weakness and you can do better next year. Try to forgive and forget the fights with friends/family last year. Talk about it and get rid of the yuck! My point to all of this is that we all need to learn from our downfalls and not blow everything out of proportion.
The excitement of High School Drama has made it easier for me to look forward to graduating next year and moving on to college. Adults ask me, ìSo, are you getting scared about graduating and being on your own?î
Heck no! I canít wait to meet new people, experience new things and basically be free from all of this High School Drama.
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