Well, I've gotta be honest. For the last 4 years I've gone to a private Catholic school (with the uniforms, nuns, and everything!), and I have to say, public high school just isn't up to snuff with me.

 

The previous school I was at was small. Every class had about 15-20 kids, and the school has 3-year-olds, preschool, kindergarten, etc. up to 8th grade. So, naturally, I knew everyone there. Not to say that I can name Mrs. G's preschool class, but I could recognize everyone. In addition, I knew every member of the staff by name. The Sisters, the teachers, the fix-it guy... I had a close relationship with a lot of them, too. (I'm not even going to get into detail about the amount of tears that were shed at graduation, from kids, parents, and staff alike!)

 

However! It wasn't the uppity kind of Catholic schools, where you HAVE to believe and the nuns will slap you with their rulers if you misbehave. It was fairly relaxed, and we had a Buddhist kid, and even a few Muslims.

 

The social aspect of that school was... amazing. Everyone was friends with everyone. I don't think it would be an understatement to say that everyone loved everyone else. ...I won't deny it, I've cried a lot, looking back on those times. Ha, just thinking about the sleepovers in the science classroom makes me laugh! (Yeah, we had sleepovers as a class. Quite frequently, as a matter of fact.)

 

And then... I was thrust out of my calm and blissful sanctuary and into reality.

 

High school. Now, I'm just going to vent for a moment... Everyone is an idiot, there's too many people, I can't BELIEVE how many KIDS are parents, there's way too much drug use, and everyone swears too much!

 

I am completely and utterly APALLED at the lack of respect for... well, for everything. These children scorn authority, hate the people they are closest to, and will randomly tell a COMPLETE STRANGER to "fuck off, bitch." Now, I know I'm lumping a lot of people into one category, but COME ON! I haven't found a single kind soul that isn't my friend, or the friend of a friend (and some of them are still pretty sketchy).

 

Now, I've been in school for a few weeks now, and I lost count of how many times I've been offered drugs. I AM FOURTEEN. I have virtually no life experience, and I don't want to screw my life up now! (I mean, it's still pretty screwed up, but I don't want that to be due to drug abuse!)

 

And for my comment about everyone being an idiot... I know there's some smart people. I am positive there are many, many people at my school that are far smarter than I am. But, naturally, they don't get recognized. No, the people that get recognized are the horrible, interruptive, annoying people that still somehow manage to be in Honors classes. I cannot stand people that are idiots! If you're intellectually challenged, that's fine with me. But if you are intentionally being a menace to the teachers and students that are attempting to recieve an education, that bothers me! As an added bonus, the curriculum sucks. Example, from my vocabulary book: "Define the word facetious." The answer in the back of the book? Dishonest. I want to stand up and shout "What are we teaching these children?!"

 

...I'm trying to think of something positive to say about high school, and you know what's sad? I can't think of a single thing. That saddens me. Deeply. Unbelievably.

 

I have much more to complain about, but it's late, and I'm tired.