High School Dos and Donts

let your paranoia get the best of you. If you do it’s something that can affect your relationships, family and the fun in your life.

date your best friend.

let people who talk crap about you get under your skin you can get mad all you like but take the high road and ignore them.

Let the SAT get to you. The SATs are very important, but it is a test that is made for people to fail. The best thing you can do is relax, clear your mind and have faith that you will do well on the test.

drink and drive! It’s a simple thing that you will hear all the time, but it’s a good thing to follow. It’s high school and you’re young; you’re going to drink that’s fine. Chances are most of the adults in your life that tell you not to drink underage didn’t listen to their parents about not drinking either, but since they are still around to tell you not to, then chances are they didn’t drink and drive.

get discouraged, follow “the trend,” get caught up in all the hype.

They’re not necessarily the BEST days of your life, there are many better ones to come after, but only if you work hard and stay true.

A lot of the social crap does not matter after you leave.

It’s also important to have a small amount of really good friends who care. Don’t end up being really popular and realize nobody really cares about you that much after all.

complain when you have a tough teacher. Chances are that they are the ones that you will look back and thank them for being hard on you. Plus the real world is probably going to be much worse.

focus on GPA. Focus on improvement. Everyone has different needs with education. As long as you show improvement you are doing alright. Grades won’t tell you how you will survive in the real world.

let all of the drama get to you. It may seem important now, but seriously, take a step back, and look at everything objectively.

forget that in four years all these people will be gone and you will stay in close contact with at most a dozen of them.