High School

It’s hard to believe that sometimes that high school is a playground for liars, cheats, backstabbers, and thieves. Through all the craziness you can still find the better side of everything. Yes, I know it’s hard to believe.

I know what most of you are thinking “Please you’re probably one of the girls that had it easy in high school. A prep, someone everyone wanted to be around, so I don’t want to hear this crap from you.”, but I wasn’t. People considered me an outcast a “Freak”, someone that everyone liked making fun of. Why? Who knows maybe because I was quiet, and stayed to myself, or maybe it was because of the people I hung out with. It was strange being put into a category you had no control over. It was unfair. Because of the people I hung out with I wasn’t “Cool” enough. To me the so called “freaks” where the coolest and nicest people I ever knew.

Honestly, I knew I wasn’t “popular” or “cool”, guys didn’t seem to like me because of this, but I didn’t care. If someone can’t accept me for whom I am, than they aren’t the right people for me. For some reason people strive on being “popular” and accepted. None of us want to be at the end of the poking stick. In other words we don’t want to be the people that get picked on, made fun of, or harsh for being different. It’s not fair, and no one should have to live through that. Why do people do that? It really makes no sense, but the truth is we all do it especially in High School.

Now I don’t want to hear anyone say “I haven’t made fun of anyone once in my life”, that there my friends would be you lying to yourself and to me. That doesn’t mean you made fun of them in their face, but you did at least do it behind their back. We can all think of one time when we made fun of someone else.  You know why? Because this makes us feel better about ourselves, and less inferior. So, technically we can’t get mad at the “popular” kids who make fun of us, because we all do it. I’m not saying they can do as they please. It’s not right for anyone to make fun of others. People really don’t realize how painful their teasing can be, until it’s too late.

It really does hurt when people call you ugly, weird, stupid, a freak, or something so childish as saying you smell bad when you don’t. People don’t seem to realize that saying this to someone’s face will destroy their self-esteem. I met so many wonderful people who find themselves ugly just because of people saying otherwise, and when you do complement them they don’t know how to take it.  Honestly I am one of those people. I had been made fun of, because of how I looked. I have my days where I believe the lies and find myself so ugly, but then I forget those lies and I realize that I’m beautiful inside and out. I know I’m not a perfect person no one is, but I can say I’m more beautiful on the inside than most people.

If you are one of those “Freaks” I want you to know that you are beautiful inside and out. I hope that you never change, and you stay true to yourself. I know high school is hard, but there’s always another day. You never know tomorrow you might make a new friend, find someone who likes you for you, or even stand up for someone who is being bullied, or even stand up for yourself. Just know that you are not alone, and that you are truly beautiful. This is for the “Popular” or “Bullies” just know that when you pick on someone your truly hurting them. You might as well be punching them in the face, Not literally, and I hope that you can change your ways. I know none of us are perfect, and we make mistakes. I just hope we can all stop this silly nit picking, and grow up a little. When you get out of high school people that you picked on might end up being the ones that befriend you in college when your all alone, and your so called “Friends” aren’t there for you. 

The point of all this is that High School is hard, but it isn't the end of the world. Life keeps going on, and things will eventually change. Just keep hoping for the best, and never give up on yourself. Anyone can change for the better, and always keep an open mind. You never know that "popular" kid could actually be a so called "freak" like you. Life Just is, and You just got to Keep on Living. (: