Top 10 Untrue Things They Say About High School

I was in an emotionally abusive friendship my last year and a half of high school. That, plus waking up early, all the homework, standardized testing, stress, etc. Yeah, I like college much better, especially since I'm gonna be a junior in college and I'm living in an apartment for the first time this year!

Yeah, because I'm totally gonna look back and go, "Oh how I miss having to see the hundreds of people I couldn't stand, being trash-talked, and doing an unnecessary amount of work!" I will miss some of the most carefree days of my life, but not the school itself!

The best years of your life are as an adult or after you're done with education. You're given freedom and you're free to pursue what you want. Independence also means full control of your social circle and your routine.

School honestly depends. Some have a great time with great friends and supportive teachers/guardians, whereas others feel as if they didn't fit in and are left to build their own experience elsewhere. But I wouldn't call it the best time of your life as you're still developing as a person, although there are people who try to rush moments too much for their own good.

I'm in 10th grade and I can officially say that high school is mostly like middle school, except most of the juniors and seniors (and sophomores who turn 16 during the school year) can drive themselves to school. Also, grades actually matter in high school, and in most classes (at least at my school) you can sit wherever you want in class.

Not entirely. I'd say this is the least true out of the top ones because I had a genuinely great high school experience. It was a new start, but my pals were still my pals, and the people who thought I was weird still thought that way. Didn't bother me one bit.

You should be yourself even if they bully you. If people will bully you for it, don't be their friends. Instead, befriend people who will accept you for who you are. If you don't be yourself, then you will lose sight of who you really are. Be proud of who you are. If people bully you for being nerdy, ignore them.

Be yourself, get bullied, get punished by the teacher, be called a failure. Enough said.

I'm scared to be myself because I don't want to be bullied or harassed.

Hah, I remember joining one (photography class) out of curiosity and oh boy, it was so boring. Now, I just do it solo.

Bit subjective to me. There will be people who will find it fun, some who won't.

Maybe they would be if 6-8 hours wasn't more than enough time being there.

I'm almost done with my freshman year, and I've only had a few minor problems with this.

From where I go, it is not "bad" but just bland. It's edible, which is rare because all of it is frozen. But there has been one bad time with the food where my milk was rotten.

They're alright at my school, actually. They're just too expensive, and their carbonara seems a bit too dry.

I tried the food from the ca- Oh wait! Food and cardboard are two completely different things.

I wanted to add a few positive things as well because I didn't want the entire list filled with negativity. After all, there are many good things about high school. This is one of those positives if you're like me and have a bad habit of procrastinating. Unfortunately, this one is semi-true as there are teachers that don't give extensions, but most are more than happy to. You just have to take advantage of that extra time.

My teachers said we have until the end of the grading period to turn in our assignments and get a grade on them.

Maybe you'll run into the odd wannabe big tough guy once in a blue moon that likes to pick on freshmen like he wasn't one before, but as long as the freshmen leave them alone, they're usually pretty good with not pestering them.

I was always told this urban legend, but then again, that was the mentality I assumed was common. It just happens.

Even in my senior year, I was still being bullied!

Don't let the "Oh, we're going through puberty. We're so cool" fiasco fool you. Puberty is just a change in your body and yes, your mind develops as you get older, but that doesn't mean they're maturing mentally. In fact, in most cases, it's almost no different.

I wonder what it's like being a teacher, having to take care of a bunch of teenage students like a babysitter, spending hours marking their work every night and even having to go in on days that students don't. That's why I would never be a teacher.

No idea where you heard that from, but it is absolutely not true at all. High school is full of drama.

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - Animal Farm

Pfft! Whoever said that either had lots of friends and a pleasant experience or is confusing high school with our child/teenage years in general. That I will miss.

Really? Writing essays and studying for exams all night while crying is fun?! Whoever came up with that idea is out of their mind.

Yet, it is kinda true though that seems to be the common theme where high school students aren't like college students where they're not motionless robots.

It really just depends on the group. Popular kids and emos have more drama at my school, but usually, everyone else is just fine.

It's too much or not depending on how you see it.

When I was heading into my freshman year, I was terrified of the homework load. I had already gotten a lot of homework in 8th grade, and everyone told me that high school was going to be even worse. But when I got to high school, I was relieved when I got a lot less homework than I thought I would.

Part of that was because I was in mostly fundamental classes, which don't really give much homework at all. I didn't even have to take physical science freshman year either, which was a bonus. My sophomore year ended up being a lot harder. I had to take American history in a big class, and I got the hardest teacher of them all. Anyway, that class wasn't too bad, mostly because I enjoy history and the teacher was pretty funny. He made the class enjoyable too.

It was the second semester that was a lot worse. I had to take physical science my sophomore year since I didn't take it my freshman year. I got the hardest teacher in that subject too. We got a midterm study guide that was like 25 pages long. Don't even ask me who thought it was a good idea to make physical science a class for freshmen. The hardest class I took was American Government junior year. In that class, I had to write a huge paper. The tests were ridiculously long, and I had to study hours for them.

People are mental if they actually believe this.

What exactly are you saying? That's the one thing they teach you in health class - to not overdose. Drugs are bad, m'kay - Mr. Mackey

It's only good when it's prescribed. If it's not, then it's bad.

Not if you lose focus easily like me.

I hate how getting into college revolves around grades. My parents get upset if I don't do well, and I think they prioritize them too much.

The truth is graduating is all that really matters. Your diploma doesn't have your GPA printed on it.

They only matter until you graduate.

Trust me. It doesn't. And this is coming from someone who takes special ed classes.

No, it doesn't. It was made to help you with stuff, but it doesn't initially.

In special ed classes at my high school, the kids just did kindergarten math, played on pbskids.org, and watched movies all day long.