High School....

This post is being inspired by, of course, an episode of Sex and the City.  No I'm not trying to be Carrie Bradshaw, nor am I trying to be the next sex blogger.  Although, that would be cool.  Just not original.

In this episode, Carrie is having dinner/dating her high school love.

This got me thinking about my high school experience.  Hearing Carrie and the gals talk about how much they loved high school and how it was IT.  Like IT IT!

Now, I look back, and to me, high school was NOT it.  I had a few friends.  Most of them girls because the guys made fun of me for not playing ANY sports.  There were times when I was bullied, made fun of, called fag, simply because I did plays at the New Castle Playhouse and did not associate with the cool guys.  We did not have a lot of money so I didn't get to have all of the cool clothes - whatever.

Watching Carrie, I got to thinkin', I feel kind of jipped out of a really good high school experience.  I mean, I had friends, I had clubs, I was a good student, but I did not fit in.

Does any one really fit in?

When I went to college - I was incredibly popular, well liked, and even guys from high school that went to my college would start talking to me.  I could not believe it.  So my college experience was incredible.  High school experience, not so much.

Why are we all so quick to be judgmental and mean in high school?  Is it because we are not fully developed into adulthood and lack the understanding of what it means to really treat someone?

When I hear about high school students mistreating other students because they are feminine, nerdy, poor, lanky, un-cool, or whatever.  It breaks my heart.  This is why the high school suicide rate is so high.

So, lets teach our high school friends and family to be kind because on 10 years, you have no idea who those people will become and what place they will have in your life.