To the ladies.. I've learned..

I feel the need to dedicate at least one blog post to the ladies, especially my fellow T-wolves. To the girls who will be the top of the food chain next year, and to those just coming in trying to find a place in this world. I think the biggest thing I have learned in high school is this: the dances, the boys, the dates, the weekends, the parties, and the kissing... IT DOESN'T MATTER. In the end those who have kissed 50, and those who are the dreaded "V.L.", You both walk down the same isle, and step into a new world of the unknown. In the end, we are all the same. Scared, confused, and nervous about the future. The friends you think will have your back will let you down, and those who don't seem as important will come through for you when you need it most. The days you decide to skip will make you wish you hadn't when you have a pile of packets sitting on your desk, and the two minutes you decide to be late everyday will seem all too short when you're sitting in arc. Don't be lazy, and don't give up on yourself. We have built this image that getting good grades, and planning for the future is "nerdy", and no one can possibly be cool if they have higher than a 2.0. THAT'S WRONG. not only will college applications hit you like a ton of bricks, but you'll sit in term 4 of your senior year looking back, wishing you would have tried harder. Because college doesn't care! they don't care about the party you had to go to, or the cool thing to do. All they care about is your willinigness to work and put in the effort.

I've learned that you're better off finding one good friend instead of trying to have the whole student body kiss the ground you walk on. Find REAL friends. Becuse the friendships you think you will have for life will quickly crumble when you start fighting for the top position on the totum pole. Go to class, and do good. It's not about everybody else, it's about showing yourself what you can do. You want to get high? Play the last inning of a championship game, or get thrown in the air by your cheer teammates. You want to be unique? You want to be cool? Put down the pot and go to class. Respect yourself and others will respect you. Smile in the hallway, and treat your teachers with respect. Stop crying about who asked who to the dance, and grab someone who doesn't have a lot of friends and go to a movie, you'd be surprised. I've learned the hard way that it's too late now to wish for time to slow down, real life is here, it's now, and we can't run away. So cherish the good moments. Give your parents a hug and a kiss, and tell them thank you for making you who you are. Put your phone away and hang out with your brother or sister for a weekend. Because all too quickly, you'll be gone, and you won't ever be the same again. Save your tears for something and someone that matters, not because some girl got mad at you because you talked to her boyfriend. IT DOESN'T MATTER! At the end of the day, you are who you are. That's what defines you. Not how much pot you smoke, or how many guys you've kissed, but how you face adversity, how you treat others, and yourself. How you treat your family, and where you're going in life. Live it up, because it goes all too fast.

Dress up for spirit bowl, paint your face for the games, have some pride in your school, go to the football games and cheer louder than the person next to you. You're not too cool, so have fun, live it up, and make new friends. Because at the end of the day, it's not the drama, or the score, or the tests that matter, it's the person who walks down the isle in her cap and gown.. the girl who has made herself, her family, and her school.. proud.