If you really knew me, you would know I’m an honest individual, so I’m going to say what’s on my mind and not hold back. The life of a high schooler is rough. Depressing, distressing and straight-up woeful. It is often said the time spent in high school is the greatest time of someone’s life. I’m four years into the high school experience, and I still can’t comprehend that statement considering all the fatigue and stress involved. In all honestly, the biggest elephant in the room is the emotional distress we go through as high schoolers. When we get our homework done, there is no more feeling of relief. The only feeling now is the restlessness to know if we got all the points the assignment was worth. Additionally, we can never relax because we know there’s plenty of more work to do. All the accountability of a high schooler’s well being is put on a student's home life, while at the same time, the school draws a “get out of jail free card”. To put it in terms of Coldplay, the school thinks, “they are part of the cure,” while in reality, “they are part of the disease.” I come from an exceptional and loving family with all the support in the world, and I have invaluable friends that are incredibly supportive, but my life at school is upsetting. I spend so much time at school and working on homework that I don’t have any time to myself. Essentially, our school was the highest bidder in the sale of my free time. Not being able to do the things I have a passion for and not being able to do the things that make me who I am is crushing to say the least. I don’t have time anymore to watch Around The Horn, a show where I haven’t missed a single episode in years. I don’t have time to play the new Fifa 17 demo that just released. With Fifa 17 being on the brink, …show more content…
School is a major sacrifice and I hope my hard work pays off in the