How to Survive High school Hell

Posted by danielsjme on October 12th, 2015

High school. One of the terrifying experiences of my life, and I think I would not choose to relive that portion of my life even if someone paid me to so. How did I survive high school without being ostracized, bullied or constantly thrown into awkward situations? Let me tell you my sure-fire way to make sure that you are able to survive high school, the hell for adolescents.

The High school ranking system

In a typical high school, the only way for someone to survive is to fit in, and the only way to fit in is to figure out which of the high school class rings to join. Typically, and stereotypically, there are a few main high school class rings to consider. Firstly, at the top of the food chain, we have the popular students. The popular students are made up of the cheerleaders and the jocks, those who are physically good-looking and are able to charm with their exceptional looks, athletic skills and naturally fit bodies. These students are at the top of the food chain with their good looks as they typically have the most power to control most of the population since they have the physical ability to do so. For example, sometimes the jocks might pick on a physically weaker student in the school just for the fun of it, and they would get away with it because they are popular and they have the power to bully since no one stands up to them.

Even though it may seem advantageous to be one of the popular ones in school, it is very hard for one to maintain their popularity because of the dog-eat-dog system within the popular people. Within the popular people out of all the high school class rings, the popular people will fight to be the most popular in the school. Therefore, it might not be wise because there will be a lot of backstabbers within the popular people.

A great way to survive high school would be to get actual friends that actually like you for who you are. Maybe find a club that interests you in school like the photography club or the fashion design club, where you could meet like-minded people who would have the same interests as you. From there, you could form real friendships that could last a long time that are based on true friendships rather than superficial friendships. You could look for friends who take the same classes and subject combinations as you as well because they would be the people that you would see the most often in school everyday. When you form real friendships with people that actually like you for who you are, you will naturally avoid backstabbers and that will result in protection from your friends even if you get bullied.