there's nothin better (oh oh oh)
I just got two entirely different perspectives on a teenager's life tonight.
the first one was the life that I live. tonight my friends and I went to the sadie hawkins dance dressed to the nines, tummies full of kfc, and armed with crazy dance moves. it was so much good clean fun. I have such a great base of friends, and I feel so lucky that they're in my life. I think all of my friends are such great people and good kids--from all groups and schools. tonight was just awesome because we all had so much fun just being silly and crazy and teenage together.
the second felt like the total opposite of me. I think I've just been getting a huge reality slap in the face this week about the other aspects of high school, the ones that I am not exposed to. and I wouldn't venture to say that it's because I'm sheltered in suburbia-- this is where it is. it IS happening in livonia. and it's just a life that is so totally different from mine, I can't even fathom how it must feel to be in their shoes. the stuff people get into these days, the risks they take and the consequence they face-- how can you live your life like that?
it all just made me feel so young, but so grateful at the same time. I AM SO LUCKY. I have a great relationship with my parents, a good famlily, the best friends in the world, and I'm a motivated and pretty much accomplished person. I have had the best that this world can offer, seemingly. and I think I just have such a different attitude about things because of it.
I feel like my eyes are opened now though. I used to have churchill put on this pedestal in regards to the kids and who goes to chs and how they treat people and act in general, and while I still think we are the cream of the crop as far as public schooling can take you (--it's true), I also agree that it's not as perfect as I wished. despite all the good, motivated and intelligent human beings here, there still are so many people that are borderline graduating-- skipping, failing classes-- there just is no way around it. that's just a depressing fact to know, that what I've gotten out of high school is the complete opposite of other people.
it just makes me feel even more lucky to be in the position that I'm in.
the first one was the life that I live. tonight my friends and I went to the sadie hawkins dance dressed to the nines, tummies full of kfc, and armed with crazy dance moves. it was so much good clean fun. I have such a great base of friends, and I feel so lucky that they're in my life. I think all of my friends are such great people and good kids--from all groups and schools. tonight was just awesome because we all had so much fun just being silly and crazy and teenage together.
the second felt like the total opposite of me. I think I've just been getting a huge reality slap in the face this week about the other aspects of high school, the ones that I am not exposed to. and I wouldn't venture to say that it's because I'm sheltered in suburbia-- this is where it is. it IS happening in livonia. and it's just a life that is so totally different from mine, I can't even fathom how it must feel to be in their shoes. the stuff people get into these days, the risks they take and the consequence they face-- how can you live your life like that?
it all just made me feel so young, but so grateful at the same time. I AM SO LUCKY. I have a great relationship with my parents, a good famlily, the best friends in the world, and I'm a motivated and pretty much accomplished person. I have had the best that this world can offer, seemingly. and I think I just have such a different attitude about things because of it.
I feel like my eyes are opened now though. I used to have churchill put on this pedestal in regards to the kids and who goes to chs and how they treat people and act in general, and while I still think we are the cream of the crop as far as public schooling can take you (--it's true), I also agree that it's not as perfect as I wished. despite all the good, motivated and intelligent human beings here, there still are so many people that are borderline graduating-- skipping, failing classes-- there just is no way around it. that's just a depressing fact to know, that what I've gotten out of high school is the complete opposite of other people.
it just makes me feel even more lucky to be in the position that I'm in.