6. If you were to look back on your high school years, what advice would you give to someone beginning their high school career? (Simmons)
Hello, any lucky stranger that comes across this priceless advice on high school from me.
High school is the smallest part of your life, but also a very crucial part. Therefore enjoy, while also trying your best in studies and also whatever else be your interest. High school will be the foundation of your life, so you should really "live" it. And when you are in high school, you are an unstoppable, passionate, and healthy teenager. The best time of your life will be spent through this stage of life, so just live it as to have no regrets in the future. Really, this IS the time, so do your best. That's all I can say.
By "do your best," I mean: approach new concepts and cultures, be tolerant, find your interest and potentials, practice your ass off till you become the best at it in the school at least, experience bad things, learn valuable lessons from them and change yourself to adapt to the society the way it will benefit you, learn how to socialize, try different things - even the things that might be embarrassing that will be too late to do when you are grown up and in the bigger world, and study hard. Become a real human being. Not a douchebag.
If that was too confusing, here are some examples.
If you have stage fright, take every single opportunity to go on stage in front of crowd. High school won't even matter a tiny bit in the future. When you are in college, that's where life starts. So don't be afraid to take that step and practice and eventually become better. Don't be afraid to embarrass yourself, because if you don't embarrass yourself now, you will have to in bigger and bigger stage. Anyways, if you do this, by the time you graduate you won't have stage fright anymore. This slight embarrassment will be such a helpful boost in the future and you'll appreciate that you have done it. Then, you are now ahead of other college freshmen that might still have stage fright, who probably didn't bother to get over it. I'm still so grateful that my friends teased me with my English when I was younger. Well, they still do (I'm a Korean, who started from the basics of English only from fourth grade so is not really good at it). It is extremely annoying and humiliating at that very moment, but it makes sure that you don't make that mistake again somewhere where you can get humiliated even more. High school prepares you for later. It prevents worse situations by giving bad ones now.
So don't feel bad. Just keep going. And above all, try your freaking best at what the hell ever it is you are doing that possibly can help you with your own life.
When you get a chance, just do it. If you don't have a chance, then make one. If you just came across a new culture, then give yourself a try. If it's really not for you, throw it away and don't waste time. If you like it but are not good at it, practice!!! That's the only way you can be good at it. Don't just try twice and say you are not good at it. No one is good from the beginning. Genetics do matter, but if you really like it, practicing will get you there. No drop of sweat is waste. Things like guitar (instruments are good), art (is very useful too), or dance.
And after all these, you have to study, which I'm failing at right now. That should be the main and the most basic thing.
However, I'll delete this sentence if I become successful in the future. Well, I'll have to try hard.
Hello, any lucky stranger that comes across this priceless advice on high school from me.
High school is the smallest part of your life, but also a very crucial part. Therefore enjoy, while also trying your best in studies and also whatever else be your interest. High school will be the foundation of your life, so you should really "live" it. And when you are in high school, you are an unstoppable, passionate, and healthy teenager. The best time of your life will be spent through this stage of life, so just live it as to have no regrets in the future. Really, this IS the time, so do your best. That's all I can say.
By "do your best," I mean: approach new concepts and cultures, be tolerant, find your interest and potentials, practice your ass off till you become the best at it in the school at least, experience bad things, learn valuable lessons from them and change yourself to adapt to the society the way it will benefit you, learn how to socialize, try different things - even the things that might be embarrassing that will be too late to do when you are grown up and in the bigger world, and study hard. Become a real human being. Not a douchebag.
If that was too confusing, here are some examples.
If you have stage fright, take every single opportunity to go on stage in front of crowd. High school won't even matter a tiny bit in the future. When you are in college, that's where life starts. So don't be afraid to take that step and practice and eventually become better. Don't be afraid to embarrass yourself, because if you don't embarrass yourself now, you will have to in bigger and bigger stage. Anyways, if you do this, by the time you graduate you won't have stage fright anymore. This slight embarrassment will be such a helpful boost in the future and you'll appreciate that you have done it. Then, you are now ahead of other college freshmen that might still have stage fright, who probably didn't bother to get over it. I'm still so grateful that my friends teased me with my English when I was younger. Well, they still do (I'm a Korean, who started from the basics of English only from fourth grade so is not really good at it). It is extremely annoying and humiliating at that very moment, but it makes sure that you don't make that mistake again somewhere where you can get humiliated even more. High school prepares you for later. It prevents worse situations by giving bad ones now.
So don't feel bad. Just keep going. And above all, try your freaking best at what the hell ever it is you are doing that possibly can help you with your own life.
When you get a chance, just do it. If you don't have a chance, then make one. If you just came across a new culture, then give yourself a try. If it's really not for you, throw it away and don't waste time. If you like it but are not good at it, practice!!! That's the only way you can be good at it. Don't just try twice and say you are not good at it. No one is good from the beginning. Genetics do matter, but if you really like it, practicing will get you there. No drop of sweat is waste. Things like guitar (instruments are good), art (is very useful too), or dance.
And after all these, you have to study, which I'm failing at right now. That should be the main and the most basic thing.
However, I'll delete this sentence if I become successful in the future. Well, I'll have to try hard.
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