Controversial Lessons I Learned Through a Miserable High School Career

High school brings back a lot of memories. For some, those memories are positive ones. Maybe you were the captain of the football team, or you met the love of your life. For others, those memories are negative ones. My high school memories are negative ones.

Now, I’ll admit — if you took an objective, third-person look back at my four years in high school, it probably doesn’t look that bad. I was an honor student, captain of the cheerleading team and well-respected.

There were plenty of students that had it worse than me. Plenty of students that were constantly bullied, even physically abused by their classmates. Looking back, I wish I had been more perceptive to recognize these interactions, and I wish I had more courage to step in and do something about it when I did recognize it.

There was some value gained from my time in high school, though. I learned plenty of valuable lessons from the most unexpected scenarios and insights. If you’re in high school, or entering high school, some of these lessons you’ll have to learn through your own experiences. I truly hope that you can find some value through the lessons that I learned.

#1 — Education is a questionable profession, but occasionally you can find a “diamond in the rough” teacher.

Quite often, news outlets and popular media portray educators, especially public school educators, as this type of mythical angel-like person. Teachers are often praised for their noble venture of educating the innovative minds of tomorrow. However, most of these teachers aren’t exactly fostering individuality and innovation.

In fact, most of the teachers that you’ll encounter will fall into three categories. The first category, what I call “curriculum sticklers,” teach according to the standardized curriculum and never stray. Note: Most states have legal requirements that teachers accomplish a specific set of “standards” through their curriculum, or utilize a standardized curriculum across the entire state. These currculum sticklers, though, they take adhering to standards to a new level by enforcing this almost military-like rigidity. They’ve got each lesson planned out before the school year begins, and they make no adaptations to the learning…

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