Overcoming Obstacles In High School

Over the course of high school, one may face many personal and difficult challenges. These obstacles may come in a multitude of shapes and forms from academic struggles to not fitting in with the popular group. I would like to share with you a few personal challenges and internal conflicts that I have faced throughout my high school career. The smaller of the two that I would like to expand on is something that I feel many of us go through, but in my case, it is truly unique: the ferocious and unforgiving social food-chain. Let’s be real with ourselves, we all just want to fit in with the popular group, get invited to the invite-only parties and take the party bus that “everybody is going on.” But the harder you try to fit in, the more you feel yourself distancing from who you really are. Maybe you might pick up a new hobby and dress differently or even give up an old one in fear of being an outcast. We fear being a “nobody.” We’ve all gone through it, heck, it’s something I’ve faced every day. When it starts to become a problem is when you slowly stop acting …show more content…
In the pursuit of happiness, I always find myself asking, “Is what they call happiness really years of sleep-deprivation, sacrificing my health in hopes for that dream job when I get out of college? Will I ever find content in between this coffee, homework and cheesy minimum-wage job? At what point will I begin to life my own life by my own rules and call the shots?” You see people who may not be as smart as you, or not having to deal with as much as you through the day, and they’re happier than you. They are in better health than you and not even the biggest TI-84 calculator can sum up why this is. You feel cheated out of life. As if you have been doing something wrong the entire time. Is it really worth it to piss away 4 years of your life and risk never becoming content? Maybe the high road really isn’t all it was made up to