"We're preparing you for high school."

The greatest load of bullshit I've ever heard -- ever.


Now that I look back on middle school and think about how the teachers told us that phrase all the time, I've come to realize that's the biggest bull I've ever heard or been told. Middle school was beyond simple. I can't even fathom how they actually thought they were preparing us for high school. Better yet, I don't understand how they really thought we'd be thankful or something once we got to high school. To say the least, middle school was anything but a preparation for high school.

High school has become to be one of the most difficult things I've ever had to conquer. And to be honest, I'm doing a poor job at that. I'm sick of high school. Every aspect of it, actually. The classes. The teachers. The counselors. The homework. The classwork. The peers. The place. The city. Everything. Every day I think about getting my GED and leaving early. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it.

I'm sick of staying up all night, regardless of procrastination, to do homework and study. I'm tired of trying and not succeeding, which is probably why I stopped trying. I'm tired of not understanding math homework the most. That's my biggest issue. I can't stand it. Especially when I get the math in class, but then once I get home, I've suddenly become stupid and don't comprehend or recall anything I learned to do the homework. I hate doing homework in general. Especially the pointless crap; izzits, vocab cards, terms, etc. That is so useless on so many levels.

So, middle school was a lie that didn't do anything for me besides give me false hope and thinking I'd be so great in high school. I don't know if anyone remembers, but I was a valedictorian in middle school. I believed they really were preparing us for high school. I was psyched for high school. I would think to myself, "High school is going to be so easy." Boy, was I wrong! High school is far more of a challenge than middle school will ever be. I don't know how those teachers think they have the right to tell us we're being prepared for high school. Why lie to us? Why not tell us what to expect? So then, maybe, just maybe, we're actually prepared?