High school CAN be the greatest years of your life, but take some words of advice from someone who is only 5 years removed from high school (has a master's now and working full time)...
1) Do not take on responsibility- Ok, what does this mean? Do NOT get a job. I don't care if you want more money to buy more stuff. Be a mooch. Don't eat lunch and save lunch money for shopping. Get photoshop and have people pay you for MySpace stuff. But a real official job where your on another schedule? AVOID THIS! These are the last 4 years (maybe second to last 4, depending on how you do college) where you have no real responsibility that can't affect the rest of your life too negatively).
2) Don't learn to drive until late senior year (I learned early junior year)- Once again, mooch. Let someone else learn to drive that is a friend, ket them deal withtheir parents sending them on errands, let them deal with getting a job for a crap car.
3) Not having a girlfriend/boyfriend ISN'T the end of the world- HS guys/girls will be immature like you and will just cause drama. Dating is fine, but don't take things at this point in your life that seriously. You've been around maybe 12-15 years that you can actually remember and most of you have another 60 left. Don't try to lock yourself into anything. Just have fun and be safe about. "Don't be a fool, wrap up your tool." -Van Wilder
If you just learn to not take life too seriously and just take things in stride, they will DEFINATELY be some of the best years of your life. But you have plenty more that can be just as good. Which brings me to...
4) Respect your teachers, do your studying, and take away the bigger message- Ok, school sucks. We all know it. Your wrangled like cattle in the morning onto the bus, forced to sit in a bunch of drab rooms for 6-7 hours to listen to people 30 years older than you that are bitter from having to deal with your peers all day. This is the reality for everyone. But just look at what they're really doing, they're preparing you for the real world. Cuz guess what?
In 4 years (8-12, depending on what you do for college), you're going to be wrangling yourself into a 9 hour job, to sit in a drab room, to listen to someone 30 years older than you who is bitter from dealing with your peers. And yes, this may sound like a bit of a sarcastic way of putting it but for the bulk of you (I really hope it is the bulk), this is your reality. Not that it's all bad, these office jobs can make you a decent living and but you into a good position for life. But it's up to you to get there, NOT your teachers. And not even your parents. At age 14, you can make your own decisions.
I'm not saying everyone should shoot for Harvard, but at least do fair (Bs). That's not that bad and with decent SATs gets you into a good school and get a good job. As much as those are your best 4 years, they can also direct the other 60 completely.
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