A wise man once said: “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” He meant that no matter how difficult times may be, they are bound to get better. I think that Winston Churchill’s message was directed toward the students of the school named after him.
Like most teenagers, CHS students have to deal with typical high school crap, whether it is insane amounts of homework, “drama” with their friends or significant other, or worries about getting into the college of their dreams. But despite the difficult obstacles high school students face, nearly every graduating senior including myself will tell you that in the end, it’s worth going through the hell.
After four years of high school, your hard work (or simply work, depending on the type of student you are) has finally paid off. You may be going to college or starting a job. None of which you could have accomplished as easily had you not gone to CHS and received the good education that you did. The fact that we ask our teachers all the time, “When will I ever need this in real life?” just goes to show how advanced our school is. There’s a reason that so many seniors this year were accepted into the University of Michigan, one of the best public universities in the nation, and that is because CHS students are known as well-rounded, bright individuals.
And believe it or not, our teachers actually do care about us. If they didn’t, the majority of them wouldn’t have been teaching for over 10 years, let alone teaching our parents. The only reason they’re tough sometimes is because they don’t want to deal with slackers or the kids that hack into their computers (but that’s a different story – I’ll let some junior write about it next year). And even though the workload is horrible and I’m extremely happy it’s finally over with (at least at CHS), I’m also glad I’ve had the opportunity to receive the education and have as good teachers as I did in high school.
Along with the educational aspect of our high school careers comes the social aspect as well. While CHS is notorious for its cliques, clichés, cattiness and Facebook fights, everyone should eventually get to the point where they just don’t care anymore. You can’t help but he happy for the kid who worked his butt off to get into Yale, even if you hardly knew him because you weren’t smart enough to even be in the same classes as him. If anyone still bothers to care about the little things by the time she’s a fourth quarter senior, then she should really get a move on or she’ll have the maturity level of a Potomac teen for the rest of her life. All of the petty drama and immature clichés of high school shouldn’t seem to matter anymore, especially after the past four years. We’ve all dealt with enough.
With all social and academic hell aside, there comes a time when many CHS kids will find happiness or a sense of achievement. As an underclassman this may be hard for you to believe, but just remember what Kanye told us: “That don’t kill [you], can only make [you] stronger.”
