on highschool

i was reading one of those lame bulletin stories that people repost all the time.
It was supposed to be this cute love-story type thing, except it was full of idiot spelling mistakes and generally lacked any style at all. reading it was a pain to the eyes.
But anyway, it talked about this highschool guy who was on the football team, and was dying of cancer.
Right before he died, he was allowed to play in the championship football game for his school and they won and blah blah, his last words were the following:
"I told you this was my dream to win the championship.. to be in the big game.. to die on this feild.. I made history."

now... obviously this isn't real.
but, i want to point something out to you.
this character's seemingly SOLE dream was to win the championship. not only that, but he thought he made history.
IDIOT.

the sad part about this story?
it reflects on that SO MANY teenagers dont know what they should be living for.
Recall Napoleon Dynamite, and Napoleon's uncle.
yeah, the dude that kept video taping himself throwing a football and getting hurt.
he talked about how if they hadn't blown their -highschool football championship-, he would have been pro or something.

now, direct yourself to your nearest yearbook.

sometimes, i hear people (girls, they're always girls) talk about Prom.
They talk about how it was such an amazing night, how they'll remember it for the rest of their lives, blah blah blah, "i felt like a princess"... and most of you people went to/will go to prom with someone who wont end up your husband or wife.
and want to know something else?
PROM ISN'T THE GREATEST NIGHT OF YOUR LIFE.
in fact, it will be/was probably among the most lame.

why do we in america put so much emphasis on highschool, what we do in highschool, dances in highschool, highschool sports, and prom?
it's totally ridiculous.
Face it. the 4 years we spend in highschool shouldn't have THAT a dramatic impact on your life for the next 25 years.
Sure, we should make good memories, grow as much as we can, and learn everything we need to, but come on!
One day, you'll have a career, which will occupy most of your time.
Your highschool friends begin to fade away the very moment you set foot on a college campus.
sports teams really shouldn't mean anything to you after you graduate. Sure, we can be fans of our city's highschool sports, but why would you spend the rest of your life thinking about how well you could have done? its over. get used to it.

i dont know, it just bugs me that american youth spends so much effort turning highschool into what they think will be the most fun years of their lives.