Pomp and Circumstance

I'm curious...do people still say that the best times of your life are the times that you spent in high school?

As I sit here listening to Elgar's, "Pomp and Circumstance March," it inspires me to think about this question.

All I know is, I hated high school. To me it was one big show: the more popular, beautiful, and connected you were, the better your chances were for being cast in a lead role in that show. I was relegated to either chorus, identified in the play as an "extra," or some other position that to the lay person seems irrelevant.

For high schoolers, my best advice would be: whoever tries to tell you that your high school years are the best years of your life are lying like a bad IKEA rug. Rather, the time in college is WAY better that anything in high school, and your friends are much closer friends. At least that's what I have found.

March to the beat of your own drum, sing out with a carefree spirit, and just be you. That's what people like about you, instead of being the poseur that most people tend to be in high school.