Hi guys,

While your reading this you might be in high school, which is great, if no one is telling you how great you are doing then let me do it here, keep it up. If you are after high school then that’s also great, some of you might say it was tough. If your before high school then look forward to it, it can be life-changing. Whichever state you are at, it being before, present or after then this blog post will still relate to you as I want to share my own experiences with you of how I got through that time in my life and also many tips and tricks I wish I knew about in school.

This 5-year period has its perks and drawback; making new friends, growing and developing, relationships, misbehaviours, homework, exam stress, lifetime memories and many more. But what you have to remember about high school is just that, its only 5 years. So many people get caught up and I have seen many people deal with mental health issues due to seeing that they will be in this messy school state forever, but you won’t. As annoying and terrible as this part of your life maybe you have to remember that it is only a section of the life ahead of you, a very important section too as it, to an extent, puts your life in the order it will go in later. I say this because for some it does and for some it does not, for example, I studied Media and Business as my GCSE’S and now I study Media and Communication at university, but for some, they might study different GCSE’S and then end up doing something completely different. You never know what you may end up as but one thing you can take away from this 5-year experience is the learning and growth.

Making new friends and relationships are tough in high school. At least they were for me. I was never particularly popular, I mainly kept close with three girls and some other small groups of friends but that was all, it was hard to make them at first of course because that related to speaking and getting to know people and that, even at age 12, was not easy or fun for me. I liked to be alone but still have friends and someone to talk to from time to time. But once friends were made then that made the school experience a lot easier for me as they were people who supported me and were in the same situation as me. So if you are in high school now I advise you to speak up, get to know that person, be active in your lessons. You can do it, making friends can be hard but its all worth it in the end.

Growing and developing is also a large part of high school. You will go through a lot of physical and emotional changes and school is sometimes not the best environment for that but it gives you a safe space to discuss it if you need advice. Speak to your friends because they are going through it too, speak to a school advisor, anyone you feel comfortable discussing these things with.

Lastly, I will touch on something that is very important near the end of high school, which is exams. Please, if you are 15-16 years old and are taking your final exams do not stress, I know I just said they decide your life path to an extent, but they also don’t, you can always do something different. They are still important for various reasons all your teachers might have already told you about but it is not worth not eating or sleeping or hurting yourself mentally for. There’s always second chances if you don’t get something perfect first time, life does not end at GCSE’S please remember that. Don’t sweat it, revise, practice and I’m sure you will come out with the best grades.

High school is hard, testing, annoying but its also where you can make friends for life, where you will grow up and where you will discover your self as a person so live in it, you won’t be there forever and maybe, one day you may miss it.

Love, Kasia x