When You Are a Number In High School
When you are in high school
And you want to grow up to be something you consider even a little bit significant
Your life turns into a list of priorities
And if your priorities do not result in a good enough gpa
Or can't fit into tiny boxes on an activities chart
Then they aren't worth your time
When you are in high school
And you want to grow up to be something you consider even a little bit significant
Your parents and teachers and counselors opinions will consume you
When you are in highschool you create your own consequence filter
All of your obligations go through the filter
The ones with the biggest consequences you do first
And the smallest consequences go last
Usually the smaller consequences ones are
Eating enough
Sleeping enough
And keeping check on your mental health
When you are in high school
And you want to grow up to be something
You lie to your parents a lot
You tell them you’re fine
You tell them you go to bed at 10 every night
You tell them the worst part about your day was a class you don't like
When in reality it was the overwhelming stress of pleasing the adults in your life
When you are in high school
And you want to grow up
You earn an obsession with numbers
Including your
SAT score
ACT score
GPA
AP test scores
Every big lest
Every little quiz
Every assignment you put in a basket
Every notebook you spent diligent hours perfecting
Because all you work doesn't matter if the numbers aren't high enough
When you’re in high school
And you want to grow up to be something you consider even a little bit significant
do NOT stop and ask who you are doing all this for
You aren't doing this for yourself
Just go to class walk through the halls get the good grades
Score high on the SAT, ACT, AP
You can live for yourself
When you are doing something significant with your life
Copyright © Emma Kalliway | Year Posted 2016
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