I’m not hating on anyone but I think it’s nuts to think 2012 will be a drastic change from the previous year. Minor change? Sure. Gradual change? Absolutely. I’m going to try things that are new but since I feel people for the most part are resistant to change I’ll have a few things I try work and a could will fail. Real change moves very slowly and can only be noticed when looking back way down the road.
I’d rather be the person who looks back at how things have changed over the years. The other day I was thinking about all those bullshit awards/titles they give out in yearbooks for the most likely to succeed and that kind of shit. Who even votes for that shit? Do they even waste time on that stuff these days? I just think it is crazy to try and label someone in high school because most of the people there are in for a reality check when tossed out in the real world. I know a few kids in school who worked at a real job or had a taste of life outside the school’s walls. Even WITH a taste of the outside world some of those students still weren’t able to hit the ground running after graduation.
While my class was smart enough to not try and predict the future they still took a female and male student and labeled them with a trait that made them stand out while in school. Most of these aren’t traits….they are survival skills. This was how you acted to survive school and get out alive. I’m not friends with many people I went to school with because I no longer feel the need to fake it and please people. Thanks to Facebook I have a handful of people that I honestly like keeping in touch with. It’s shocking how the lives of those few people have changed over the years. I don’t mean just getting married or having kids but total 180 degree turns in personality and characteristics. I’d hate to call them out and have them think I was mocking them in any way. The truth of the matter is they are more honest with themselves now and they were just trying to find there way in school. I’m not going to call anybody out but I was tempted to simply because I’m proud that they found themselves and burst out of the cocoon after school was over.
The scary thing is the people that didn’t change. I’m more worried about that people that WERE all grown up in school. I understand being bitter and a little angry about school and life as a teen but you gotta let that shit go once you aren’t forced to go back. Wipe the slate clean and try starting over. If I had wasted less time with someone so bitter and nasty maybe I would be better real friends with my high school Facebook friends.