How High School Can Hurt You Sometimes

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

High School can be really though sometimes – teenagers can be really cruel and mean – you also see so many types of people. Depending on the High School – you can come across really bad people – like “gangsters” for an instance.

These bad people can really destroy your life and sometimes end your life. Gangs in High School are very common – not as much as before when I used to go to High School BUT STILL!

When I say that High School can hurt you sometimes – I mean that there are very bad people that you meet and get you in trouble.

Influence is huge factor when it comes to kids growing up in High School – we all do – High School is the last phase of your primary education. (then comes College but that’s another subject)

And because you are in the process of growing up – you get influenced really easy – something called peer pressure and popularity in school …right?

Not everyone will want to be “popular” in high school but most teenagers do.

And because they want to be the “popular” teenager in the hallways and in the classroom – you are most likely to do crazy things to achieve that.

Now – there are two types or “popular” kids in High School….

The kids that are really into the High School spirit (football players, cheerleaders, etc)

And the kids that got nothing else to do but being bad – they’re popular because they are “badasses”…right …

Breaking the rules just gives you a lot more popularity somehow and this happens a lot in High School and sometimes in Middle School.

Usually these “badasses” are involved in some sort of “gang” and tend to break the law often.

I can tell you from my experience and from the things that I have seen in my School years that High School can be dangerous if you get with the wrong people.

I know most high school students are into their education – but let’s not forget that there are also other students that hate High School and just want to do bad things.

These are the guys you need to tell your kid to stay away from!

Let me share with you a little story about how getting with bad people hurt my life in a lot of ways.

My life wasn’t pretty – my family wasn’t the best family there was – things were thought.

So I came to the states in 2003 – 2004 to stay here with my Dad – I was 15 years old when I arrived. I didn’t know any English and I was a very shy kid.

I was never a bad kid – when I started going to High School I was doing good. Very humble and nice guy – right.

But then something happened in my second year – I met some guys that were cool and I started hanging out with them. As time passed by I started realizing that they were doing bad (illegal) things and that they wanted me to be part of – the peer pressure to be part of them and just be popular in school – lead me to follow them.

Little by little I drove myself into the world of Gangs and Drugs. It was horrible!

Deep inside of me I didn’t want to be that kind person – but the pressure and influence got me lost in that world for several years.

Going from the hospital to jail and such – my high school years were terrible!

Drinks, drugs and running the streets became a habit – just the things you would do because you were hanging around the people that do it first.

I never thought I would consider myself a “gangster” – I did though….

I was living a lie for many years until I started losing friends and getting into really deep trouble – My life was a mess thanks to the fact that I didn’t know how to pick my friends in High School.

The influence these people had on me was unbelievable – I wouldn’t even listen to my parents.

I know many teenagers that have gone through the same things and some of them – sadly have lost their life. That’s how bad it can be if you get with the bad people in High School.

Now, I’m not trynna scare you or anything – my main mission here is to educate you on this subject so you can do something about it.

You need information in order to prevent something…..right?

Teach your kids how to pick their friends and how to see the difference between someone that will lead them to bad things and someone that will not.

If it wasn’t for these “gangs” and “bad” people – High School would be great.

But you can learn how to stay away from these situations and bad people – learn how to do that and your High School Years will be unforgettable!

My High School years were bad – there were so many bad situations that I wouldn’t like anyone else to go through.

This is why I’m sharing my story with you – so you won’t do or go through the same things.

I really hope you can find this information helpful –

Please share this post with your family and friends – let’s prevent bad things from happening to our families & friends!

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