Describe something you learned in high school.
As much as I would like to compile a long list of the educational and noble lessons I learned in high school, that is not the reality. Unfortunately, to be honest, I learned all the wrong things during my time there.
While most of my classmates were participating in sports, clubs, and academia, I was engaged in all the wrong things. I skipped school often and spent a good deal of time in detention. I did learn how much I hated High School.
Here are just some of the things I learned in high school:
- How to not properly use a condom
- The many ways to smoke marijuana
- That I loved LSD
- Drinking and driving is not that difficult
- Older brothers and sisters help you make bad choices
- Toxic relationships with women
- Female comics are not funny
- Even more toxic relationships with friends
- That church sucks
- Virtuous chicks are no fun
- Camel Special Lights are the perfect cigarette
- Rules are merely a suggestion
- Parents are a drag
- Most parents hate “the bad influencers”
- Porn pales in comparison to the real thing
- Keg parties are fun
- Keg parties with cocaine are even more fun
- You Shuck Me All Night Long by AC/DC is the best make-out song
- Pink Floyd is the greatest band of all time
- Elvis has an angelic voice
- The Beatles were not overrated
- STD is not just something you learn in Health class
- Vomiting from drinking too much is for pussies
- Huffing Freon is enormously dangerous
- Hanging around slightly older people is more fun
- High School is for losers
You should understand, after reading my list, that I attended high school in the nineties—the best decade for high school, in my opinion. I can confidently say that I was considered “the bad boy.” I also acknowledge that if my parents were still alive, I probably wouldn’t be sharing this.
The good news is that, toward the end of my senior year, I realized I was making all the wrong choices. I got into bodybuilding, quit smoking, set aside drugs, and began to take my education seriously. Unfortunately, it took me several decades to learn the lesson about toxic relationships, but overall, I managed to straighten myself out.
I did not, however, become a Christian; that happened over twenty years later. In hindsight, I can give a great piece of advice that would have rectified all this hardship and heartache, and that would be taking faith seriously. I was raised in Church, but I never truly took my faith seriously, and that led to years of grief and misery.
It’s never too late to commit your life to Christ and take your faith seriously. This is the mission of this website. I’ve experienced numerous life-changing events—many of which were enjoyable and make for compelling stories. However, I’ve also confronted death more times than I would like to admit. Now is the time to make a change and embrace a life of faith.
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