“High School is the best time of your life”

Sorry, but I don’t understand where this came from, and I don’t really see how this can help me feel better. My high school experience has been at an all-girls Catholic school, so there’s plenty of close-mindedness in existence. Everyone does, what they call, “the worshipping of the false god of grades,” and are more than willing to give up their social lives “to please their parents.” I would never do that. I’ll work hard enough but I am tired of thinking I have to always worry about what others, including my parents and teachers will think of me academically and what the other students will think of me socially. In a school like this, you really cannot be yourself, wearing uniforms, having to sugarcoat your non-religious beliefs so you don’t offend anyone, and just pretend to be someone who thinks like everyone else. You get penalized for walking into class three seconds after the bell has rung, and sometimes, even when the bell is just ringing. So pathetic. They say they’re trying to get us ready for the college experience, but in college, they won’t care if you show up late to class, and you get to be the person you really are. Just today, we were told that if you didn’t go to college, you will spend your life working at McDonald’s of WalMart. Sure, going college is really helpful, but you don’t have to scare us into doing it. They’ve also told us junior colleges were equivalent to failure. To them, it’s all about getting into the best school possible, which they say you can do fi you go to the high school I’m attending. So far, only one teacher, who has experienced things most students and teachers have never faced, told us right up front, that high school is in fact the WORST time of your life. Besides, what’s the point of living if the best part of your life happens so early? What’s the point of living out the rest of those years if nothing will be as good? I don’t know if it’s just me, but I sincerely don’t get it.