Some of you can probably relate.
I’m a friendless, lazy dumbass. Who was suicidal….
I’m not a lazy person by nature, nor am I really dumb, but that’s how school makes me feel like, what with all these low grades, and the constant reminder to do better and the uneeded pressure from parents and teachers. I just don’t give a shit about some of the classes at school, like math and history and chemistry, they are sooo boring, and I just dont bother with it–atleast I try not to, but It’s hard to not be bothered by all the work schools pile on us, which are mostly useless, boring information that won’t help you in life. Maybe if they taught us properly, we’d care more, but they don’t.
 And then were taught to believe that you will be nothing in life if you don’t do well in high school, which furthers into the next step: Higher Education. We go to universities/colleges to find a job, but look at all the unemployed kids who’ve spent years studying and learning their asses off, who are deepy so in debt from paying TO LEARN, when learning should be a free thing… does it not sound ridiculouse that we have to spend so much money on higher education or is it just me? In some parts of the world, like Sweden, you are PAID to learn, that’s pretty sweet and in some parts its just free. These people have got it right.Â
 And on the flip side, we have those who find successs in doing what they like to do, who educate themselves, not being robots following these school system bullshit and are REALLY living and are passionate about what they do. Maybe I could be like that, maybe I could find my own way without all this school nonsense and all this pressure, but what would I do? I can’t really think of much, I guess I like to write, but could I make a living out of that? Why not! People are doing so many little, and even fun things that they get good pay on. Maybe that’s the secret to success and self-fulfillment, doing what you love to do? Weather you’re good at it or not, passion will make your work improve and move you.
Anyways, I’m talking about just high school, I hear its different in College/University, cus you pick what you learn and there are so many options, but to get to there, we have to suffer in high school. Which makes us just hate learning…
Friends.
I have literally zero friends. Well I had one, but we awkwardly stop contacting and talking to each other, I’ve rarely seen him since we came back from summer break, and it feels as if we are avoiding each other. Last time we stopped seeing each other, I was the one to reconnect us and I don’t feel like doing it again, making myself look desperate, I feel the onus is on him, if you know what I mean?
 I wasn’t always friendless. I believe a big part for my lack of current friendships and close bounds, is because I was depressed two years ago, then I found this online game, a virtual world where you meet and talk to others. Slowly, I began to go on this more and more, I didn’t know it then, but its clear now that it was an escape for me from this world into another one. And so, I began to make friends online, close bounds and everything. In a way, I found myself being the REAL ME; a fun, talkative, caring, friendly and just a really social person, I guess that social side is in all of us. Anyways, I became me in this virtual world, and I become a disconnected, unsocial person in real life. This just showed me that, we are social animals, we truely are, and we need people to talk with and be-friend and if we arn’t getting this, then we will find another way, like for me it was this virtual world. So I decided a few months ago, to lay off the game, and let the old me come back into reality, and be more myself in real life. Maybe this way, I’ll have to be more social and maybe i’ll even regain my social skills.
Besides, this is my last year of high school, and I feel like I have some good things to look forward to. I feel like there will be so many other people to meet, people that I have things in common with, people that I feel easy around, because boy are there a lot of  kids in high school who are just obnoxios or think they are above it all, or both.
I’m 17 now, and my last four years have been legit hell, I was so depressed and I really lost myself. There was one point I wanted to commit suicide because I just couldn’t take it all, but I didn’t do it, mainly because I’m too chicken too and also, I think it would damage some peoples lives, for a long time… And I would hate to see any one suffer because of my choices. But I feel like we need some hardships in life, we need to feel bad sometimes, to know what happiness is. We all want to be happy, but if we were happy 24/7 would we really know what happiness really even is? No. So I’m going to remind myself, that life is a rollercoaster of emotions, and its cool that way because I get to crave and know what happiness is.
I’m a huge procrastinater, but I think that’s only because I don’t feel like doing it, but when I get down to it, I get the work done and if I don’t oh well. I’m going to try and not care that much about weather I fail a test, or class, because that’s very little on the big picture of my life and there will be other chances and it seems silly to get so worked up, I bet I wont even care about it in a few years. Yes isn’t that easy, and we need to find a job and stuff, but there are countless ways to live and I’m going to explore my options instead of letting silly things like grades get me down. I also worried too much about the existance of god, does he really exist? And if so am I a bad person, will I go to “hell” for doubting him? I think if there really was a god who made us, he’d be happy with us, no matter our doubts and mistakes we’ve done, as long as we are a good person and are true to ourselves, I believe any one who is fair and has their morals right, no matter their believe and religion should, and will go to heaven. I think that’s why some of us fall into depression, we over think things and worry too much. I’m going to buckle my seatbelt on this thing they call life 😉 I’m ready to cry, laugh, smile, frown.
I wrote this just to put my thoughts on paper and organize them, and I feel much better now, cus earlier I was overwhelmed with emotions and school work thoughts. I also hope it inspires even one person to see a brighter life for themselves. We all have problems, and somethings we just can’t change, like I’m hoping stopping my addiction to the virtual world game well help me regain social skills, but some kids have other problems that stop them from doing that, but even though life seems hard and confusing, we can’t give up on it, dont you want to see what will happen and how things might change around?
-obnoxious jello
4 comments
Higher education is Free, ……. it’s the Degree from the school thats expensive, I mean you could go to a public library and soak up all you want.
Somebody always pays for the colleges, in countries where there is no cost to the student, the tax payers of that country all pay, and if you were a citizen and working you to would be paying for it.
I think your onto something with all the students deep in debt and can’t find work. A higher education is a good thing.
If you want to be in a business that (once established) pays more than what 50% of what Dr.s will earn in their lives, think about becoming a Master Plumber, a “Refrigeration” Tech, a Master Electrician.
The crafts that I stated all can provide annual incomes of over 75K to 150K a year.
I think Henry Fords quote is something like this,
Most men never recognize opportunity because its wearing dirty overalls.
Something like that.
Now don’t get me wrong, an average plumber may earn 18 to 25 dollars an hour, it’s the Master Plumber, the guy with the established business because he is at the top of his game that makes the big money. actual results may vary
You’re right about college being way different to high school.
Congratulations on taking all these steps, yourself. Your obviously smart enough to recognise how bad the virtual world is for you, and you’re right about the impact your suicide will have. You’re also right about passion being the most important thing if you want to be successful. You’re mature and proactive, so I think you’ll do well in whatever you choose.
Oh my gosh, i can honestly relate to you and how you feel about school about the boring-ness and everythingi can back up your theory if you check this out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZtX32sKVE
it tells you about how college is just a government scam to help pay of the US debt. It’s amazing how you came up with this on your own!
I too have zero friends besides my boyfriend. It’s like we are loners. I moved to go to college (i’n still in high school) and my friends just stopped talking to. They see me when i visit my parents and say hi and they miss me but if they did they would at least keep contact. Since i’ve moved i havent met any new friends. But in a way i like being by myself and independent i spend my days playing video games.
You have very well put out thoughts. Obviously if you have low grades it’s not because your dumb, its because the classes you are in just don’t give you the motivation to try and thats importent. I look forward to reading more from you!(:
These are truly insightful observations. I understand how it is to procrastinate all the time and to become addicted to a virtual world in place of real-world interaction. (What am I saying, I still am.) But congratulations to you for noticing that and taking steps to improve. And things really do get better in college. It’s easier to have a social life because you find more people interesting in the same things. In high school, it seems like the majority of people don’t want to be there, but in college people tend to take classes they enjoy. So many people say passion is important for success, but most people forget that. The ones I knew only cared about making money.
It is unfortunate that school teaches people to hate learning. Just keep focusing on what you love and don’t worry as much about the rest.
I like your observation that people need hardship to appreciate happiness. I’ve heard mood compared to a fuel gauge, it’s supposed to indicate when something’s wrong. A fuel gauge that always registered full wouldn’t be useful at all. That does seem like a comforting thought.
By the way, creative name, obnoxious jello. Get through high school as best you can, and I hope you do well.