There are going to be some things you wish you knew in high school and today I'm going
to share with you my list of things I wish I knew back then.
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I've got a list here of 14 things I wish I knew in high school and if you have anything
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You'll never see 99% of these people ever again after graduation.
I still talk to maybe two or three people from my graduating class.
That means there's about 345 other people that I haven't seen in 12 years.
Most of your teachers don't really know what they're talking about.
As a teacher's aide and as a substitute, I've started to notice that some teachers are just
clueless about the subject that they're teaching.
All they're doing is repeating the same lesson plans year after year with the same worksheets
and they don't really know what any of it means.
Don't cause drama in your circle of friends and don't join in on the drama that others
might have caused.
Back when I was in high school we had this thing called MySpace and BlogSpot.
Well, what you put on the Internet is there for everyone to see and it can cause some problems.
Be cautious about people that bad mouth others; you never know what they're saying about you
when you're not around.
The best teachers are the ones that actually work in the field that they teach.
So, for example, a language arts teacher who's a published author and singer-songwriter?
That's a good teacher.
Or how about the agriculture teacher who actually runs a farm?
That's a novel idea!
If you don't understand something, ASK FOR HELP!
Some of my biggest anxiety in high school came from math classes where I didn't understand
what it was I supposed to be doing.
I still managed to figure it out eventually but it would have made life so much easier
if I just asked for help.
Don't be afraid to do the things you like.
What I mean is, don't be afraid to do the things you like even if you think other people
are going to make fun of you for it.
If you enjoy it, then you should do it.
But don't do drugs yet.
You're too young for that.
Grades don't define who you are.
When I was in high school I never really struggled for grades.
I got A's.
But getting those A's caused me a lot of anxiety because if I thought I wasn't going to get
an A, I felt like I would be worth less than I was before.
Turns out, 12 years later, your grades don't really matter.
It's okay to not have your life all planned out.
Like the grades, this also cause me a lot of anxiety.
Everyone was always talking about: “What are you going to do after school?
What are you going to do with the rest of your life?”
I don't know!
And I still don't know what I'm going to do with the rest of my life!
Very, very few of us can see the future with perfect accuracy.
One bad day shouldn't ruin your whole week.
Just because someone looked at you the wrong way or someone wasn't listening when you were
talking doesn't mean that your life is ruined.
Keep a journal of your thoughts.
I started doing this my freshman year of college and I wish I had done it throughout high school.
It would have helped me make more sense of what I was learning then.
Don't let your guidance counselor choose your classes for you.
When you go to meet with your guidance counselors, don't just say, “uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh.”
I know there are mandatory classes but all your electives, make sure they're ones that
you actually care about.
The permanent record is a myth.
If you're the average student and you stay out of major trouble (like with the police),
then there is no such thing as your permanent record.
In school, math is taught wrong and that's why you hate it.
Math was my least favorite subject from kindergarten all the way up to 12th grade.
The teacher would always go up there, write some numbers on the board, and show us the
steps to solve it.
But she would never say WHY we had to do this.
She would never give it any meaning.
It would always just be symbols on a board.
Unfortunately, that's how math is taught.
You're not allowed to ask “WHY?”
You only have to apply the magic formula and get the right answer.
That's why I hated math, because I didn't understand why.
But now I do, so maybe there will be a future video about that.
What are some things you wish you knew in high school?
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