First Day

So today was my first day of school. Yikes. Already there's drama. People seriously need to grow up. First days are always the worst. You don't know anything, it's awkward, people are lost. It's a mess! But I have doubts about this year, Junior year. So much pressure, very little time. Sure it's exciting at first, you think you know everything...then it hits you. Everything seems foreign, and you're completely screwed. Pardon my language. But seriously! High school is a mess. More pressure, more materials, more expectations, more everything. Being a teenager now seems all fine and dandy to adults. They see us hang out and do nothing while we are at home. But once you open the bedroom door at midnight, we are feverishly working on this project or essay that has crazy and impossible requirements. You treat us like little kids, yet you expect us to act like adults? How is that right? Parents think we are lazy. They don't see us at school. Academics have changed over the years. We cram more into a year than should be allowed. Students work their butts off trying to stay above water. There is a heavy burden on our backs, and I don't just mean our backpacks. As young adults we are suppose to be the one to set examples for younger kids and impress the adults in our lives. We are the ones who will be in charge next. We have so much UNSEEN pressure in our lives. And we hide it well, with seclusion, parties, drinking, drugs. We want to seem like we can do anything, and forget that we are only human. As a teenager I understand how hard it is to function with parents, and teachers, and friends, and even society breathing down my neck. It's hard. I'm tired. Just let us try our best before you tell us it's not good enough.