Don’t let the title fool you, high school girls read seventeen magazine and subscribe to Cosmo and a decent amount of both of those magazines are devoted to boys, how to understand, how to attract them and how to date them.
You want to be one of the boys their dating. Pick up a seventeen magazine subscription which may be a little less embaressing than picking up the latest issue at the newsstand every month. You can also go to seventeen.com although it’s not as focussed as the magazine.
Read what the celebrities says about dating. The celebrities in those magazines are emulated. Try to understand what the girls are seeking and importantly what they’re not interested in. It will teach you not to sweat most of what you worry about. The girls will often discuss their comfort level with their boyfriend, or lack of compatability or trust with their ex. Be honest, understanding and unassuming and let the girl be herself.
A girlfriend is a huge help for surviving highschool.
Many high school movies have been made, but I personally think that these are the 5 best high school movies. Check them out if you haven’t.
5) Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
This one talks about a kid in high school named Ferris who ditches a day from school and hangs out with his girlfriend and best friend. They go to the museum, a baseball game, and even start a campaign to raise money for Ferris. This is an instant classic without a doubt.
4) The Breakfast Club
Five high school students from completely different social groups sit around in detention one day and learn a heck of a lot about each other. It talks about why they landed in detention and whether or not they can truly be friends. A must see.
3) Superbad
This one is a little more recent but it is still extremely good. It deals with more recent high school and all boils down to one big party that night where this guy is trying to get with this girl. It’s pretty good because it is somewhat like real high school today, whereas the movies that are 10+ years old are a bit out of date.
2) Fast Times at Ridgemont High
This movie is about high school in the 80s. It’s a pretty accurate representation of what things were like, and it’s also really, really funny. A good storyline and some sex make this movie my #2.
1) Dazed and Confused
It’s the last day of school in 1975. I really don’t know what to say about this movie except ‘I wish this is what high school was really like’. Check this movie out and tell me whether or not this is the greatest high school movie ever. You can’t deny it. This movie is great.
If you’ve successfully passed your courses during the normal school year, you know what comes after that: summer. It’s the greatest time of the year. The sun is shining, the days are beautiful, and the nights are filled with fun. And if you think about it, how many more summers are you going to have to yourself before they are filled with 9am to 5pm work? In college, you might get an internship or something. So, are you wondering how to properly enjoy the summer?
Play “School’s Out” by Alice Cooper
This is mandatory for the first day of summer vacation. This needs to be blasting for the entire day to get yourself in the ‘I don’t have to do anything’ mood.
Get Other Good Summer Tunes
Make a nice CD with the following songs - Summer of ‘69 by Bryan Adams, Summer in the City by The Lovin’ Spoonful, California Girls by The Beach Boys, and Hot Fun in the Summertime by Sly and the Family Stone.
Find Some Girls (or guys)
Depending on your gender/sexual orientation, it is highly recommended that you find a few people that you like to hang out with. Make good friends with them and maybe even a little bit more. It always makes the summer that much better.
Go Outside
I swear to God, if you spend the 3 best months of the year in the house playing XBox 360, you are going to hate yourself during the winter. Sure, 1 or 2 nights of week of video games is fine, but if you are spending all day and night playing it, you need help.
Play Sports
Not only do they help keep you in shape, it’s really fun too. Play baseball at the park or basketball outside. Something to keep you energized during the day and get some color. If you haven’t tried it, you will learn to like it.
Drink
Nothing beats drinking outside in the summer. Hang at a friends backyard and sleepover there, or even have people over at your house. I’m not talking about Kool Aid either. And although I’m saying this is fun, technically I can’t recommend to you an illegal activity (underage drinking). But…it’s fun (hint hint).
How many summers of freedom do you have left? Don’t waste them sleeping til 4pm and playing video games til 5am.
High school is no fun if you are always serious. In fact, it is much more enjoyable if you get into a little bit of trouble every once in awhile. That is why it is necessary for you to mess around every now and then. A little.
Getting a detention is not the end of the world. If people look at you like one of those perfect students, you are not going to have many friends. In fact, you’ll probably get made fun of for being a dork. It is fine if you put effort into your classes and everything, but you really need to mess around once in awhile.
Start a food fight. Mess with the freshman. Raise your hand and say something stupid in class (limit this to once per month). Take a dump in the urinal. No. I’m just kidding. Don’t do that. Book check a friend (or an enemy). Just find something to do that you know won’t result in a big punishment, but it will be fun to do. In fact, you’ll probably get away with it if you are smart. No one really tells on each other in high school.
Screwing around a bit makes high school more fun, and people will like you more. Don’t be the class clown, but be a fun person to be around. No one wants to be friends with the kid that studies 24/7. So don’t be that kid.
I couldn’t think of a better way to enjoy high school than by going out and making a sports team. Whether it be baseball, basketball, softball, volleyball, or football, playing sports in high school is a great way to make friends and stay busy.
Of course, if you don’t like any sports at all, then this isn’t advice for you. But even if you have a slight interest in one, try and make the team. It’s fun to be on it, whether or not you play, and you make a lot of friends. The training is tough but rewarding, and the respect you get for being on the team around school is great.
If you feel lacking before trying out, you can buy a door gym or some other simple home fitness equipment and begin an exercise regimen. After a week or two, you’ll feel your body begin to change and your confidence in your body and your ability to improve yourself increase.
Also, you won’t have to really work if you’re on a sports team. Most parents won’t deny you the ability to play on the team, and if you’re busy with practice every day, you don’t have to work! Trust me, unless you find a job you really like, you don’t want to work in high school. You’ve got the rest of your life to work. Spend high school having fun. And by joining a sports team, that’s pretty much a guarantee. No matter how hard it is, the reward is like none other.
Drinking in high school is what is regarded as a nationwide problem. The thing is, most high school students do drink alcohol at one point or another during their 4 years of schooling. Is it a problem? Other than the fact that it is illegal, does drinking in high school pose a risk to the students? And what is the solution to this problem, if there is in fact one? While the answers of these questions can greatly vary, I am going to try and answer them to the best of my abilities.
Time and time again I notice that students are copying each other in high school (mostly just homework). They do this because either a) they don’t get what’s going on but don’t want to get a bad grade or b) they are lazy.
A lot of the material learned in high school is never used again in your life. For the kid who wants to be an engineer, English isn’t his biggest interest. In fact, he’ll probably never need to know how to speak perfectly. Also, the kid who wants to do something with math as a career could care less about Biology.
One of the best pieces of advice I can give you regarding high school is this: high school is just a game. You’ve got to play to win. Stay with me for a second and hopefully you can understand. In high school, the most stressed factor is your academics. However, your grades don’t always tend to reflect your knowledge. There is always that really smart guy who just doesn’t care and gets Bs, while a hard-working student will get As. In the end, who’s smarter? The guy that got Bs without trying is probably a heck of a lot smarter than the one that got As. So what’s the key to getting those As? I’ve outlined here what I think are the 5 most important parts of getting the A.
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