Secondary school wasn't good to me or for me, not in the slightest way.

By WhimsyKalopsia



I would vomit into the drain outside school upon alighting from the bus because I was so consumed by the anxiety of actually walking into the premises. I would slam my calf into a bus stop railing repeatedly, hesitantly attempting to break it so I wouldn't have to attend classes. Sometimes, during those crowded bus rides in the morning which often resulted in me getting squished right up against the entrance, I wondered if I could avoid school if I just leapt out the door and hurt myself.


I turned into a reclusive shell of a human being and it took me a long time to fill out again.


If only I was bestowed with a reset button, I'd go back to the first day of secondary school and do things all over, making sure to get my house in order this time round - just to see how different my life would have been.


Still, I'm alright now. :) Better than alright. That's all water under the bridge. Everyone moves on; I have good people in my life and I laugh plenty. When the sting of the past pokes me, I remind myself I eventually turned out okay.


Bottomline: secondary school isn't escapades and rainbows for everyone. It downright sucks for some and that's the reality.


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I really f***ing hate my secondary school