BREATHE N BOUNCE

 People like to say high school is the best time of your life.  Well first I would say tell that to the Yellowjackets.  Secondly, mine sucked.  So I will talk about it in great detail here.  And if you are a high school graduate, you might want to check this shit out.  I promise you will be able to relate and walk away with strong feelings.   MUSIC ON THIS EPISODE SCHOOLS OUT - Alice Cooper BACK TO SCHOOL (MINI MAGGIT) - Deftones SOMEWHERE I BELONG - Linkin Park JUST ONE LAST TIME - David Guetta CHANGE - Lana Del Rey SOMETHING NEW - Axwell^Ingrosso

A big theme for me this weekend is transitions—the changing road ahead and all the shit spinning in my head. A lot of it comes from my kid graduating, which has me reflecting on my own high school experience. To be blunt: there wasn’t much of one. I wasted so much time, and it wasn’t even funny. I didn't get the support or the challenge I needed. I was bullied by students, and teachers openly told others they expected me to end up pumping gas. When I was tossed out of mainstream high school and put into a behavioral school, I didn't see much of a future. I thought I was doomed. But at the new school, I started making friends—mostly because we were all getting high—but I also found an interest in writing. I wrote a play, cast it (though rehearsals never happened), and actually did well in sports like volleyball and bowling. By senior year, I was on the yearbook staff. But I never finished. I took a job with my father instead, which was a mistake. I missed my own high school grad...

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