For many students, too many students in my humble opinion, high school isn’t about having a great time at dances or making that awesome play on the ball field or delivering that soliloquy with Oscar-worthy precision. For many students high school is about fear and torture. It’s about just trying to get through the day without breaking down into sobs from the damaging remarks hurled at you between classes. It’s about praying that you don’t get cornered out of sight from any adults and pummeled into a bloody pulp. It’s about feeling like there is nothing and no one that relates to you. It’s about physical and social isolation, despite the fact that everyone else seems to be having a great time. It’s about not living up to your potential because you’re so focused on just surviving through the day.
This is a great idea.
