As a junior, my mind is plagued by thoughts of my future. The choices I make now will either make me happy and successful, or they will make me doomed. For most students, high school is about having fun. Football games, homecoming dance, the prom, trips and making friends are all synonymous with high school.
Schools are famous and are popular locally for their superiority in sports more than anything else.
This is a reflection of how little schools concentrate on teaching decision-making and actual learning. Until high school, the most crucial decision that a student might have had to make is to choose what electives to take, which is not a challenging decision. The worst possible result is that the student will not like the class or will get an unfavorable grade. Up until high school, students' egos are boosted. In middle and high school, not every student is as recognized as the others, but the teachers encourage students and basically tell them that they have the ability to do anything.