Do we ever truly escape High School? For some reason, it’s such an awkward, yet influential time in our lives. It’s one that really scars and embeds itself upon us. So why do those 4 years hold such weight upon us?

 When I think back and look at who I was, I’m amazed at who I have become. I used to look at that teenage boy with such horrible disdain. But over the years I’ve begun to realized I was just a kid trying to get by the best way I could.

I see that in the kids I work with. They’re just trying to get by, to survive. 

So when you see teenagers on the street, with their piercings and baggy pants. Don’t scoff at them, just realize that they’re trying to survive the best way they know. And also remember that behind the exterior was the same scared soul that you were years back.