Blog 8

In “High School is Hell”, I believe the argument that is being made is that high school really metaphorically like hell. The quote, “Today's teens live in a world where their classmates plot their murders, where the threat of gun violence is always present, where there is a high rate of sexually transmitted diseases, date rape, and stalking,” explains directly why high school is a living hell. I did not feel like I had to take all of these things into consideration at my high school; however, I do believe that there are high schools in the United States where students have to deal with these kinds of situations. Whenever I think of these situations, such as the plotting of murders or gun violence, I think of Columbine High School. I could never imagine “plotting” my classmates’ murders or even think of bringing a gun into a school. I guess that’s just where I grew up, that everyone pretty much knew everyone and my whole class got a long with each other. Another quote that I thought was more about a normal high school “hell” was, “Finally the viewers are left with a show where the characters' worst horrors are not just the monsters they are fighting but the grim reality of such ultimate high school horrors as parent-teacher night, not having a date for the prom, being made fun of in class, and not getting a spot on the cheerleading team.” I think this more describes what I went through in high school. Seriously though, people freaked out if it was let’s say two weeks before prom and they didn’t have a date. People made such a big deal about have a date that they would literally cause themselves to get sick, or not concentrate on the one thing that mattered in high school, graduating. But at the same time, I mean come on that’s not nearly as hellacious as someone killing one of your classmates.