Is high school actually like the movies and TV portray it?

**~~Walvis~~** · 11-26-2018, 05:08 AM

So in about 2 years, I'll be going to high school. I've seen some movies and TV shows about high school, and I was wondering if the version of high school portrayed in these is how high school actually is? Like relationship drama everywhere, a lot of cliques, popular kids and nerds and jocks and stuff. Is high school actually like that, or is it a media image?

**~~Iloko~~** · 11-26-2018, 05:30 AM

It can be if you go in with a charismatic frame of mind

**~~Walvis~~** · 11-26-2018, 05:31 AM

Originally Posted by Iloko

It can be if you go in with a charismatic frame of mind

How does high school work in Spain? Do you guys spend 4 years in high school and graduate at 18 like we do?

**~~Iloko~~** · 11-26-2018, 05:33 AM

Originally Posted by Walvis

How does high school work in Spain? Do you guys spend 4 years in high school and graduate at 18 like we do?

I'm not Spanish, it's fake profile info lol. I'm actually Asian who grew up in America. In US it's 4 years in HS then graduation at 17/18 I believe

**~~Walvis~~** · 11-26-2018, 05:35 AM

Originally Posted by Iloko

I'm not Spanish, it's fake profile info lol. I'm actually Asian who grew up in America. In US it's 4 years in HS then graduation at 17/18 I believe

What kind of Asian are you?

**~~Iloko~~** · 11-26-2018, 05:35 AM

Originally Posted by Walvis

What kind of Asian are you?

Filipino who grew up in USA(Midwestern Chicago)

**~~RenaRyuguu~~** · 11-26-2018, 05:36 AM

Uh very rarely can it be. Movies and TV shows are scripted and want to portray an enjoyable school environment so that teens would enjoy the idea of school. It's propaganda basically. You should take a look at some of the teen movies that involve bullying and your whole idea of school changes instantly. My school was ok. No one was bullied or tortured. It wasn't like the movies because they banned us from having parties as it was a private school and my friends sucked cuz they weren't movie like friends and I'm not even friends with them anymore but I still love to watch those movies and pretend it was like that.

**Morticia** · 11-26-2018, 05:39 AM

For me it definitely wasn't but that's because I was excruciatingly antisocial and didn't mesh well with the other students. In general high school isn't particularly extravagant and enjoyable as the media tends to portray it but I'm sure if you arrive with the right frame of mind you'll do alright.

**Kazimiera** · 11-26-2018, 05:40 AM

Originally Posted by Walvis

So in about 2 years, I'll be going to high school. I've seen some movies and TV shows about high school, and I was wondering if the version of high school portrayed in these is how high school actually is? Like relationship drama everywhere, a lot of cliques, popular kids and nerds and jocks and stuff. Is high school actually like that, or is it a media image?

High school in 2 years? How old are you? 11? 12?

There were the cliques - the popular ones, nerds etc. But it wasn't nearly as dramatic as they make out in the movies. Every clique mainly stuck to itself and the dramas were inter-clique. If there was a drama between two "popular" girls it happened within that clique and nobody else knew or cared about it because it didn't affect them.

Then again, it may have changed a lot since I left high school long ago and I didn't go to school in the US.

**~~Walvis~~** · 11-26-2018, 05:40 AM

Originally Posted by VonDunkelheit

For me it wasn't but that's because I was excruciatingly antisocial and didn't mesh well with the other students. I'm sure if you arrive with the right frame of mind you'll do alright.

I'm worried that I might not fit in in high school.