Not going to pretend I wasn’t a foolish high school student myself once – there were unrequited crushes and short-lived relationships and friendship breakdowns and totally inappropriate bickering about really minor school-related slights. And that’s not even mentioning the hyper-inflated sense I had that what I was doing and feeling and planning for was V V IMPORTANT. Like super mega important, mum, you don’t understand me.
Turns out it wasn’t all that important after all – and that super short haircut did not suit me.
Even people who are undisputedly killing it in their fields now were awkward and weird in high school – and some of them certainly had no bloody clue what they wanted to do for the rest of their lives. Find out what advice a couple of entrepreneurs, a digital marketer, an artist and an entertainment writer have for their daggy high school selves below.
If you’re starting to make plans for your post-high school self – ready to leave all that unnecessary ATAR stress behind you – have a think about UTS Insearch, a pathway not only into UTS, but to the skills you’ll need to thrive at uni. Find out more at their info night on February 22 at 6pm. Register HERE.
