According to classic 1980's movies that embrace high school stereotypes, it seems as if most people were expecting different when arriving. There was always the exciting mystery behind high school as a kid. Watching a variety of cult classics can have a definite influence on the way that high school works. After all, most of these stereotypes could be practically considered societal rules. At sixteen you get your license, get a dump car for your birthday, and attend your first high school party. Like any scene from a John Hughes movie, walking into high school should entail a dramatic scene of intense keyboard ballads while you and your group of friends playfully shove your shoulders together. Interpretations of high school are far from reality. Sure. You have your friends, and your groups, but sadly, no ABBA, or Blondie playing in the background.
It may not be the signature behind the bleachers, or smoking in the boys room, but it's the more personalized version of high school that really matters. There's the bench in the stairway, the spaces next to the stairs where we used to hang out in the mornings before first bell. There are the tables where the same few people have sat for the past four years. There's that girl that you sort of know, but always felt too rude to actually ask for her name. High school isn't all about the clichés. It's about the times that you're aware of the clichés. It's okay to sit in the bleachers with your friends during gym class. It's okay to get frustrated with that one vending machine that never seems to be in order. The 1980's high school movies had a point. There are the scenes in high school adolescence that call for dramatic crying while listening to overused love songs, there are times when friction between friends is too much to bear. These moments are the ones that make it the opposite of what you expected.
The fun theatrics are what fail to deliver. Maybe leaning up against brick walls while skipping class, or peering through a pair of Ray-Bands isn't your thing (or anybody else's for that matter). It's completely possible that you may never attend a blowout high school party at the jocks house like from Sixteen Candles. So really, it's okay to not live up to the standards of the high school life. Completely okay. There will be plenty of moments that will make up for it. High school is weird. Plus who knows? Someday you may just look out your window to find none other than a modern John Cusack with a SnapBack and iPod held in the air, playing this months billboard top 100.