High School
We all remember how demoralizing high school was. It is like being slowly whittled away until you are no longer an actual person, but a strange copy of several other people. You strive so hard to be one of the cool people, repeatedly falling short, but waking up the next day knowing that today is your day. You are going to make it.
My sister-in-law just started high school. Although high school is better than junior high, it is not much better.
To make things even better, jj has offered to follow her around school, wearing a helmet, holding a boom box on his shoulder, and yelling, “Katie likes guys!” While sounding more like a seal with larangitis, then an actual person. I found it incredibly funny when he would randomly yell this while we were with her this weekend. Katie would melt into the floor and try to disguise herself like her surroundings, like a chameleon.