Thank God it's Friday Night and I.... Have to Work?

Having a job in high school has a lot of positive things, like getting paid on a friday night with parties poppin' and booties shaking all around? no but getting paid and having your own finances, it also teaches you time management and you start to learn responsibility. But along with the positives come the negatives.


When you have a job in high school you have to use your time wisely. If you get too many hours at work and have no time to do homework, your grades will slip and the money you make won't mean much. Another negative is working the weekends, when you could be out with your friends but instead you have to at work until close. You miss football games, parties, sleep overs and a lot of school events. Your friday nights will be a lot different.


The best job I had in high school was working at The Little Gym. The hours were good because the gym closed at 8 so I could still do things on the weekend. Also, I worked birthday parties for kids 1 to 11 years old so everything was always happy and cheerful. The people I worked with were also very fun to be around there was a Geppeto's under the gym so my lunches were always delishious.


In the end, having a job in high school is worth it, you just need to sacrifice some friday nights for the minimum wage you will be paid.

Idk My BFF Jill...

Friendships in high school are hard, a lot of the friends you make will come and go but you always have one or two that stick around with you all four years, and beyond that. You could even meet your best friend half way through your senior year, because in high school it is all about finding out who you are and your friends are evidence to who you want to be, and who you want to be surrounded by.


In my four years my friends have changed every year because every year I was also changing in the person I am today. But I have two great best friends, one that has been there for me since sophomore year, and one that has been there for me for a couple months. I think everyone should have a small group of friends they can trust and can be themselves around because a lot of the girls in our school tend to hang out with girls they don't even like just because they don't like being alone on a friday night. So they fake there feelings towards each other, talking behind each others back, then take a bunch of lame Facebook pictures to show the world that they indeed have a "life" even if it's a boring one. But that's high school for you but in the end it is so much better to have a few close friends that you love then a million friends that you hate.

But enough about the seriousness in friendships, because if you know me I tend to be very unserious. Friends should be people you can be weird with, and laugh with. They should be people you can dance to "Don't You Want Me Baby?" on Chat Roulette at 1 am in the morning, or people you can pee in bushes together, or someone that you can sit on the couch with for hours watching crazy people get arrested on cops, or get your car stuck in a ditch going to Olive Garden and find hot guys with trucks to help you out, they should be someone that makes the most boring things, interesting. Because memories like the ones I have will last so much longer then a profile pictures on Facebook.

You're Ruining My Life!

The most common words that come out of a teenagers mouth towards their parents are the four dramaic words "You're ruining my life!". Dealing with parents is very hard when your a teenager in high school but believe it or not you can have a good relationship with them. 

Everything parents do for you is for your benefit because no matter how much you disagree with them they want to best for you and if that means ruining your life for 24 hours they will do it. I have a really good relationship with my mom, it is no where to be perfect, but I have never told her that I hated her or said that she was ruining my life because we usually don't have reasons to say those words. I tell my mom the truth and she does the same to me, I tell her my problems and she tells me hers, I help her with whatever she needs and she does the same for me. Overall we have a good relationship, we have alot of fun together. But we do fight just like anyother daughter/mother, the thing is we make up.

A lot of teenagers think that they're parents are out to get them, and don't understand why they are getting punish but most of the time the kid deserves it. If you were out past your curfew, you deserve to be punish. Your parents aren't fighting with you for fun, they have a reason to be angry if you broke a rule. Just think about that the next time you think your parents are being unfair, and try to have a good relationship with them, tell the truth, take some responsibility and make time for them. And before you say those four words think about it, are they ruining your life, or are you ruining your own?

Puppy Love?

Dating in high school is a big debate for some people, mostly parents, who think their kids should wait till they're 26 to start dating. When teenagers start to date too young, like freshmen, they use the words "I love you" within weeks of dating and never see the person but they just claim they are "dating". Another thing teenagers do when they start dating is they will cut off the rest of the world and just talk, think, and see their boyfriend or girlfriend, they start to lose friends, grades start to slip and they lose theirselves in this feeling called lust. I'm not saying all of this because I waited to start dating, because I didn't, My first boyfriend was in 6th grade haha. But this is all from experience, I think junior or senior year are good years to start more serious relationships if the person is mature enough to handle them.

Teenagers shouldn't cage themselves from the opposite sex till graduation because that would be do more harm then good. Teenagers should go out and flirt and hang out with guys and girls. But they should find someone they have fun with, who believes in their dreams, who listens to their problems and gives them advice because they care, who makes them smile, someone who wants them to live their own life, who they can be themselves with and makes them a better person. 


They should find a best friend who they just so happens to be dating. But I'm saying this from experience, because those are all the things my boyfriend does for me, and I think everyone should experience all of those details in their relationships, puppy love or the real deal.

So Where Are You Going to College?

"So where are you going to colllege?" Right when I turned to senior status last summer that was all I heard from everyone I talked to, friends, neighbors, parents friends, and family, they all wanted to know and I started to notice the more I heard the question, the most I questioned myself. Those seven words made me think "Where do you see yourself being one year from now?" and back then I had zero clue where I wanted to go or what I wanted to do, But I didn't have forever to figure it out.

When you hit senior year make sure you know how to answer that question, not for other peoples knowledge but for yourself. You need to figure out where you want to go as soon as possible, go on some college visits and look around at in state schools and out of state. When you figure that out then start to apply to the colleges you could picture yourself being at, get some good recommendation letter from your teachers and spend a good amount of time writing your college essays. The sooner you do all of that the sooner you will know where you will be going to school the on coming fall. Make sure you do not wait till days before the cut off day to do these things because you will regret it. College is a big deal, and you have to work to get into college. If you can make it to graduation you can make it to college.

For All You Freshmen...

I'm Alisha Aerni and I am a senior at Avon Lake High School, which is crazy to think that in just 109 days I will be graduating. So I thought that I could share my stories and hopefully help anyone trying to make it to graduation. I know this is sorta late for the freshemen this year but this is advice for the up and coming freshmen on how to survive your first year in high school. All you have to know is an high school will NOT eat you up and spit you back out, this isn't hollywood, you will survive the next four years. The problem I had my freshmen year, and others would agree, is that I cared way too much about what everyone else thought of me that I stopped being myself. Freshmen year I was a cheerleader, hung out with dramatic brats, and let people step all over me just so they would like me, when I wanted to join the drama club, hang out with my old friends and be the leader my parents raised me to be. After awhile I started to find myself and then high school was so much more enjoyable. Just remember that it is better to be hated for who you really are then to be loved for someone that your not. These are some of the most important years in your life to figure out what kind of person you are so don't waste your time. Hopefully this advice will help you not make the mistakes I did freshmen year, and remember have fun!