High school in 2023 is about how much you can do. For many students, there is a social pressure to do as much as you can since you’re young. This pressure is exacerbated by the incredible opportunities offered to learners. Numerous students have, and increasingly so, infinite resources and opportunities immediately available for their leisurely use. Furthermore, all opportunities and topics can be pursued in various degrees. You may be a doctor, and with the efficiency of our community, you may be one of the hundreds of types of doctors.
I am interested in many things. However, I don’t have infinite time to pursue my numerous interests. I would love to be on the debate team, robotics team, and soccer team. Yet, to do all would mean sleepless nights and would be at the cost of time with my friends and family.
The fact that I am able to do anything is juxtaposed with the fact I can not do everything.
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I want to keep as many doors as I can open. But, by opening one door further and spending more time and more effort opening the door, I am, consequentially, allowing another opportunity to disappear. Sacrifice is omnipresent.
There are many common phrases, “You have so many opportunities” or “You can be anything.” This implicit pressure to do as much as you can and make use of the incredible opportunities opening up in many rapidly expanding industries makes high school intense.
The saying ‘high school in 2023’ implies a comparison, one that I am unable to provide as I know only high school in this age. However, I know high school in 2023 has an expectation of going to college or university. While being restricted by this expectation, high school in 2023 has still fewer limitations for more and more students.