High School is Hell

Okay, so I think its pretty easy to see that the author of this article clearly had a terrible high school experience.  I understand that the things that happen in the show and relate to high school experiences actually do happen, however, they happen on very rare occurrences.  Yes, high school shootings do happen, and tragedies occur, but this article makes it sound like every teenager is going to come out of high school with no friends, a broken heart, and at least one school shooting or bomb threat at their school.  Thats not the case at all.  I understand that some people will have more friends than others and there are some awkward times in high school where you might not feel like you fit in with the crowd, but for the most part high school is a very laid back time in life where you can hang out with the people who are your friends whether its 1 or 100.  This is not to take away from the fact that the article was very well written.  Yes, the author drew sources perfectly and related them to the reader to get her point across.  I just think her point was extremely misguided and very sullen.  That article would scare the crap out of any junior high student who is slightly nervous about the unknowns of high school when they really have no reason to be scared.  All in all it was a very well written article, just a very misguided thesis.