High School All Stars

A myth that dominated my high school was that athletes – namely football players - were better than any other students that attended Staples High School. As state champions, many of the seniors are offered amazing scholarships to D1 colleges (where, unfortunately, they did not shine as they did in high school, now being surrounded by loads of other high school stars). But, back during school, they walked around in their varsity jackets, skipped class and got terrible GPAs, and in spite of it all, made it to great colleges. There were even a few instances I know of that some of them got pulled over by police after a night of drinker, but were let go due to their ‘honorary status’. On weekends, the parties came to them. My previous ex-boyfriend was one of the captains and did not get his license until May of senior year, as he always had someone there willing to drive him places. In a sense, I feel bad for these boys for they lived in a sort-of fantasy world surrounded by them. I hope that they do not get the same treatment in college. I mean, lets face it, luck’s gotta run out sometime.