What did you think about high school when you first came? vs Now?

Ruth Varghese, Photographer

Then-“I thought there’d be so much parties and you won’t have no worries.” Now-“It’s stressful.”
Then-“I thought there’d be so much parties and you won’t have no worries.”
Now-“It’s stressful.” -Idon Nkanga
Then-“I thought it was going to be really super duper hard.” Now-“It’s the easiest thing I’ve ever done in my life.” -Zeke Lopez
Then-“I thought it was going to be really super duper hard.”
Now-“It’s the easiest thing I’ve ever done in my life.” -Zeke Lopez
Then-“Every[one] is like a grown person.” Now-“You feel like a grown person.”
Then-“Every[one] is like a grown person.”
Now-“You feel like a grown person.” -Jaime Gamero
Then-“I didn’t think it was that different.” Now-“I can like definitely feel the difference and it went by really really fast.”
Then-“I didn’t think it was that different.”
Now-“I can like definitely feel the difference and it went by really, really fast.” -Brisa Diaz
Then-“I thought it would be fun.” Now-“I’m just tired all the time.” -Jordan Knighton
Then-“I thought it would be fun.”
Now-“I’m just tired all the time.” -Jordan Knighton
Then-“That I would be more mature and that school would be easier.” Now-“It is the same as it was freshman year.” -Michelle Greske
Then-“That I would be more mature and that school would be easier.”
Now-“It is the same as it was freshman year.” -Michelle Greske
Then-“I thought being a senior would be fun.” Now-“It’s dreadful.” -Okon Essien
Then-“I thought being a senior would be fun.”
Now-“It’s dreadful.” -Okon Essien
Then-“High school would be like Mean Girls the movie.” Now-“It’s not as dramatic as Hollywood made it seem.” -Crystal Molina
Then-“High school would be like “Mean Girls” the movie.”
Now-“It’s not as dramatic as Hollywood made it seem.” -Crystal Molina
Then-“I thought it would be fun and like the movies.” Now-“Give me my diploma.” -Naomy Ortiz
Then-“I thought it would be fun and like the movies.”
Now-“Give me my diploma.” -Naomy Ortiz