Here are some important (and some silly) lessons you should never forget,
* Don't drink grape juice while wearing a white shirt and driving to school.
* Don't let your life wait for other people.
* Milk crates make very boring pets.
* Dropping a cellular phone into a bathtub of water kinda kills the phone.
* Your mother will find out if you dye your hair purple.
* You haven't really lived until you have gotten a 48 on an Advanced Placement U.S. History test.
* Don't ever fall in love with someone who is more than one thousand miles away from you, it usually doesn't work out.
* If it hurts you, DON'T DO IT AGAIN!
* That which does not kill you will ultimately make you stronger.
* Speaking in public gets easier with practice.
* Don't sprint around a pool if you're trying to impersonate Jim from Huck Finn.
* Ten years from now most of what we freak out about won't make any difference.
* All that's gold foesn't glisten.
* Zits always pop up when you really can't afford them to.
* Always stay after class because that's where connections are made.
* When in doubt, duck. When certain, don't bother, 'cause your already screwed.
* While driving a car through a gate, ALWAYS make sure the gate is open! The consequences might be fatal to your car.
* If you're not living (I mean really living), you're dead already.
* Never piece any part of your body in the dark.
* Just because someone flirts with you incessantly doesn't necessarily mean he or she likes you.
* If your teacher tells you he'll give you a zero on your test if you talk one more time, he means it. Really.
* Sometimes smart people can do very, very stupid things.
* Being nice to people will get you far.
* The one person you can truly love is often right in front of your eyes.
* Never, ever, EVER let a member of the opposite sex make you compromise your standard. Never.
* Nothing is ever too good to be true.
* Parents aren't around forever, and you need to treasure them while they are.
* Don't take the SAT twice if you already have a good score in the first place.
* Never do something if the risk is greater than the reward.
* Think carefully before you act.
* Dreaming and doing go hand in hand.
* Life moves fast, but not so fast that you can't slow down to enjoy it.
* Instead of waiting for life to get better, do something about it.
* You REALLY should do what needs to be done NOW, and not later. Procrastination is the easiest way, but not the most profitable.
* If your intuition is telling you not to do something, then don't. You intuition is not stupid!
* If her doesn't respect you, than he's not worth any of your time.
* Don't juggle knives unless your really, really good at it.
* If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then give up, no sense being ridiculous about it.
* Sticking things up your nose isn't the smartest thing in the world.
* You can't light fireworks in the basement and not get caught.
* Hair is VERY flammable.
* Never, ever trust you friend with a pair of scissors against your hair, just ask my friend Nicole.
* Dyeing hair strawberry blonde that is already strawberry blonde will turn your hair strawberry pink.
* White dogs and black pants don't mix.
* God doesn't make junk!!
* Someday you will look back on this and it will all sem funny.
* You never know when you're making a memory!!!
* The heart does heal and you will love again - except that when you do, you'll deny that you ever loved like this before (I can vouch for that!)
* Nothing matter if you don't have loved ones to share it with. Your siblings are incredibly precious. If you don't know this now, you will - trust me!
* If you can laugh at yourself, you are going to be fine.
* If you allow other to laugh with you, you'll be great! |