I Need School.

It feels like a strange thing to admit, but I need school. School is often boring, dull, and sometimes it just seems completely pointless, but school is also where all of our friends are. It's where we define ourselves, whether that is within the confines of the school or just in the years that we are forced to attend it.
Unlike a lot of teens, I do not resent being sent to school every week-day, in fact, in the past few days, I've come to appreciate it far more than I ever thought I would. I need school to keep me sane. I need the routine of the timetable, I need the discipline of the rules and the punishments for stepping out of line. I need the ability to fade into the background when I need to, and then step out into the light and make people laugh when I've had enough of the dark. School is like a second home to me.
It still feels strange admitting this, but I haven't quite come to terms with it myself yet. I knew I was a nerd, but I never really thought of myself needing school. Really, I think we all need school in some way. Of course we need it to gain knowledge and be educated, but on far deeper levels, school is also more like a safety net.
Think about it. When you go to school feeling down, who cheers you up? Your friends do. They're all there, in one place, ready and willing to make you smile. When you feel like everybody hates you, teachers at least pretend to like you, because they have to.
What I'm saying is that we all need to stop complaining about school, because it's the best years of your life, and you'll miss it when it's gone.
Resolve is never stronger than in the morning after the night it was never weaker.