Reply #12: Saw This Commercial Tonight--It Aired During "American Idol"

[ChoppinBroccoli]

If I could give one bit of advice to ANY high schooler (not just gay teens, but ALL teens), it's that high school is a mere blip on the timeline of your life. I didn't have to deal with the slings and arrows associated with being gay, but I had a tough time in high school too. High school is not life. It's just something you have to get through in order to get to your life. In my experience, high school was probably the 4 worst years of my life, followed by college, which was probably the 4 BEST years of my life. Trust me, in 20 years, you won't even REMEMBER most of what happened during high school.

There's actually a pretty good segment of the movie "Bowling For Columbine" where Michael Moore talks to a bunch of celebrities who had bad high school experiences and asks them to give advice to kids that may be going through that kind of stress now. You should check out that entire movie, because it's great, but pay particular attention that segment.