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As they approached their graduations, a handful of seniors from Gunn, Palo Alto and Castilleja reflected on their high school years. They spoke about what they’ll miss most and least about high school and about Palo Alto, while sharing some views on what makes their generation different from others.
I love the reflections and all the graduates are to be congratulated! This is such a wonderful milestone in their lives!
I was sad to read Arjun’s feeling about Paly, which are unfortunately the feelings of many PAUSD high school students – its a hard place to be a regular, nice kid.
He won’t missed “the incredibly competitive environment, where it drowns out getting an education versus just looking good to everyone else,”
“Basically, you can get lost at Paly so easily if you don’t find some sort of footing.
“It’s an almost cruelly competitive environment. A lot of people come out really well, but there are people who don’t fare as well as everyone else.
“For kids who are late bloomers or just average, coming to Paly is a really hard experience because you’re surrounded by smart, intelligent kids with smart, intelligent families backing them up.”