Like Dark Knight said, it's the freedom from real repsonsibility. Plus, you're so close to being an adult. You get to do all these near-adult things, but without the fear of real consequences. There's probably also the wonder of discovery of one's self--what do I really care about, what am I good at, what am I going to do with my life. That is the time when those big questions start to get answered. And people have such big, idealistic ideas about their future. Looking back, some people forget the details, but remember the general sense of it and miss that.
Now, all that's not completely true, of course. Some people never experience those things and others do it a bit later while in college. It's all individual. It's really a poor general statement, probably most often used by the people, that Tom mentioned, that peaked in high school.
But that's why they say it.
Also, it's the last time you are submerged in an enviroment with people you have grown up with your entire life (unless you moved of course). Maybe there is a girl or boy you had a crush on for many years and you relish the opportunities to see them every day, to flirt with them, and just be around them. It's a time when you start dating and when you discover the joys of kissing, holding hands, and maybe even sex. It's a time when you go to parties, maybe drink some beer, do wild things you will never do when you grow up. High school is bascially a time when you first experience all the adult things without the weight of responsibility.
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You know how a lot of TV shows and films say that high school is the best time of your life...
- 10/11/2012 12:48:48 AM
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When I reminisce, I think of childhood pre-high school or my college years.
- 10/11/2012 04:24:42 AM
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Why they say it.
- 10/11/2012 04:30:47 PM
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Exactly
- 10/11/2012 05:07:01 PM
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Agreed, though many (not all) the same factors apply to college, also.
- 11/11/2012 03:20:35 PM
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Worse yet, my mother used to say that when I was still in high school.
- 11/11/2012 09:55:19 PM
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