The Top 10 Rules for Idaho High School Graduates (That Nobody Tells You)

It's a rite of passage that almost everyone in America goes through. Those who do not may regret not following the masses through this ceremony that will define them for the rest of their lives.

We all remember the day we congratulated ourselves for completing the twelve years of education most Americans receive from elementary school through high school.

Those of us who are older are brought back to a simpler time of young ambition and hormones, when we saw the pride in our parents' eyes and embraced the hugs of grandparents celebrating us from near and far.

As the Western philosopher Meatloaf writes, it was long ago and far away, and we are describing high school graduations. Whether you graduated locally or in another part of Idaho, or like Kevin Miller, graduated in another state, everyone has a high school memory.

Today, parents, aunts, uncles, friends, neighbors, and others will celebrate the high school graduations of Idaho high schoolers. As most of the state's graduation ceremonies occur this week, vehicles will fill the streets, roads, and parking lots surrounding the Ford Idaho Center.

Did you know everything or anything when you graduated from high school? Do you often wonder what you could've done if you could return to that young person, you once were? Or have you tried to help the 2025 graduates avoid life's mistakes?

Fear not, true believer, we've put together 10 outstanding and time-tested pieces of advice for every high school graduate this year and every year.