Thinking About "Drama" While Watching a Shakespeare Story Set as a High School Drama.

I watched the film "She's the Man" with some friends this evening. I'm a fan of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," so I already appreciate this movie for basing its plot and character names from the play. I had forgotten that the movie takes place in a high school. Wow, so much drama! I did see some drama when I was in high school, but never that much. I am grateful for that. Also, I'm grateful that with what drama there was in high school, it only takes a few years for it to be overshadowed by college. Even then, things generally work out from a long-term perspective. That has been my experience, and it is very helpful to me whenever I feel frustrated or discouraged in the present. I remind myself that many things I worry about and stress over will be fine. I believe it is important to be able to distinguish between problems with lasting consequences, and problems that won't matter so much a month or a year from now.