I'll start with this. I do not like Taylor Swift. I find her voice grating and whiny.
However, I think this song speaks volumes about what happens in high school. I'm a dude and I went to Christian schools from Preschool until I graduated high school. When freshman year started, I knew a lot of nice, innocent girls from long before, and a few I had crushes on even then. When they started giving it up to junior and senior guys, it really made me sad. They became completely different people, not just in their sex lives but in their attitude, and many who were once down to earth became snooty, rejecting their life-long friends. The smart good girls dumbed themselves down and started dressing slutty (as slutty as you can get under a rigid dress code anyways) to get shallow older guys. The partying, drinking, and sleeping around consumed their lives and continued until high school ended. Many got pregnant, some multiple times, and almost all of them got abortions (this stuff spreads at a school of 400 people, believe me). Most of them were cheated on by their handsome football-playing boyfriends and continued dating them anyways since they were their security blankets, so to speak. And at Christian schools, most couples get married only a few short years if not right after high school. Taylor is right; there are much more important things in life than chasing down some jerk who treats you like crap.
If I have a daughter some day, I hope there are artists around who will sing honest and meaningful songs like this one.
I actually like her voice, it's not the best but it's nice. But I tend to enjoy her lyrics more than her voice itself.
Your description of the school sounds pretty accurate. I used to go o a Catholic school and it only went up to eighth grade, but things were pretty messed up then too. And the local high schools were just like that. There's nothing holy about Catholic school :)
That last comment was really sweet, it's nice that some people aren't just going around saying "OMIGAWD i just luvv this song!" Completely agree with you
I actually like her voice, it's not the best but it's nice. But I tend to enjoy her lyrics more than her voice itself.
Your description of the school sounds pretty accurate. I used to go o a Catholic school and it only went up to eighth grade, but things were pretty messed up then too. And the local high schools were just like that. There's nothing holy about Catholic school :)
That last comment was really sweet, it's nice that some people aren't just going around saying "OMIGAWD i just luvv this song!" Completely agree with you
I'll start with this. I do not like Taylor Swift. I find her voice grating and whiny.
However, I think this song speaks volumes about what happens in high school. I'm a dude and I went to Christian schools from Preschool until I graduated high school. When freshman year started, I knew a lot of nice, innocent girls from long before, and a few I had crushes on even then. When they started giving it up to junior and senior guys, it really made me sad. They became completely different people, not just in their sex lives but in their attitude, and many who were once down to earth became snooty, rejecting their life-long friends. The smart good girls dumbed themselves down and started dressing slutty (as slutty as you can get under a rigid dress code anyways) to get shallow older guys. The partying, drinking, and sleeping around consumed their lives and continued until high school ended. Many got pregnant, some multiple times, and almost all of them got abortions (this stuff spreads at a school of 400 people, believe me). Most of them were cheated on by their handsome football-playing boyfriends and continued dating them anyways since they were their security blankets, so to speak. And at Christian schools, most couples get married only a few short years if not right after high school. Taylor is right; there are much more important things in life than chasing down some jerk who treats you like crap.
If I have a daughter some day, I hope there are artists around who will sing honest and meaningful songs like this one.
I actually like her voice, it's not the best but it's nice. But I tend to enjoy her lyrics more than her voice itself. Your description of the school sounds pretty accurate. I used to go o a Catholic school and it only went up to eighth grade, but things were pretty messed up then too. And the local high schools were just like that. There's nothing holy about Catholic school :) That last comment was really sweet, it's nice that some people aren't just going around saying "OMIGAWD i just luvv this song!" Completely agree with you
I actually like her voice, it's not the best but it's nice. But I tend to enjoy her lyrics more than her voice itself. Your description of the school sounds pretty accurate. I used to go o a Catholic school and it only went up to eighth grade, but things were pretty messed up then too. And the local high schools were just like that. There's nothing holy about Catholic school :) That last comment was really sweet, it's nice that some people aren't just going around saying "OMIGAWD i just luvv this song!" Completely agree with you