The older I get, the more grateful I become for the people around me. After this school year, we seniors will all leave town and go on to further our education at college, join the military, go to a trade school, or find jobs. Many of us will lose touch with each other over the years.
These last few weeks of high school really make me want to spend as much time as possible with my classmates that I won’t see next year. It’s hard to believe that some of the people I’ve known since I moved here in second grade won’t be with me every day at school anymore.
Some of my very best friends are going to different colleges which makes moving away even more difficult.
For all of us, moving to a completely different town where you hardly know anyone and making a new life is really scary. Soon, we won’t have our parents around to keep an eye on us, we won’t drive the same roads we’ve always driven, and we won’t come home to the same house we’ve been calling home for years.
Change isn’t always a bad thing, and many of us are excited to start this new chapter of our lives. However, it can be terrifying at the same time. I just remind myself that if my parents could do it, if my sister could do it, then I can do it.
Watching my older sister leave home and start a whole new life five hours away reassures me that I will be just fine. But, I think that it’s the thought of leaving home for months on end that makes me question how well I’ll handle my new surroundings.
As I graduate high school and leave town and the people in it, I will never forget my experiences here at JHS. High school has taught me to never judge a person before you know them, to try my hardest in everything I do, and to always remember where I came from.
JHS will forever remind me of home and the great memories I’ve made here with my friends. I am grateful to be graduating with such a wonderful senior class this year, and I will miss every one of my classmates.
Here’s to the senior class of 2013… and moving on.