The end of 2014 is near, very near. “Its been a very long year,” said senior Anna Anderson. Another senior, Kurtis Erickson disagreed and said that it “flew by.” 2014 has been different for everyone, as most years are. Some people have had a good year, while it is inevitable that others have had a bad year. Gwyn Barron, for example says that she had a good year. She says that as the year has gone on, “More and more opportunities have come along, and it’s nice to feel like I am about to enter into the real world shortly after the New Year.
Seniors have been excited about the end of the year with graduation coming in 2015. In the fall of 2015, we all will be heading our separate ways and beginning the next chapter in our lives, college and real life. Some seniors look forward to turning eighteen in 2015, while others look forward to becoming more independent and learning how to live without their parents there for every step. “Making a lot of money; making it big” is what senior Emanuel Lopez says that he looks forward to the most for the upcoming year.
As the end of the year keeps getting closer and closer, people will begin to make New Year’s resolutions. The most common resolutions in past years have been to lose weight, quit smoking, learn something new, eat healthy, get out of debt, save money, spend more time with family, travel to new places, be less stressed, volunteer, and drink less. Though many of these plans will be broken come February, people will still put in effort throughout the first month of the year.
Much has happened in 2014, including the ebola outbreak in Africa, which eventually made its way to the United States; the XXII Winter Olympics were held in Sochi, Russia; the Catholic Church canonized Pope John XXIII and John Paul II; the 2014 World Cup was held in Rio, Brasil, which was won by Germany; ISIS became a huge threat to the US Government; and the Michael Brown shooting and rioting in Ferguson, Missouri.
2014 will be a year that stays in everyone’s memory as time goes on; too much has happened for it not to. As Christmas and New Year’s approach, people will begin to say goodbye to 2014 and hello to 2015.