A farewell to JHS

Carlie Day, Staff Writer

As my senior year is quickly coming to a close, I find myself reminiscing over the past four years. I remember my first day like it was yesterday. I was extremely nervous and scared of getting confused in such a big place (that now feels so small). I remember being concerned with things like: what friends are in my lunch, new teachers, not having friends in a class, and of course, those “getting to know you” speeches. But looking back now, I have to laugh at those worries. After my first week here, I was used to it. There was no true worry; things have gone by pretty smoothly and not smoothly at the same time, but if I could take anything with me, it is the life lessons that everyone eventually faces.

The number one lesson that I have learned is that you won’t walk out with the same friends you walked in with, and you know what, that isn’t always a bad thing. Many changes happen to a person and their life in four years. Overtime one’s true colors will begin to show; sometimes you like this change and sometimes you don’t. The most important thing to remember about that is honesty; always be honest with your friends. Friendships are relationships and sometimes you have to walk away. Another lesson to accept is that you will see an F on a paper (maybe even more than one paper); it is okay. Don’t stress yourself out to the point of getting gray hairs over anything because stress will only make that F come quicker.

But on a happier note- try things. Go out with friends, sit in the student section at football games, sign up for the pie eating contest at the pep rally, do everything that you can. Four years flies by without warning, and after that, you are all off in different directions, so enjoy yourself. After all it is high school, if you’re not doing something a little mischievous, you’re not doing it right.