the last thing i wrote in the school newspaper...
Throughout high school, of course I have had my ups and downs. I have made plenty mistakes, and dumb decisions, I mean who hasn’t? It’s only human to make a mistake here and there. I have learned from my mistakes though, and every day I grow up a little more. My freshmen year, I was just as clueless and naive as every freshman that begins high school, I didn’t care much about anything, homework being at the top of that list. Playing basketball and my friends were all that really mattered to me. During the middle of my sophomore year I began my first job, I started meeting new people and observing new things, and I think that’s when I began to realize what was really important to me. Junior year I stepped things up, my grades, my attitude, everything. I had a new outlook on life and my future. Now I am in my senior year, and it’s coming to an end. I have played four years of basketball, I’ve been apart of the yearbook class for two, and the newspaper class for one, I’ve been “involved,” and I believe that that’s something everyone should try to do now and then. I have grown up so much in these past four years. I’ve come into realization of what I want to accomplish, and who I want to be. High school is finally almost up, next fall I’ll be away at college. When people say your time here really does fly by, they’re not lying, it really does. I’ll be honest, I still have a lot to learn about life, but what I have learned so far these past four years are only the stepping stones to what is ahead of me. My advice to you underclassmen is to cherish your time here, learn from it, and grow from it. Try not to BE anything, follow your instincts as much as possible, it leads you to more things than your mind will ever. I’m Ashlee Kalinowski. Cheers.