(there's no sex in your violence..)
Now that almost every adult I do and don't know has congratulated me on making it through high school, I feel the need to post the obligatory graduation blog.
When people ask me how it feels to have graduated, I seriously wonder if they're just trying to make conversation. How did it feel when you graduated? To me, it's no different than regular summer vacation. I didn't get emotional, didn't come close to crying, wasn't all that excited before or after going on stage. What will hit me is walking onto campus for the first time as a registered student--then I'll think "Wow; This is college. This is for real." I definitely won't be thinking "Aww, geez, high school is really over." But then again, high school wasn't the best four years of my life, as some claim, so I might be a little biased.
I can't wait for college. I can't wait for the change. I can't wait for the chance to move out on my 'own', having practically no one to answer to, persuing whatever interests me. The biggest regret I have in high school is not participating in all the stuff I wanted to do (for various reasons I won't start on), not being social enough, just plain not getting out there. I don't want to do that in college, or ever again. I don't want to have to regret living life by just going through the motions. That's why I want to skydive. That's why I just want to do something. That's why, although I will miss a few people, I anticipate the ceremony another four or five years down the road will be the meaningful one.
I haven't ended a part of my life--it feels like I can just now start to live it.
When people ask me how it feels to have graduated, I seriously wonder if they're just trying to make conversation. How did it feel when you graduated? To me, it's no different than regular summer vacation. I didn't get emotional, didn't come close to crying, wasn't all that excited before or after going on stage. What will hit me is walking onto campus for the first time as a registered student--then I'll think "Wow; This is college. This is for real." I definitely won't be thinking "Aww, geez, high school is really over." But then again, high school wasn't the best four years of my life, as some claim, so I might be a little biased.
I can't wait for college. I can't wait for the change. I can't wait for the chance to move out on my 'own', having practically no one to answer to, persuing whatever interests me. The biggest regret I have in high school is not participating in all the stuff I wanted to do (for various reasons I won't start on), not being social enough, just plain not getting out there. I don't want to do that in college, or ever again. I don't want to have to regret living life by just going through the motions. That's why I want to skydive. That's why I just want to do something. That's why, although I will miss a few people, I anticipate the ceremony another four or five years down the road will be the meaningful one.
I haven't ended a part of my life--it feels like I can just now start to live it.