Seniors
The senior feeling never really hit me until tonight. Sure, I've felt the effects of senioritis, but that was being plain lazy. Tonight, I feel truly sad that I am graduating. I've never loved Oak Park. I don't have as many friends as many of you out there and many of my friendships are not as strong as some of yours, but I really feel sad about leaving.
At the play tonight, I felt as if I was going to cry. When Allen said that this was the seniors' last production, I laughed to keep myself from crying. When everyone said their "good jobs" and "thanks for comings," I smiled to keep myself from crying. It's funny, because I have never been a part of drama and do not know most of the people in the production, but still, I felt sad for the seniors for whom this was their last play.
I'm sorry that I did not get to know most of you as well as I should have. It's probably because I never made myself available or made myself care. I never really spent time thinking about the whole graduating thing. I've always been too busy doing other things to think about leaving. To think that after this year, home will never really be home again. After I graduate, I will be moving into an apartment of my own. After that, marriage and the beginning of a real life.
I think that I missed out on a lot during high school. There were too many things that I did not participate in, too many people I didnt get to know. Tonight, when Jamie said that the play was the best experience of his high school career, I thought to myself "Is there any activity that I could say the same for?" Nothing that I have done especially sticks out in my mind. I have too many regrets.
I'll probably be an emotional reck at the the senior assembly. I'll be the one in the back bawling for no reason.
At the play tonight, I felt as if I was going to cry. When Allen said that this was the seniors' last production, I laughed to keep myself from crying. When everyone said their "good jobs" and "thanks for comings," I smiled to keep myself from crying. It's funny, because I have never been a part of drama and do not know most of the people in the production, but still, I felt sad for the seniors for whom this was their last play.
I'm sorry that I did not get to know most of you as well as I should have. It's probably because I never made myself available or made myself care. I never really spent time thinking about the whole graduating thing. I've always been too busy doing other things to think about leaving. To think that after this year, home will never really be home again. After I graduate, I will be moving into an apartment of my own. After that, marriage and the beginning of a real life.
I think that I missed out on a lot during high school. There were too many things that I did not participate in, too many people I didnt get to know. Tonight, when Jamie said that the play was the best experience of his high school career, I thought to myself "Is there any activity that I could say the same for?" Nothing that I have done especially sticks out in my mind. I have too many regrets.
I'll probably be an emotional reck at the the senior assembly. I'll be the one in the back bawling for no reason.