Graduation!! SENIORS OH SEV
Well graduation is upon us in two days. I don't believe it, here is something I wrote like a week ago.
Four years ago we stepped into this building as the class of 2007. Never before seeing us, we already had pre-conceived notions about us. "Worst class ever to be promoted to Rahway High School". "A group of kids who just don't care", and many more. We came into the high school with the same mentality that we had left the middle school; we were the big dogs. We came into this school though yearning to do so well, yearning to figure out who we were. Not on the inside as to whom we really wanted to be, on the outside just trying to fit in. The countless nights and endless school days where we just "couldn't wait until we graduate" or "I wish summer was here already." Most of us all were still apart of the same group of friends that we gained in middle school or even carried over from elementary school.
Three years ago we stepped into high school like we owned the place. No one could tell us what to do. We knew it all and couldn't be stopped. That same circle of friends was still there but something just didn't seem right about it. People changed throughout the entire year. We started to either strengthen friendships or weaken them. Started to think outside the box a little bit and not anymore just "go with the flow" but we actually all started to think for ourselves. Never to be mistaken as an individual just yet, just someone who was searching for their inner selves. Sweet Sixteen parties just about once a month, people getting their drivers permits, and started developing serious relationships with others. Still nothing changed, we just "couldn't wait until we graduate."
Two years ago we became juniors. No longer underclassmen, not upperclassmen. This was when most of us received our driver licenses, found out who our true friends were, had that tough break up with a boyfriend or a girlfriend, and just started to really search for the person inside. That same group of friends from freshmen year had diminished. Now it was probably just 2 or 3 of you from that circle. Drama filled high school was now an everyday thing. People egging cars, houses, slashing tires, and just spreading rumors. Never really thinking about how short of a time is left until we graduate, but still never to forget a beat. It wasn't anything new, we just "couldn't wait until we graduate."
One year ago, it was our year. This was our time to shine and we wouldn't let anyone take that away from us. We had senioritis before classes even began and just never really thought about it. Never thought that this was our last first home football game, our last fall pep rally, our last homecoming game, our final season doing something that we love whether it was soccer, football, volleyball, bowling, track, swimming, dancing, marching band, cheerleading, etc. We took those times for granted. We still had that one best friend who'd been there through thick and thin just like you thought they would. It was time to apply to college. Some close, some not so close, but in the end we were accepted or rejected. Nights where sleep just seemed like something that was never close writing essay after essay for school and for college. Then came a time where we had to make a decision on what we were doing after high school. It wasn't like anything had changed, we still just "couldn't wait to graduate."
As graduation day approaches each day is getting harder and harder. We no longer want to hear you're graduating soon. We know, we've been waiting for this day for the past 4 years but now it's real. Now it doesn't seem so far away, it's so close and so real. It's a bittersweet moment for most of us. We are finally out of school, no more of high school and the tears that came associated with it. Now we our on our own. We have reached the promise land but now what? Once June 20th comes, it will be our good-byes. Probably one of the last times that our class is anywhere together at once. Senior prom is next weekend and after that it's all downhill from there. Now we are getting excited about starting over, getting sad about what we will leave behind, getting anxious to move on. This is the time to forget about all those times that people did you wrong, it's the time to forgive and move past that. It's the time where we wish we could've done that and we wish we could've done this. It's the time where reflect everything that we just let past by not taking advantage of every situation that we ever could. Time to appreciate what we have done. Now we all must face it by saying good bye to one another.
Four years ago we stepped into this building as the class of 2007. Never before seeing us, we already had pre-conceived notions about us. "Worst class ever to be promoted to Rahway High School". "A group of kids who just don't care", and many more. We came into the high school with the same mentality that we had left the middle school; we were the big dogs. We came into this school though yearning to do so well, yearning to figure out who we were. Not on the inside as to whom we really wanted to be, on the outside just trying to fit in. The countless nights and endless school days where we just "couldn't wait until we graduate" or "I wish summer was here already." Most of us all were still apart of the same group of friends that we gained in middle school or even carried over from elementary school.
Three years ago we stepped into high school like we owned the place. No one could tell us what to do. We knew it all and couldn't be stopped. That same circle of friends was still there but something just didn't seem right about it. People changed throughout the entire year. We started to either strengthen friendships or weaken them. Started to think outside the box a little bit and not anymore just "go with the flow" but we actually all started to think for ourselves. Never to be mistaken as an individual just yet, just someone who was searching for their inner selves. Sweet Sixteen parties just about once a month, people getting their drivers permits, and started developing serious relationships with others. Still nothing changed, we just "couldn't wait until we graduate."
Two years ago we became juniors. No longer underclassmen, not upperclassmen. This was when most of us received our driver licenses, found out who our true friends were, had that tough break up with a boyfriend or a girlfriend, and just started to really search for the person inside. That same group of friends from freshmen year had diminished. Now it was probably just 2 or 3 of you from that circle. Drama filled high school was now an everyday thing. People egging cars, houses, slashing tires, and just spreading rumors. Never really thinking about how short of a time is left until we graduate, but still never to forget a beat. It wasn't anything new, we just "couldn't wait until we graduate."
One year ago, it was our year. This was our time to shine and we wouldn't let anyone take that away from us. We had senioritis before classes even began and just never really thought about it. Never thought that this was our last first home football game, our last fall pep rally, our last homecoming game, our final season doing something that we love whether it was soccer, football, volleyball, bowling, track, swimming, dancing, marching band, cheerleading, etc. We took those times for granted. We still had that one best friend who'd been there through thick and thin just like you thought they would. It was time to apply to college. Some close, some not so close, but in the end we were accepted or rejected. Nights where sleep just seemed like something that was never close writing essay after essay for school and for college. Then came a time where we had to make a decision on what we were doing after high school. It wasn't like anything had changed, we still just "couldn't wait to graduate."
As graduation day approaches each day is getting harder and harder. We no longer want to hear you're graduating soon. We know, we've been waiting for this day for the past 4 years but now it's real. Now it doesn't seem so far away, it's so close and so real. It's a bittersweet moment for most of us. We are finally out of school, no more of high school and the tears that came associated with it. Now we our on our own. We have reached the promise land but now what? Once June 20th comes, it will be our good-byes. Probably one of the last times that our class is anywhere together at once. Senior prom is next weekend and after that it's all downhill from there. Now we are getting excited about starting over, getting sad about what we will leave behind, getting anxious to move on. This is the time to forget about all those times that people did you wrong, it's the time to forgive and move past that. It's the time where we wish we could've done that and we wish we could've done this. It's the time where reflect everything that we just let past by not taking advantage of every situation that we ever could. Time to appreciate what we have done. Now we all must face it by saying good bye to one another.