Looking Forward

Looking Forward

Izabelle Koenig | A&E editor

I am going to be honest, I won’t miss much about high school. Of course I will miss my friends and a few of the teachers I’ve had, but I won’t miss waking up early and I definitely won’t miss presenting in front of the class.

I remember sophomore year I told my uncle I wasn’t going to homecoming. He told me I should because “these are going to be the best years of your life.” I remember feeling the same way then as I do now, if these were the best years of my life then my life is really going to suck. It’s not that high school was bad, it wasn’t, but it wasn’t amazing either. My high school experience was average, and that’s ok. I’m only 17, I don’t expect my life to be like it is in the movies. I don’t want to think that these past 4 years were the best of my life because that would mean it’s all downhill from here. I like to think that things are still improving, that things are good now but will be even better in the future.

I learned a lot here at school, not just in classes. I learned how to talk to people and be less shy.

I did have some good times here that I will miss. I will miss seeing my friends every day, although thanks to COVID I already miss them. I will miss sitting in the cafeteria or library or wherever everyone met before school and just talking.

There are a lot of things I will miss but I won’t stay sad for too long. When one door closes another one opens. Even though that’s very cheesy, it’s true. I will miss my friends but I can still talk to them and I will make new ones wherever I end up this time next year. I won’t miss high school too much because I know things will be even better after I graduate. I know because I will make sure of it.