In the past, I have been excited to move on in my high school career. All it meant was that I got a little more freedom. But with senior year approaching I have realized I will be getting more than just permission to stay out later. I will gain responsibilities that I’ve never had before, such as leading my section in marching band. If I was unsure how to lead in the past I could always ask for help from the seniors. There will be no one to run to now. I will have to look for the answer inside myself and trust that they are right. I've prepared for years and now I'll have enough knowledge to prepare others. I will become the reliable source underclassmen will ask questions to. Becoming a senior means I will have to step up and lead without hesitation.
Senior year has a funny way of making the world seem community filled and lonely at the same time. To elaborate, being a senior means you are apart of a tight community of other seniors who are all reminiscing in their time left at high school. However, senior year also means looking into colleges and spending lots of time trying to figure out how you’re going to live after high school. Senior year approaching makes me feel like I am surrounded by a loving class that will disperse into the cold world in a short period of time. In the other years of high school there have been some community aspects but not as strong. Being apart of the junior class right now doesn’t mean much to me because there isn’t anything really special to do with it. Senior year has many activities to lean on in which the community grows stronger, such as prom. The realization that they will probably never see one another after a year makes them a stronger community too. We don’t know what we’ve got until it’s gone. Being so close to becoming a senior, I am starting to understand that mentality.
Even with the daunting responsibility I am about to acquire, I’m still excited about senior year. There is no time to waste anymore. Anything I’ve wanted to do in my entire high school career has to be done next year. Senior year has been said to be the most fun and memorable year of high school. The rest of my high school career has seemingly flown by. So next year the class of 2014 should take all the time in the world to stop and smell the roses.
Senior year has a funny way of making the world seem community filled and lonely at the same time. To elaborate, being a senior means you are apart of a tight community of other seniors who are all reminiscing in their time left at high school. However, senior year also means looking into colleges and spending lots of time trying to figure out how you’re going to live after high school. Senior year approaching makes me feel like I am surrounded by a loving class that will disperse into the cold world in a short period of time. In the other years of high school there have been some community aspects but not as strong. Being apart of the junior class right now doesn’t mean much to me because there isn’t anything really special to do with it. Senior year has many activities to lean on in which the community grows stronger, such as prom. The realization that they will probably never see one another after a year makes them a stronger community too. We don’t know what we’ve got until it’s gone. Being so close to becoming a senior, I am starting to understand that mentality.
Even with the daunting responsibility I am about to acquire, I’m still excited about senior year. There is no time to waste anymore. Anything I’ve wanted to do in my entire high school career has to be done next year. Senior year has been said to be the most fun and memorable year of high school. The rest of my high school career has seemingly flown by. So next year the class of 2014 should take all the time in the world to stop and smell the roses.
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