Ah, the start of the school year.... always a fun time, right? Haha not.
Going back to school is something that all students hate; one has to give up their days of sleeping in until 11 a.m. and replace that with alarm clocks and homework. For those in high school, I feel you. I too have lost myself in the world of homework and not sleeping enough every night. To be honest, for the first few weeks, maybe a month into the summer of 2014, I found myself waking up at 6:30 a.m., maybe 7 at the latest, so used to being up that early for school every day that it became like clockwork for me. Not being able to sleep in was torture. However, I slowly went back into my days of sleeping in happily, and I continued to do that along with wasting my time watching television shows instead of being productive this summer.
The summer has flown by; at one time it was the first day of summer, and just as suddenly, it is the first day of school. I am a senior in high school this year (yay!) and I couldn't be happier. Although I am stressed with college applications along with maintaining my grades, I still make time for friends and family. Now that I am a senior I am at the top of the food chain; I am at the peak of my high school career, counting down the days until graduation.
These past 3 years, going on 4, have gone by so quickly. Many students who are freshmen this year may be thinking that high school is going to be the longest 4 years of their lives, but in reality, it was the complete opposite for me. I remember my first day of freshmen year exactly; I got to school super early to get my schedule and find all my classes (typical freshmen) and I was super intimidated by how large my school was, and by all the upper classmen who appeared to be looming over me. But as I got into the swing of how high school days functioned, the years just flew right by. I just had my first day of school, my first day walking the halls as a senior. My first day included this: setting my alarm clock to wake me up, hitting the snooze button and falling back asleep, actually getting up, eating breakfast, getting ready, rushing out the door, driving to school, meeting up with friends, getting my schedule, then most importantly, running around and frantically texting my friends to see if we had any classes together. That is the life of a typical high school student.
Calling myself a senior in high school still sounds unreal; I don't feel any different. I definitely do not feel ready to leave this place I have spent so many years at, however I am ready to graduate. I am shocked by how fast the years have gone by, and I wish I had not let some of the days just waste away to nothing by thinking that I had many more days to do something with my life. High school passes by so quickly, and because many people do not believe so, I wanted to end my post with this quote.
*Even though it was directed towards freshmen, it can apply to anyone.
"Freshmen, enjoy every little moment of high school, you''ll regret wishing time away when you realize it all goes by so fast." - Unknown author
