Senior Flashback

Time to Say Goodbye

By Jamie Warren

"The future stretches before me, waiting for me to create the work of art that will become my life." We have entered an age for celebration, an era to memorialize who we were, who we are and who we will eventually become. Celebrate this milestone greater then all the others, for it is the time we have spent here in our high school careers that will always be held close to heart.

Graduation is two weeks away, which for most of us does not seem possible. As we look back at these past four long but fulfilling years, there are some things that we shall never forget. It's hard to believe that at one point we were little freshmen entering into these doors, with no idea what was in store for us. Four years have passed since that first day, and we have made decisions that will frame our futures. After years of studying, filling out applications, scholarships, and taking tests, we are now thrown into the real world, where there are seldom retakes, second chances are only a memory of yesteryear, and honor codes are the way of life.

As freshman, we came home from school with the mentality that we were no longer children, but rather had entered into a new stage of life. Everything seemed different and new; we weren't the big kids on campus anymore. We no longer were the persons being looked up to, but rather were the persons looking up to an entire school of older students. We remember joining our firsts clubs, going to dances, and having Orientation days.

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Junior year we had our first taste of authority; we had become upperclassmen. We gained new responsibilities and had to step it up in school. Times had surely begun to change. The days of complaining about dress codes and school sweaters had transformed into days chock-full of drudgery. College was in the near future, and things such as the SAT's were on the horizon. We had our first prom, and some of us were in the midst of our first loves.

As we look back on our high school careers, we shall take into consideration that most of the fondness incorporated with our time here is because of firsts. During our high school days, we underwent new and trying experiences. We