2017 is almost near....

Everyone I asked had said high school would be amazing.  It would be a place where you meet new friends and really find your true self.  But, I had already met my best friend, Emily Canizalez, in middle school.  Also, I was never one to conform, I already had my own strong beliefs that absolutely no one would be able to change.  When I entered freshman year, we had a meeting in the gym with everyone that was a part of the Class of 2017.  Our class advisor, Ferro, ended the meeting saying "this is going to be the BEST four years of your life."  However, I thought to myself "this is going to be the LONGEST four years of my life."

I became Freshman Class President and people started to look up to me.  I joined ASB and ultimately, I gained a second family.  I never struggled with school work- I had A's and B's.  I wasn't being put into trashcans on "Freshman Fridays" and I never had anyone bully me.  I didn't have a terrible start to my high school experience.  Then came sophomore year.  Ferro said how kids need to stop complaining about high school because it goes by so quickly and it's something you will never get back.  After sophomore year, comes junior year and then you will be an S-word and it will all be over.  I never thought anything of it..  I'm in my second year of high school, graduating just seems so far away.

The other day when my mom came home she said "Alannah, you're planning on leaving me?"  I was confused but then I realized she was talking about college.  I asked "where to?"  She said "Minnesota."  Minnesota is 1,947 miles away, a 30 hour drive or a 6 hour flight.  For so long I've been saying I want to go to school out of state (I still do) but oh my, Minnesota is so far away.....  Minnesota isn't even the farthest college I've gotten a letter from because now i'm getting an abundance of college letters and emails.  I have a pile of mail just growing in the corner of my room and I have no clue what to do with it.

We are a second month into the new year.  We have four more months of school left, four more months until summer.  Before, I was so excited for summer to come.  But now I just want everything to slow down.  I'm realizing junior year is coming and pretty soon I'll need to decide what I want to major in or what college I want to go.  High school is going by so fast, 2017 is right around the corner.  

So, embrace high school and go to basketball games or watch the upcoming school play or try something new.  Whatever you do, take Ferro's advice and stop complaining about high school.  It's going to be over with the blink of an eye.

ASB 13-14

Class Council