Everyone keeps saying that "Senior year is the year of lasts," but is it really the last time we say goodbye? With only a few weeks left before school starts and this year begins, we should take some time to understand that senior year is not going to be perfect, which is completely okay. Due to it being last year of high school, all seniors are adament about having "the best year ever", at least in comparison to previous years in high school. This means that there is an extreme amount of pressure to have every plan perfect, every class amazing and every other aspect of our social lives to be recklessly elaborate. It is no longer about enjoying our time, but making certain we have the best time, so much so that we forget about having a good time. We become consumed by perfecting plans to actually live them out. This unfortuante reality may make senior year the busiest and by far the most stressful year in high school, at least where social life is concered. Junior year may be the most academincally rigorous for most, but senior year by far is more socially active due to it being the "last time" to be with our "high school friends". It is a time to reconcile differences and ignore petty drama that may have sprung up in the past and enjoy childhood before it ends. However, the ideal perfect senior year has always been imaginary; there is no perfect senior year, only what one makes of it. Rather than expecting it to be perfect, enjoy the time without worry. High school does not end once one receives a diploma. It ends when we loose that childish part of ourselves.
This year is a glimpse into the rest of our lives. It is a time to reflect and contemplate on ourselves while mainting a social environment that will leave us with little to no regrets. It is not time to savour but remember our childhood as we ease ourselves into adulthood. Our lives are divided into a series of windows, as they are phases within our lives. Many argue that we need to see past these windows and observe the bigger picture, but we first need to crack it open. It is time to take a glimpse outside this window, and just feel the direction of the breeze. A thin glass separates us from the world making senior year a beginning to another phase. Rather than looking out the glass, we should be seeing the reflections on the surface, and contemplating how they have led us to where we are and where we are going. Our senior year is one that should not be approached as the last year, but the first time we are recieving a glimpse of a much larger, multidimentional world. Senior year is not about having a perfect year, but one that is memorable and will propel us forward. After all, we are breaking the window, together.
