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The Last Year

You've waited for this year your entire high school career.

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Here we are. This is it. Our last year of High School. We've come a long way from when we were freshmen coming into those big doors, terrified. If you're like me, you've been ready to graduate since freshman year, but as I get further into my senior year, I start to think that I'll miss it.

No, I won't miss the petty drama or the awful rumors. But I will miss a lot of things. I'll miss seeing my friends that I've had since pre-school every single day. It's not like I won't ever see them, but we're all going different ways and it'll get harder and harder to get together. Not only will I miss seeing my friends every day, but I'll miss having their support through everything I do. No matter what happens, someone is always there to reassure me that I am doing the right thing.

This year, I'm trying to make as many memories as possible. I know I'm going to want to look back on them. I've been taking advantage of every chance I get to hang out with my friends. Soon, it won't be as easy as just texting them to ask them to come over. I'm taking more pictures than usual because I'm realizing that I'll want to see those. I'll want to remember.

Keeping all that in mind, I'm choosing to enjoy my senior year. As much as I'm ready to move on, I'm going to miss so many things. Like the teachers that are our friends because our school is so tiny, the jokes we make that everyone seems to be apart of, football games, and the events that follow. I've gained so many new experiences just from this year alone. I guess the reason I'm doing all of this is because I don't want to look back with regret. I want to feel like I got the most out of my high school years.

Of course, the academics aren't super fun, but we're going to go on to learn even more in college. I believe that High School is about so much more than just academics. It's about experiencing things you wouldn't be able to experience without it. It's about making friends for life. No matter how much crap we go through, I think it's worth it because it's a learning experience.

As excited as I am to graduate, I can wait. I'm going to cherish being in high school, and not take for granted all the support I have around me. I'll make the most of senior year and hope to have as much fun in college as I have had in high school. I will enjoy this last year.

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