Graduation

After twelve years of hard work, I'm finally in my last year of high school and I'm so ready to graduate.  I still remember my first day of junior high (7th grade). As I look back through my school years I remember all of my favorite teachers, my favorite classes, and my favorite school year in general.  I'd have to say my last year of junior high (9th grade) is my favorite year.  I was going to a one hallway junior high and my class only consisted of a little over forty students.  I knew everyone and had so many friends.  I was starting point guard on the basketball team and earned many academic awards as well.  Overall, ninth grade was an amazing year.  As I've grown up and gotten closer to graduation, I've understood the significance more.  As a kid seeing people graduate, it was like "whoo hoo..." Now that I'm about to graduate, I feel so accomplished.  It doesn't seem like I should be graduating high school; I still feel like a kid and can't see myself out on my own yet. 

However, the time has almost come to graduate.  Even though I'm not graduating with my friends from White Hall, I'm still excited for graduation.  The steps leading up to actual graduation day are exciting enough; I can't imagine how I'll feel on that day.  Ordering my cap and gown, applying and getting accepted to colleges, and everything else that comes with being a senior is an amazing experience.  Something I will never forget.  Though there have been bad times throughout my school years, my overall school experience has been a learning adventure and I can't wait to see what college has in store. 

Having grown to acknowledge and appreciate the significance of graduation,  I can't wait to get my life started outside of high school and begin my life in college.  Seniors 2012!