Sitting in Mrs. Lee’s class first period listening to Ed Sheeran, running through my timeline on Twitter, I start thinking about everything I’m trying to accomplish in my life. I don’t know why I started thinking so deep, but all of the sudden it starts to hit me, I have no idea what I truly want to do. There are so many things that I want to do. I was really into photography, then I realized that I suck at taking pictures. I was going to be a nurse, but then I realized that I kind of have a weak stomach. I’m confused, scared, not prepared and not ready for what my future holds.
This might be the case for some of my classmates. I just figured that once I finally start actually signing up for classes, I’ll know what I’m about to get myself into.
No. Wrong. I don’t know what I’m going to do without the comfort of my day-to-day routine. It’s scary knowing that we, as seniors, will never be able to live this last year of our young adult lives again. If you haven’t started making the last few months count, then you really need to live the next few weeks up.
Think about this, no more seeing Coach Oliver sit as his desk desperately trying to teach us, but no one listening because his mustache is so crazy. No more Mrs. Kistler telling us how much she loves us every day and reading to us. All of our favorite teachers, gone.
As soon as we walk that stage, all of our lives will change.
Most of us probably won’t see a lot of each other after that single moment. Now there’s this feeling that you have to almost cry, but yet you’re excited and some what scared of what the future holds all at the same time.
Seniors, our lives are about to change forever. Time does fly by. When we were in 8th grade all of us couldn’t wait to be Raiders. Now, we’ve grown up to be semi-mature adults who aren’t sure what the future holds for us.
I can say in the years that I’ve been at Rider, I couldn’t wait to graduate until the moment that I started writing this. It’s really time. It’s time to leave home, be on our own and try to make lives for ourselves. For the students who actually know what you’re about to embark on, good luck! I know that we’re going to all make it through this lifetime doing amazing things with our lives.