Twelve years of our lives are spent working hard to graduate, and it is the moment we look forward to the most, especially during the four years spent in high school.
In the time students are in school, the only goal seems to be to graduate, and it is what students look forward to the most. Students want to be done with school, but once that goal is completed, what’s next?
There are a lot of decisions to make as the end of high school gets closer. The school feels like it goes by so slowly until it is time for students to make big life decisions, and then it feels as if time is running out.
There are so many things to decide, like if college is the right choice, and if so, what college and what will be pursued at said college.
If it is decided that college is not the right option, what will that life look like as well? This can be overwhelming and nerve-racking.
Personally, I was very lost on what I wanted to do with my future. I did not take it seriously, and then it hit me this year that I needed to lock in and find out what I wanted to do after graduation.
Thankfully, I have a very supportive family who helps and encourages me in whatever I desire, and with a little push from family, friends and teachers, I know where I want my life to go. I feel as if it is a perfect fit and meant to be, even though it was a somewhat challenging path to get to where I am with my decisions.
“I kinda had an idea of what I wanted to do after high school generally, but I definitely just figured out for sure exactly what it was in the past few months,” Kayden Vollink said.
Some have just figured out what they want to do, while others have always known, and some are still deciding.
All of these options are perfectly okay.
One thing that is hard for me is leaving friends and family. Once graduated, young adults may have to move away from their hometown to pursue what they want to do and love, but it will be hard and definitely be a big adjustment.
When I don’t having people around them, it is challenging because social interaction is such a big part of life, and along with that, there is the pressure of finding new friends and new people that match personality-wise.
“Fears could hold you back,” Gheza Meloche, and LHS student, said. “My biggest fear is losing those close to me after I leave for college.”
Moving to college or somewhere to start work is hard not only because there is a substantial drop in family and friends interaction, but because living on their own is a big step after graduating, college or not.
It is also a big, exciting step that is crucial but scary. This year is full of emotions for graduates who are pursuing what they love.
All of the feelings are felt. All the happy feelings, all the sad feelings, and all the anxious feelings, of course, are felt, but it is the beginning of my new chapter, the chapter of an independent, successful life that is just starting.
The emotions that are being felt around this time are good. They can help pick and choose what is good for you and what is bad.