This past year has been such a roller coaster.
Grade 12 was the best, but worst year. I feel as though I'm getting so old, and when I listen to "Young Forever" by Jay-Z and Mr. Hudson, I feel sad. My life has just zipped by. Yes, I realized I'm not THAT old, but I think back to the times when I was in elementary school, running around and playing, looking up at all the "big" sixth graders. My friends and I were so excited to grow up, and rule the school. Now that I've actually graduated, I feel like those once so big sixth graders are just babies when you come to think of it. They are still learning, as am I. But they have more time to sort out their lives, and they don't realize how lucky they are to just still be children. I look around me, and see seventh graders wearing revealing clothes, gaudy make-up, and stuffed push up bras. What's the big rush? Because pretty soon you'll feel like time is running out. I know that everyone says this but I really do feel that you should embrace each age you are, and really act it, because you only get to do it once.
I am here, at such a pivotal moment in my life that it feels like one wrong move will crush my hopes and aspirations. This is it. This is what school trains you for, to work hard. I've wanted this for so long, to succeed, be someone, do something, and make my mark on this world. I want to change people's lives for the better. It's time to put my heart and soul into it.
