Within a matter of months, we will get accepted into college, graduate high school and then leave the town that many of us have lived in for the entirety our lives. This time period will prove to be a pivotal part of our lives, as the transition from high school to college marks the end of our childhood and the beginning of our lives as adults. In the time between now and when we leave college, there will be many moments where we will do an activity for the last, with the knowledge that we may never be able to return to that atmosphere again. We are not even one-third of the way through our senior year, but a trend of ending has already started to occur.
The activities that I have been most involved in throughout my years at RMHS have been sports. I have been on the soccer team since I was a freshman, so four the past four seasons I have devoted an extraordinary amount of time playing soccer and hanging out with my team. Within the past few years, I have generated an enormous collection of wonderful memories associated with the soccer team, and it has shaped me into who I am today. With the start of the postseason, my soccer career at RMHS could come to an end at any moment. For many seniors on the team, the last game of the season could be the last time they play an organized game of soccer. Other seniors will continue to play soccer throughout the rest of the year and into college, but they will never be able to represent RMHS on the pitch, which leaves an unsettling feeling. Whether you are a part of a team, band, drama, a club, or have enjoyed anything unique about your time at RMHS, you will need to give something up before you graduate.
It is sad to think about it all the "lasts" that we will experience this year as seniors. If you do think about them too much, everyday will be too sad to handle. It is more exciting to think about our futures that lay ahead. Though saying goodbye at RMHS will be very sad, it will be very exciting to say hello at whatever college I go to.
ReplyDeleteThe end of high school is tough, maybe more for some than others. As a superfan and an avid lover of all things RMHS, I'm going to be extremely sad to leave everyone I've met over the years. As seniors, most of us are a part of some group, whether it be connected to school or not. While we are all going to be giving these groups up, the biggest group we will have to give up is our class. Once we leave for college or the military or whatever path taken after high school, we'll stop seeing people we've grown up with since kindergarten. It's hard to think about but we've still got time ahead of us to make as many memories as we can before the year flies by.
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