Today, my high school career will officially be over. I can’t believe its already been 4 years. I remember most days dragged on forever but looking back at it, it feels like an instant. My years at St. Joes were not the worst but at the same time not the best. My freshman year was pretty good since I knew people coming into the year because of the soccer camps and tryouts plus volleyball in the spring. I was pretty happy then; sophomore year not so much at least most of it. even though i had friends inside of school, I never hanged out with them outside of school. I guess I felt kinda lonely but things started to pick up near the end of school. May 17, 2010 (Carlos’s birthday) BADPACK (lol yes it was a pretty lame name) was formed. My friends, Brian, AJ, Danny, Phil, Andrew (me), Carlos, and Kody, planned a trip to Six Flags the next day. I still remember how kody becomes really a weird after 10 and that was the day I got my first girlfriend’s number. I remember us having a great time at the park the next day. We became a close knit circle of friends that day and for the most part still are. That summer was also the first real relationship I had. We both fell hard for each other and eventually started dating. That summer was not the most eventful one but it was one of my most peaceful and fulfilling. Junior year comes fast and everyone begins to worry about the SAT. I wasn’t too much stressed until the date was only a couple weeks away, typical me. to sum it up, i ended up with a manageable score by my standards at least. I honestly don’t remember junior year that much except for Mr. Martin, Mr. Powers, and “AP Chem combustion experiments.” I still kept close to some of the BADPACK group but that was mostly it for my friends from school that I interacted with outside of school. After the break-up of my 8 month relationship, I went into a dark time where I didn’t feel like doing much and realized how many friends I don’t have. Enough of that, I’ve done with that and moved on. Eventually I head off to Australia for summer. blah blah blah kangaroos blah blah family members puking lol blah blah whole roasted calf etc. the norms. Finally senior year comes around and everybody is pumped to finish school. People talk about colleges and worry about apps. It was kinda stressful and hectic the first semester of senior year. Changing my idea from Pharm to Aerospace was kinda hard since I researched and looked at college for Pharm but after weeks, I narrowed my schools. Once again I procrastinate and started my apps a week or a day before it was due. fuck common app btw. My classes this year tough specially AP Lit which was one of the best and challenging courses in my life so far. That class killed me if i didn’t take it senior year would have been a joke but it did keep me in line for the most part. After rejection, waitlists, and acceptance, I finally chose Georgia Tech. It has the nerdy feel but still has a good social and Greek side plus its in the middle of ATL and by a bunch of other colleges. The beginning of the year I didn’t hang out with many people but by the end I made new friendships (a little late I guess haha). Life has gotten better since my freshman days and hopefully it keeps going. My only regret is that I was too shy and too afraid to make mistakes. I should have been more social and made more friends. I lost my friends from my old school and was hoping to reshape myself at St. Joes. In that aspect, I haven’t changed and I fear that its going to happen again. I hope that I’ve made some lifelong friends but who knows. Now that graduation is closing, my once angst for the school has turned bitter sweet as I’m free from HS but knowing I will never see some of these people again. I will truly miss some of my friends here. Tonight as we hung out together as our last night of being high school seniors, it was sad to know that one by one we would all go our separate ways. I’m sure we’d hang during breaks and stuff but school won’t be the same without you guys. I’m going to miss our morning hang outs and stressing out over tests. I’m going to miss screaming “LERCH!!!!!” randomly in the halls. I’m going to miss all the impersonations and ridicule of the teachers. I’m going to miss making fun of and being asshole to each other. This summer may be our last times together but I just want to say thanks for all the great times we shared. Senior of 2012. WE OUT!
