By MADDIE KIRKMAN
Staff Writer
One more semester. Six more months. All of my favorite moments will become faded memories. Goodbye to my teenage years and hello to growing up. People told me time would fly by so quickly, and I didn’t believe them. Now, I am sitting here telling all of the freshmen the same exact thing. I thought when this time would come it would be exciting, but as it becomes closer I dread the day more and more. This is a very emotional, upsetting moment. I will miss all of the staff members, all of the lower classmen, all of the great memories I had on this campus. All of the times I said I hated going to school, I now regret it. Freshman year was filled with new emotions and exciting brand-new experiences. Intro to Film was the class I had the most memories in. We made multiple funny videos and the amount of friends I made in that class was amazing. It’s insane how when I am older I get to tell people that I was in high school during COVID-19. Growing up I was always excited to go to high school, but my experience was nothing like I expected. I did not expect to spend an entire year of school at home. High school is meant for long- lasting memories and experiences, and all I got is masks and quarantining. It makes me feel a little bit upset that I didn’t get to experience things like everyone else before us did. I sometimes wonder what high school would be like without COVID. I only got to experience my freshman year with all of the events such as football games, school dances, school rally’s, and so much more. They were all so much fun to attend back then but now everything is postponed, canceled, student-hosted, or just not the same as they used to be. I wish I could have experienced my last few years like a normal high school student with no worries and being able to have school spirit at every school event. I really am going to miss this school. I’m not ready to grow up. In August, I will be starting my first year of college, which is so crazy to me. I hear a lot of people on the school sports teams discussing how tryouts for next year are coming up soon and they feel really upset that they can’t attend those events because they have been a part of those teams all four years. Time has gone by too fast and it makes me imagine how I’ll feel after I’m done with college.