AGHHHH

"What if they don't accept me?" -Senior

     So recently a lot of people have been getting accepted into colleges, and finding out where they are going, and a lot of people have not. This quote was said by one of my friends while we were in International Relations obviously not focused on whatever we were supposed to be doing. Now this senior's top school is a reach school, a school that there is a good chance she will not get into.
     I think this is what is going on in a lot of senior's minds right now. Even if your top school isn't a reach you're still anxious wondering whether you'll get in or not. Even if that school was a safety that you know you'll get in you still have anxiety.
     I just wanted to address this quote today because it is so prevalent to right now. I hear discussions about college acceptances and applying to college every single day in almost all of my classes. Everyone is stressed about college, and you can't say you're not. (Unless you're not applying)
     Just waiting for a letter telling you whether you have been accepted or rejected is probably one of the most stressful things that we have to go through this year. Seeing people post their acceptances on snapchat, Instagram, twitter, the cave wall, and outside guidance only adds that pressure to you that you need to get into somewhere. But I just wanted to say that you'll get in somewhere. It might not be your top pick, but it'll still be a good school, you'll still learn. But the best part of everything, and something I think people are too stressed to even really celebrate right now, we only have five months left. Not even that if you count the breaks and the snow days (that we'll hopefully get) WE'RE ALMOST DONE!!!!!

You Don't Actually Know Them

"I've heard of him, but I don't know him." - Some sixie or eight grader.

     This really grabbed my attention because I have said this before as well. I know of some people, as in I've heard their name, I've heard what they look like, and I've heard the things they do, but I've never actually seen the person in real life.
     I'm sure everyone feels like this about someone. Everyone tells rumors about everyone, there no point in denying it. And these rumors spread like wildfire, soon everyone knows. Through this we learn things about people we've never actually seen with our own eyes.
    Now some people understand that everything they hear might not be true, but other believe everything they hear and so they have this idea of a person that they've never even met. They think they know who this person is even though they've never had a conversation with said person.
      Even the people who understand everything they hear ins't true already have a preconceived idea of who other people are. We may never see that person in our whole lives, but we think we know who they are because of everything we've heard about them.

This quote stuck with me because it was someone saying, or admitting, that they know of a person (because of what they've heard) but they do not actually know anything about the person. Some people, when asked if they knew someone they had only ever heard about would just reply yes. But I think it is important to set this distinction, so we are not sharing false information about people who's we've never even seen.

Is it Graduation Yet?

"Yo sign me out of high school already!!" -anonymous

I overheard this while in study the other day and I couldn't agree more. While high school does have some perks, like allowing us to spend time with friends and do sports and clubs, it also has its downsides. For example the work. Now senior year is probably the best year because you get to chose all of your classes, so if you hate a class you really have no one to blame but yourself. But, at least for me, I enjoy all of my classes (except calc) and do not mind the work that is given.

Even though all the above is true, I could not agree more with the senior that said the quote. After spirit day, i just can't deal with school anymore. Especially after receiving my first college acceptance, I just don't care anymore. I just want to be out, to be graduated.

Adults will say not to wish your high school career away because they are the best years of your life but sometimes you just can't help but wish it was all over so you can go someplace new, meet new people, try new things.

So, when I heard this quote I immediately thought SAME!!!! 
JUST LET IT BE SIGN OUT ALREADY