All I Can Remember

On the first day of my freshman year, I remember going to all of my classes and seeing some new people, but I didn’t really get to know anyone really well until about two weeks in.

I remember finding my two best friends from middle school in the coutryard and sitting with them on the bench by the bell.

I remember I didn’t go to the back-to-school dance on the first Friday because some of my friends’ brothers said that they weren’t going. I don’t know how interesting it would have been, but it definitely could have been a good opportunity.

I remember that Dr. Pratt, my AP Human Geography teacher, told us on the second day that we were in for an unprecedented challenge because this was our first AP class. He told us that if we were not up for the challenge, we should switch classes, because it was not going to be easy.

Our first assessment was an FRQ, which I had never done before. He graded it mercilessly so that we would get an idea of what a real AP class would be like. I’m glad he gave us a challenging start, because it made us more prepared. I ended up with an 'A' in the class and I scored very well on the exam.

And by winter break, I remember thinking that first year would have been better if I had tried harder to meet new people at the beginning. I don’t know why I wasn’t more outgoing. All of the other freshmen were in the same boat as me. I could have made a lot more friends if I had moved around at lunch, sat at different places every day. Maybe I should have played a sport. I don’t know.

I don’t think these changes would have much of an impact on my life now. I’m a senior now, and know most of the people in my class by this point anyway.

Still, what I remember most are the things I missed out on.