Five Years Forward

Seniors share their thoughts about what their lives will be like in five years

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Where do you think you will be living in five years?

Pearisburg


I hope to live in Texas in five years


Not sure


Probably on base somewhere, I'm not sure though


In Giles


Cedar City, Utah


In Honaker


I will probably be living somewhere close to here


Either here in Giles or in North Carolina. My dream has always been to move to North Carolina, but I have mixed feelings about moving away from my hometown and my family


Still Giles County


I will probably be living with my husband in our new home


I hope in Austin, Texas or Breckenridge, Colorado


Probably where I am right now


Georgia


I will be living in or around the Martinsburg area


Staying in my own place


In an apartment


Near a town or city in the country


In a house


In my own house or in an apartment


I will probably be renting an apartment or be living in a dorm room


In a house by myself


Illinois


Probably here, but maybe Kansas


In a van


In my own apartment/house, I hope


Probably still here


In a van


Minnesota


Pearisburg


In the Giles County area in a beautiful house


Somewhere like Colorado, I hope


Giles County


Probably in or close to a city because I really like the aesthetic and feel of a city


With my sister and my boyfriend


Still at home


Giles County


North Carolina


I am not sure right now, close to home, I hope


I hope to be living in Giles County


I will be on my own fresh out of college, I hope


Charlotte, North Carolina


TN


Craig County or Pearisburg


In my own place on some land


Hampton, VA


In the country somewhere, I hope


In a different state


In Giles close to family


Don’t know to be honest


Giles County


In an apartment


North Carolina


With my parents


Where the army tells me to


Giles


Radford, Virginia


Giles County


Hopefully out of Giles


Virginia


Considering that I will possibly be in college, I think that I will be living in an apartment


I will probably still be living with a few of my friends as we finish up our degrees at Radford


I hope to be living in a nice apartment with a pretty view


I think I will be moved out and will have a good job


Probably not too far from here.


Bill Gates' mansion

What kind of work will you be doing?

Informational Technology


I hope to be doing underwater welding


I'll still be in college


In the Army


Babysitting


Child care


Computer-related work


Welding


Helicopter pilot or still be in flight school


Mechanic


I hope to be working in a pharmacy as a Pharmacy Technician


Real Estate Agent


Preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ


Business, most likely


Instrumentation


Automotive work


Welding


Probably welding somewhere


Nursing


Welding/Fabrication work.


Data entry


In the maintenance or cleaning field


I don't know


I will most likely have a part-time job at a veterinarian's office or a shelter


Diesel Mechanic


Corrections Officer


Instrumentation or a Waterfowl and Deer Hunting Guide


I will be doing photography


Cosmetologist


Mechanical work


etsy Shopkeeper


Casino Worker


Welding


Factory work, possibly selling cars with my sister


Work on solar panels and other renewable energy sources


Instrumentation or some kind of electrical work


Preferably psychology, but if I really get into it I could still be in school


Retail for now


Technology


Cosmetologist


Travel Nurse


Nursing


Postal Service


It will probably take me 6 years to graduate college, but I hope to be working with patients rehabilitating them back to health with some music therapy


Police Officer


Something else besides fast food


Nursing or EMT


Probably working in a factory


Welding and/or woodworking


I honestly don't know


Either what I’m doing now or I would like to be an ironworker


Owning my own towing and wrecker business


Machining somewhere


Construction


Mechanic or construction


Serving in the Army


Industry work


I will still be in college, so I will probably have a part-time job


Welding


I'll be working as a tattoo artist, I hope


I'm not sure


I think maybe working or assisting with other veterinarians


I will be working for my business degree and I've been thinking about work in real estate


I hope to be doing something related to meteorology


I hope to be doing paramedic work


I hope to be working towards my radiology degree!

Do you think you will have a spouse in five years?

How many children do you think you will have in five years?

What is one thing that you hope to accomplish in five years?

Graduating college


Start my own business


Stay close with my friends


Get through basic training


I hope I will go back and eventually color in my sketches in my Sketchbook


Get a house


I hope to have a well-paying job and a house


Have a stable job


Graduate flight school


Finish turning my truck into the way I want it


I would like to buy a car


Go to college


I hope to have established roots in my Evangelical Ministry


Start my own business


Have a house and a stable job


Graduate college


Get an apartment


I hope to learn more, or as much as I can, about welding


Make a million dollars


Earn my nursing degree


Finish school and have a steady job that I enjoy


Make money


Go to my dream place that I always wanted to visit


Have a somewhat sustainable lifestyle


I hope to graduate from NRCC and transfer to a four year college for a vet program


Go to Lincoln Tech for diesel mechanic


Own a house


Graduate from college and maybe have a house of my own


Start my own business


Open my own salon


Obtain my own house


Travel all 50 states


Graduate


Build a house


I hope to purchase my own car


Just to better myself as a person


Graduate from high school, then college


Just to feel more accomplished I guess or have a stable living situation


Get a house and a lot of land for my horse Mocha


College


Get a good, successful job


Have a house on the beach


I hope to have my surgical technician certificate in the next few years


Reach as many goals as I can


Finish college and apply for my Master's degree


Do my best and never give up


Get a new car


Get my paramedic or RN license


Have a house and car in my name


Have a good job


Grow as a person


Have a nice house


I hope to get a job


$$$$


Own my own wrecker business


Graduate college


Buy a house


Have a place of my own


Complete some college classes


Have a family


I hope to get my Bachelor's degree


Find a stable job


Become at least an apprentice at a tattoo shop


A good job, my own place, my own car


To be successful in what I graduate for


I hope to meet new people and create new relationships


I hope to graduate from college and get a good job


I hope to graduate from paramedic school


I hope to have worked as an X-ray tech for a year and found a hospital who wants to pay for my schooling


Have a steady income

What do you predict will be your most valued possession?

My family and my girlfriend


My truck


I'm not sure


Not sure


My drawings


If I have kids, then my kids. If I don't have kids then my books


My work ethic


I have no clue


My pilot's license


My truck


My class ring


My college degree


Well, aside from Christ, my wife


My family


My house


My 1986 Chevy K10


My car


My gaming system or my phone


My dog


Another dog


My family


Being a high school graduate


If I have a kid it would be the kid, but if I don’t have a kid it will either be my spouse or pets


My yugioh cards


My animals


My house, I don’t really know


A house


My truck or my house, if I have one by then


My van


My car, or a dog


Probably a vehicle


My dog


My friendships


My house


Honestly, I don’t know


Maybe a car


Hopefully a house


Probably whatever music I used to listen to at the time or the little gremlins that I draw


Family and friends


My family


I have no idea


I have no idea


My family


My memories


A newer car


I don't know


My truck that I have now


My degrees


Wife and kids


Memories


I'm not sure


Home and family


My home


My “big boy toys”


My 65 Mustang


My own home


My kid


My vehicles


My cars


My aunt's thumbprint on my necklace


I think it would be my grandmother's wedding ring


My wife


A piece of artwork that I made


My car


The ones that I love


My laptop or phone


Either my phone or my car


If I have a house in five years, I think that will be my most-valued possession


My own home, I hope


My football necklace

In five years, when you look back on your senior year at Giles, what do you think you will feel proudest of?

Going into Computer Technology and getting into that field of work


Graduating


My career in sports


I will feel the proudest of making it through graduation


My drawings


Meeting all of my amazing friends


My computer class


My Welding Certificate


Having graduated high school


My friends


I would be proudest of my softball season and how we worked as a team


Passing High School and making the best of it during a pandemic


I will feel proudest of the patience God has had with me during this year of great decision-making.


I will be proud of myself for the grades I had before senior year


Passing


How hard I worked to get where I got


My grades


I most likely won't look back because this year has been crazy. I feel proudest of it finally being my last year in high school


I dont know I will have to think on that


Getting through high school during a pandemic


Being selected in the National Technical Honor Society


Graduating high school


Making new friends with people that I haven’t talked to before


Getting through the school year eventually


Being able to graduate


Going to high school and graduating


My grades throughout the year


Football


Walking the stage


Becoming a cheerleader


Probably my personal football season


Getting out of the school for good


Dapping up Mr. Dickerson


Graduation


Not catching covid :)


Graduating


Playing varsity football


Making the friends I did


Graduating, if possible


Placing in color guard


Graduating


Graduating


Graduating while holding down a full-time job and buying my own car


How hard I worked in softball


Handling COVID-19 like a boss!


I wanna go back, I'll miss it


I made my senior year the best I could


Making friends and all the memories up to this point


Graduating


I'm not sure, probably how hard I worked in high school


Getting out


How I impacted other peoples' lives


Graduating


Being the Class of 21 that had to deal with COVID protocols


Graduating


Basketball


Graduating


Getting out of Giles, going to see and do more


Making honors in welding


I think I will feel proudest of working almost full-time while still in school


Missing almost a full year and still passing


Coming as far as I have


Graduating


I will feel proudest of the good grades that I have kept up and the many friends that I made


When I look back on my senior year at Giles High School, I think that I would feel most proud that I actually graduated and moved on


I will be proud of my grades because I worked hard to maintain them


I hope I get to compete in State for track and will be proud to look back on it


Graduating a year early


Playing football

What do you think you will remember most fondly?

The fun times with my friends in my Computer Technology class


My welding class


My friends


I'll remember all the friends I made


My classes I took


Doing school at home in my bed


My computer class


My friends


Getting finished


The stupid stuff I did


I will probably remember my softball season most fondly


Not being able to see my classmates due to COVID


Probably giving out Bibles at Christmas or perhaps speaking at the Baccalaureate service


Having fun with my friends


The Tech Center


Seeing my friends every day


Not actually having to go to class


My friends and hanging out with them


Walking across the stage


Welding class and being around my friends


Classes


Going through school with COVID-19


Band and lunch


I think I will remember how the Band was able to get over the restrictions of COVID and still do traditions


All the work I had to catch up on


The memories that I made with my friends


Football


Being late to first period every day


The pep rallies


Probably beach week (once it happens)


Skipping first period with Natalie all the time


Ms. Clark's class


Mrs. Clark


The beautiful scenery


Probably lunch with my friends or breakfast


The memories I have made with my friends


The interactions I had with people


COVID-19


My time in Band


Cosmetology class


The friendships I made and graduating


I will definitely remember all the memories my friends and I had throughout the years


The first double play we had in a softball game


The last game on our field in football, and the speech I gave to my brothers!


The best teachers


All the COVID-19 regulations and masks


COVID-19


Good friends


Being able to spend it with Nick


Hanging out with friends outside of school


Marching Band


All the memories


Having to wear a mask


Football


Basketball


Goofing off most of the year


Football


Sports


I think I will remember the struggle of completing school with COVID-19 around


My welding class


All the fun memories with my friends and family


Not making enough friends


I will remember my two best friends most fondly


When I look back, I think I will remember my coaches and the sports I participated in


I will definitely remember all of my friends


The virtual side of learning


Talking to Mrs. Lohr


Football

What hobbies or activities do you think you'll be doing for enjoyment and fun in five years?

Video games and doing fun things with my friends


I do not know


Playing college football


Writing and reading


Swimming or drawing


Having a dog, going for walks, reading


Weightlifting and different sports


Playing PlayStation


Racing dirt bike, riding mountain bikes, and snowboarding


The same as now


I would love to be coaching a younger girls' softball team


Hiking, walking, or photography on the side


Carpentry work, missionary work, and active Evangelism


Writing short stories and having a job


I hope to be on the water or out in the woods


Rebuilding old cars


Hunting


My hobbies and activities will probably include playing video games or making little projects in welding


Hunting and fishing


Working out and being with friends


Hunting, fishing, and making welding projects at home


Hunting and fishing


I think hiking will become my favorite hobby


Playing video games


Playing my trumpet every so often and training my dogs


Same as now, being outside


Driving cars and four-wheelers


Hunting and fishing


Traveling and seeing the world


Fishing and hunting


Same as now, riding ATVs, fishing, hunting, might pick up paintball


Tracking


Gaming with the homies


Fishing


Playing with my baby cousins, my little brother, and throwing balls for my dog across the

yard


Playing my guitar and video games


Outside recreation


Probably the same stuff I'm doing now with whatever other stuff I start doing by then


Art and horseback riding


Cook, gaming, makeup


Doing hair, makeup, and nails


Kayaking, saving Sea Turtles, and listening to the ocean


I plan to be on my feet and have my life and family getting started. For fun, I will be having lots of family time. Things like floating on the river/lake, fishing, camping


Coaching any sports that I can


Weightlifting, exercise, and traveling


Probably chasing criminals


Working on trucks


Hunting and fishing


Working on cars, traveling, just enjoying all the little things


Reading Marvel and DC


Photography and being with family, enjoying life and living my life with Nick


Working on cars


Reading and having fun with friends and family


Still 4x4 with SxS, and hunting and fishing


Going to car shows and working on cars


Hanging out with friends


Basketball and fishing


Hunting and fishing


Football and video games


Pool and corn hole


I think I will still be interested in makeup


Hunting, fishing, taking rides through the mountains


Owning lots of pets & making art


Running, playing flag football and basketball, babysitting


Hiking, taking walks, hanging out with people closest to me


I hope to still be playing tennis and drawing


Drawing, listening to music, and going on road trips


Playing video games and enjoying art


Hiking and thrifting


Fishing and hunting

What advice do you have now for your future self?

Don't lose motivation. Keep looking forward


Chase your dreams


Everything happens for a reason, just stay strong and enjoy the things in front of you


It's okay. You've made it. You'll be okay, just don't forget to breathe. Be thankful for every breath you take. Don't take it for granted that you've made it so far. If no one has told you today, no matter where you are, I'm always going to be proud of us. When you look back on our time, don't wish you had done it differently. Just don't make the same mistakes twice


Help your siblings whenever they need help with something


Don't let people keep taking advantage of you


Never give up


Don't quit


Work hard


Don't screw up


Don't rush through things. Take your time and enjoy the view


Try hard and never give up


Never Give In!!!


Be strong because there is a lot to come


Keep working and be smart with your money


Work hard at whatever the future holds


Keep on the grind and get that dream car


Break all the bad habits you have now


Save money


Don't live in the past, stay in the present, live in the moment, and be proud of yourself


Don't quit when you fail. Learn from your mistakes and keep trying


Good luck


Just keep working hard and just enjoy life


Don't be so lazy


Be yourself. Don’t change yourself for anyone


Just keep working hard and you will be okay


Money is not the most important thing


Do what you know is best for you


Go for your dreams and don't let anyone hold you back from what you want to do with your life. Money isn't everything


Don't let someone control you because you will miss out on a lot


Don't put things off until it's too late, even if you feel your plate is full


Keep your focus on what you want in life


Do what you’re supposed to do


Keep going


Believe in yourself


Don’t let others trample you and stand up for yourself


Keep motivated and all your achievements will happen. Life is tough, but keep going


I believe in you, man. Try not to be like me


Don't get side-tracked. It doesn't help in the long run


Don’t wait for other people


Always focus on your main, true goals. Never let anything or anyone bring you down


Stay strong and never think you can't do things


Don’t give up


Don't do stupid things


Do not let anyone control you and always work hard for yourself


You really can get through anything if you strive to do so


Never stop looking up


Save money


No matter how stressed you get, always keep trying and keep succeeding


Be open to new opportunities, don’t let anything slip away. Just do it


Make a well-thought-out plan and stick to it


Try harder


Make good money


Just do the best you can and don't give up


Keep grinding


Never give up, work hard


Be self-disciplined


When things get hard, keep going until you reach what you want


Do your best


Keep pushing


Work hard for what you want and remember nothing in life is free


Try your hardest and never give up no matter how hard things get


Stay a kid while you can!!!!!


Keep pushing forward


Don't be like you are now


Try harder and never give up


Do not give up. Keep your determination


Stay on top of your work and do not fall behind


Hard work will always pay off


Stay motivated and keep trying to reach your goals


Do what makes you happy!