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!