As the school days go by, I get more and more nervous about graduation. Its something I have had in my head since I was in elementary school. It seems like time went by so fast and not so long ago I was just a freshman. I am nervous about my life after high school because I don't want to graduate and not know what to do after that. Since my dreams of helping my parents are very important to me, my future is something I depend on a lot. When I was younger graduation seemed so far away, but in such a short time I'm finally a senior almost leaving to start adulthood. It's an unexplainable feeling that makes you feel so old and amazed. It makes you think back to so many moments in elementary and middle school. All of the flashbacks of moments that have so much meaning to them, making you feel nostalgic and sad. You start to think about all of the things you had to go through for all those school years. The early mornings and hard tests you had to take. And when your teachers would tell you that time in school would go by really fast, you were thinking to yourself that they were wrong. But now it all makes sense. You will be a graduated senior in a few months. Growing up can be difficult, growing up can be scary, but most of all inevitable.
What inspired me to write this was the strong feeling I had of being so anxious that this is my last school year. So much goes on while you're a senior you're not really ever prepared to go through it. Writing this made me think about when I was younger still in elementary school and middle school. My first day of school in high school was nerve racking as other people as well I'm sure. So by writing this I really wanted to show the readers that feel the same way that they are other people who feel like them.
I feel that as seniors were all on the same boat and experiencing the same feeling of growing up and joining the real world. When the author says “growing up can be difficult, growing up can be scary, but most of all inevitable”, it further strengthens the fact that it’s just a matter of Time before it’s our turn to move forward. This piece was comforting to me as it just proves we’re not alone and others are experiencing this as well.
--Issaih Grande
I really like how much I could relate to this piece, the thoughts that she was having about graduating high school and how senior year feels are the same as mine. I also really liked how she ended saying that graduating and growing up is "inevitable" I feel like so many people feel like they could hold back on growing up or take all the time in the world when that isnt the case. This piece made me think of how much effort I have to put in right now to have a good future.
--Brandon Medellin
Something I really liked about this memoir is the theme. As in right now I can very much relate with not feeling ready to graduate and the feeling is not the best. I also like how you brought up past memories that we all have like the teachers saying time goes fast because it is very true. Overall, I agree with every part of it.
--Yairi Rodriguez
Something I really liked about this memoir is how much we get to relate to this memoir. It's so crazy to think that were graduating in a few months. Time went by so fast and now I understand when people said that high school flies by so fast.
--Marisela Bello
I like how I could relate to this because its true graduation seemed like it was far away but now is so close to getting here. I liked how she used the word "inevitable" because that's how it is we cant avoid growing up and starting adulthood.
--Litzy Silva