Flying By

Wake up at 7:00a.m , go to school for 9:00a.m, leave at 3:00p.m , go to work for 4:00p.m, leave at 9:00p.m get home for 10:00pm , do home work, go to bed at 11:30p.m, repeat. Life is busy, and with only 24 hours in a day, I find myself with a lot of things to do and such little time to do it. We are now in our grade twelve year, the year that counts. This is the year that can affect the rest of our lives. Why is it that we are to work to get amazing grades in order to go to university, and have almost no time in the day to do that because of things like a job? But then if we were not to have a job, we couldn’t even afford going to university. Grade twelve, the year that counts, the year of confusion, the year of stress.

            This is the year that we decide university or college? Entrepreneurship or Education? Success or Unsuccessful? The decision that we make now will affect us our whole lives. I find that the majority of us seem to be so busy with stressing ourselves out about these things that we are not even taking a moment to stop and take it all in. Next year we are officially not kids. Although we’ve been over the days of puddle jumping and cooties for awhile now, next year we actually have to grow-up and become responsible. Responsibility-another scary thing that goes with the age we’re at.

            Our whole lives we have had to be responsible for things, even as little as our lunch money, we are now moving onto bigger things. Bills, studying, getting to work on-time, things that now matter immensely are slowly creeping its way into the lives of grade 12 students all around.

            I find that not enough people realize how fast life is moving by. Before we know it we’ll have full- time jobs and be wondering what happened to just having to do 15 algebra equations on a Sunday night. We’re too busy complaining about how our lives are so utterly terrible because of homework when it’s ironic how we’ll be wishing we had it back. In a blink high school is over, just as you are getting used to things, you have to move on and become the bottom of the food chain again.

            Grade twelve, the year that is gone in a blink of a second. If we take a minute to look around, then we would see a lot of familiar faces. Some may have had an impact on us in the passed 4 years, some may have not. Either way once we step off that stage at graduation, some of them will be gone forever. Our comfort bubble will officially be popped. Everyone will have to meet new people, and make different decisions that will affect their lives for the better. Grade 12, the year of decisions.

            Don’t get me wrong, we have plenty of decisions to make now, like what to wear to a party, or deciding to watch the favourite TV show or study. But now, decisions are becoming real. If we call in ‘sick’ for work without having a legitimate excuse you could lose your job. If you miss a car payment, no car. So many decisions that will cause quite an affect on the lives of those of us in grade.12 if we don’t take time to consider our options.

            Next year we are gone, we are adults, we are in the real world. Some of us will move on to do great things. But in the mean time we have act in the present life. This is the year of not having regrets. What we do this year could potentially make our futures dreams come true or have them shatter. This is not something that we can take lightly, after all how do we want others to remember us?

            Who wants to be remembered as the partier, the druggy, the quiet one? Shouldn’t we want to have an impact on our fellow classmates? We have the power to change the lives of those around us. One small decision of ours can take our life, or someone else’s in a whole different direction. Wayne Elsey states “Each person has the ability to make an impact on someone’s life. There’s nothing too small to make a difference”. This quotes stands true for each and every person in our grade. It’s just something most of us choose to ignore.

            Grade twelve, a busy life, a life full of decision, a great life. We’re in our last year, we need to treasure it and realize that were not going to be kids anymore. But in the meantime don’t take the next months for granted, have fun, make your grade twelve year have a meaning. Don’t let life or the people in your life pass you by.

            Wake up at 7:00a.m , go to school for 9:00a.m, leave at 3:00p.m , go to work for 4:00p.m, leave at 9:00p.m get home for 10:00pm , do home work, go to bed at 11:30p.m, STOP, take it all in, repeat.