Ever sense I was a little girl I dreamed of this
day, i meann who didn't? you get to drive,have more
independance and it's such a big number in your childish mind.
It's something you look forward too. Now that the day is almost
here I'm still excited but it's finally hitting me that
I'm not a child anymore and I'm a few short years from not
being a teenager anymore. I know I have two years to go until I
graduate but these years are flashing before my eyes. Soon I'll
be on my own at college, completley independent and that scares me.
I'm of course curious and excited about starting new things in
my life but I'm also so scared that I'm not going to make
it in life the way I have it planned in my head. I look at my
younger cousins who have grown so fast I can only imagine how my
parents must feel. I can still remember my 5th grade year and being
so nervous for middle school and the first day of freshman year
excited for the wonders of highschool. But as a sophmore it hits
you hard that you only have this last year before you start
persuing college, taking SATs and determining the grade point
average that will be put on all your college applications. Being a
teenger is one hell of a road and I can only imagine how adult hood
must be. When they told me you don't want to grow up too fast
they were right, I haven't even rushed my childhood and
it's already gone by at lightning speed. So to all those
wittians out there still in middle school: don't take the easy
school work for granted and slack off or not do your homework
because those habbits are hard to break, repsect your parents
becuase when you realize you won't have them to rely on as much
you're going to wish you did, and most importantly be the age
you are. Don't try to act older and do things older people do
becuase it's "cool" obecause trust me you're
going to get plenty of chances to be a teenager. To the freshman
out there this year is your easiest year in high school so I
wouldn't get used to how easy it is and if you think it's
hard then work your butt off and study hard because it's only
going to get a lot harder and more demanding. The age of 15
wasn't what I thought it would be so let's hope 16 will be
everything I dreamed of and more.
