When we were young kids, this time seemed so far away. It seemed as if it would never arrive. When you’re in the first grade, the twelfth grade seems to be such an unattainable thing. Oh how, when you’re young, you dream of being a “big kid.”
Throughout the years, admit it, you know you’ve heard one or more of these at least once: “You’ve grown like a weed,” “Jeeze, the last time I saw you, you were just a little tyke,” ”You’ve grown so quickly,” etc. It seems so hard for these people to believe that we have grown up so quickly. It almost seems too hard for even us to believe how fast it’s all flown by.
However, despite all this, we are indeed the seniors that we dreamed of being so long ago. We’ve waited our turn in line to graduate, and in a matter of months, we will be Monmouth Academy’s newest alumni. The class of 2004 will have graduated; and, for the most part, moving on to college living. Doesn’t it almost seem impossible?
To the classes of 2004 all over, this is your well-wishing. Good luck with all of your futures; but do not neglect the present. Time is too short to be wishing your time away. Have fun with all your high school peers you have grown up with, because after you graduate, I doubt there will be many chances for seeing them all under the same roof at the same rime. Time seems to be flying by so quickly, and sometimes preparing for college can be a stressful thing to have to deal with; just make sure not to neglect the important things about now either, because in a few short months, everything is going to change.
As for the future aspirations of people, my best advice would be to live your life in order to come back to your fiftieth class reunion the best possible person you can picture yourself as. Have a whopper of a story to tell those former classmates of yours that you haven’t seen in the longest time. Don’t sell yourself short for anything, because if you set your mind to try and work hard enough for your goals, they can be made a reality. We’re still shaping our futures right now; try to mold yours into the best possible one for yourself.
Enjoy your senior year to your fullest. Try to make your high school years memorable ones, and pass a legacy on to the underclassmen. Their time will come, just as ours has.
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