I feel as though time is moving more quickly than it should. I feel as though my senior year of high school only started weeks ago. I feel as though I just began new and more difficult classes, but in reality, I’ve been sitting through them for months now. When we were approaching the end of the first quarter, I remember thinking to myself, “You have to do that three more times,” and feeling defeated by the seemingly endless amount of work I would still have to complete to graduate. Now, we’ve begun the fourth quarter. It feels unreal that all the work and time I was dreading is now behind me. It feels unreal that high school is almost over. It feels unreal that I will be looking up at everyone during graduation, instead of watching from high up in the amphitheater seating. Although I’m relieved that I can leave behind the long and tiring years of high school, I’m still sad that it’s over. I feel like I’m saying goodbye to my childhood. Sometimes I think back to my first day in public school, when I received my student ID. It specified that the year I would graduate was 2026, and it seemed an impossible distance away. Now it is 2026, and that impressionable and innocent child has faded and worn. I hope she will not completely fade away after graduating, because innocence is too beautiful to lose forever. I guess they really meant it when they said it’ll all be over in the blink of an eye.

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