Coming to an End

The end of the year is near and I never thought that this chapter of my life would come so soon. As we walk the halls as seniors, have our picnics, and move towards prom and graduation, I cannot help but feel somber towards these thoughts. So, in this last blog due in my senior year english course, I want to write about endings. Moving on and leaving high school behind is just like coming to the end of every book that I have read this year. Every book from Things Fall Apart to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo marked my course throughout this year. Just as all those books came to an ending, so will my "book" of high school. Through the course of high school there have been ups, downs, triumphs, and tears, and I can't help but notice the similarities between these past four years and a truly great book:

The beginning was innocent, sweet, scary, exciting, and boring all at the same time. It is the first chapter of this high school story. The first chapter ends and relief sets in, but along with the relief comes anticipation for the next year ahead. After a long hot summer, the next chapter begins. This is the sophomore chapter and it is exciting and stressful. We are still underclassmen but we are getting older, wiser, and bolder. Sophomore year can lead to trouble and we even find out who our real friends are. This year comes to a close with the anticipation of being a upperclassmen, and starting to get into the deeper plot of this ever changing story. Then, it comes, the third chapter. Finally we are upperclassmen. Junior year is hard to say the least. It is just like the drama filled chapter where the main character realizes what their story entails or find out the truth about themselves. Junior year is filled with expectations that need to be fulfilled. Once these expectations are filled, we are ready to move on to the end, our final chapter. Just as the last chapter leaves a lasting impact and brings all the other chapters together, senior year is the final curtain call before the end of the story. This fourth chapter is full of fun, excitement, decisions, and sadness. This is the coming to the end of the past four years of our lives. When all is done and over the high school story leaves and impact on everyone who experiences it, just like the ending of a favorite book. As we walk the halls for the last time, walk down the aisle at graduation, and say goodbye at the end of the summer, we realize that this is the end and it will never be forgotten. These past four chapters may be the greatest story of our lives, but we wait in hopeful expectation that there are greater things ahead in our next stories.