With only a couple months left until graduation, many High School seniors are anxious to get out of High School and move on to bigger and better things. Whether they are going on to College, or whether they are working right out of high school, High School Seniors can't wait to get out of High School and all of the Drama and hard work. This is my letter to all of those High School Seniors that are anxious to Graduate here in a few months.
Dear High School Seniors,
I once was in the same position that you are in. Graduation seems so close, and you want to finally be able to get out and experience life on your on. You can see sweet freedom and you are so excited to be able to taste the freedom that comes with Graduation. Life after Graduating High School can be so thrilling, such a life experience, and can help you grow in so many ways. Life after High School seems to be so enjoyable. All of the parties at the different Colleges, getting to stay out as late as you want, getting to move away from your parents, it all seems like fun and games, doesn't it?
Life after Graduation can definitely be a great thing, but I want to let you know now that it is no where near as easy as you may think that it may be. Coming from someone who went straight to College after having Graduated High School a year early, life isn't as exciting as it may seem. When going to College, I thought that I was going to have so much fun. I thought I would be able to stay out as late as I want, hang out with whoever I wanted to, and just do whatever whenever I wanted. When reality set in though, I realized that College life wasn't what I thought it would be.
College life is fun, and I have learned a lot since I graduated High School and came to College, but I definitely am not having the experience that I thought that I would be having. Classes are so much harder than I was expecting. I knew that College Classes would be difficult to some degree, but I didn't realize just how hard it was. There were classes that were being offered in College that I thought were just "add ons" to high school classes that I thought that I would be able to do so well in, that I ended up not doing as well as I thought I would do in. I had the mindset that I would be able to get straight A's in College with very little effort. I was so wrong. I work hard on my homework, and still have difficulty getting the A's that I thought that I would be getting.
College Life also isn't about the partying and hanging out with whoever you want to whenever you want to, and staying out as late as you want. There are colleges out there that have curfew for the underclassmen to help make sure that they underclassmen are in the dorms doing their best to make sure that they are doing their homework or trying to get a decent nights sleep before having to go to more classes again the next day. There are also so many people that thought that college was all about going to parties that were shocked that they rarely ever went out because they were stuck doing homework. A lot of College Students, though they are able to hang out with friends fairly often, they are usually doing homework together, or don't get to do as much together as they thought that they would be able to.
It seems like a lot of the students who decide to move away from Home to go to College end up missing home a lot more than they thought that they would. Even the students that may not have had the best home life end up missing different aspects of home while they are away at school. Moving away from home, even though it may give you some freedom, may give you more freedom than you previously thought and more freedom than what you may want.
College Life is definitely difficult, but it is worth all of the Hard work. I don't want you to be discouraged and think that College Life isn't for you just because it isn't going to be as easy as you may have thought it was going to be, because College is amazing. I just want to let you know that, though you are anxious to want to finally get out of High School, cherish the moments that you have in High School. I always thought that people were joking when they said that they missed High School after they graduated and thought that I would never miss High School whenever I left. I realize now just how right everyone was about it though. I miss High School so much. I wish I wouldn't have tried to rush to get out of High School. Though I love College, and I am learning so much, I miss how lenient everything was back in High School. Don't rush your time in High School, because you really will miss High School, no matter how much you think you won't miss it.
Lots of Love to the High School Seniors,
From the College Senior
