When you're in high school, everyone tells you how fast these four years are going to go and how they'll be the best years of your life. While I know the second part isn't really true, at least for me, the first part is definitely true. It goes by faster than anyone could imagine High school goes by so fast for a lot of us and before we know it, we are in college with new friends and a new way of living. How did that happen? I think back on my high school years and there are so many things that I miss. However, there are three main things that I seem to miss more than anything else, first: Friday night lights.

There is something about Friday night football games that brings a smile to my face. All my friends bundled up, cheering on our team to victory, chanting all the high school chants, and singing the school song after we win... this is what I miss. What makes it even better is the fact that I grew up in a small to football games were an even bigger deal. The crowd didn't just consist of students and parents, majority of the city was there. Everyone supported our football team which made Friday nights even more fun and exciting. Along with football, there's homecoming, and that's another thing I miss.

I know Marquette has homecoming but it's just not the same. There's no football game, no homecoming parade, and no dance where you get to dress up and hope your crush asks you to dance. Honestly, I took all these things for granted. I wish I could go back and ride a float in the homecoming parade, or go to just one more football game. I miss the feeling you get when you're dancing with all your friends at the dance, or the feeling you get right after your team wins the homecoming game. I miss all of it.

Finally, what I miss the most, is the community that is high school. I miss having close relationships with my teachers. I used to walk down the hallways and have my teachers say hello to me and ask me how my weekend was. That just doesn't happen here, and if it does, it's very rarely. I miss being able to talk to my teachers as if they were a personal friend or even family. There was something comforting about the idea that all these people are rooting for you and know you, like, REALLY know you. I also miss having your friends with you 24/7. If you needed them for something, you always knew where they were. The high school just really felt like a community and that's what I miss.

Now, don't get me wrong, I love college. I have just been thinking about high school lately and I realize how much of it I took for granted. So, if you are still in high school and you're reading this, don't take anything for granted and live it up. High school doesn't last forever and life isn't going to slow down no matter how much you want it to.