All of high school including most of senior year, I was sure of the fact that I wanted to leave and never come back. We all said it and I'm sure that at the times we said it (because we know there was more than one time) we meant it. But here we are freshman, sophomores, juniors and seniors in college and we're finding ourselves yearning for all the days we left behind. We think of the spirit days, football games, and our little babies as we like to call our underclassman friends. We think of all the things we are doing at college and how we honestly wish it was with the people we've grown up with. And then we're posting on Instagram and Facebook writing how much we miss this and that and how we could go back and do it all over again. Finally, we're sitting at our houses or in our dorms or at work thinking "Damn" because now we've come to know and understand that all those adults, teachers, and parents were right. They used to tell us not to wish the years away because before we'd know it, it'd be over. Back then we swore that high school was going to be the longest four years ever and yet before we knew it we were graduating and now we're off doing whatever the hell we're doing with our lives. We're adulting, doing adult things, paying adult bills and it's nuts.

Here's the thing: I always knew I was going to miss my friends. I feel like that's just a given. But Im surprised at myself for everything else I miss. I can honestly say that I genuinely miss our teachers. Whether you like to admit it or not, our teachers have impacted our lives tremendously. Can you seriously tell me that not having them involved in your everyday life doesn't affect you? Yeah whatever. I miss screwin around in gym class with friends, and being "tryhards." I miss stressing about planning volleyball marathons even though you'd have to deal with a bunch of teenagers fighting over a seven minute game. I miss sitting in film class editing even though we were supposed to be watching the movie. And hold me to this, I miss AP Gov. Personally I miss saying "Good morning Falcons and welcome to Falcon TV" and "This has been Logan MacIntosh from Falcon TV News." I miss our Falcon family. No matter what clubs you were apart of, what friend groups you were all about, we were all apart of one big family. The rivalries were intense and everyone knew about them. My high school was kind of great so this list could go on for days.

P.S. sorry about my rant, I know you don't really want to know about what I miss.

Listen, I'm not one to live in the past. So yes I am very aware that what's past is the past and it's over and it's time to be an adult. All I am saying is did you think you'd miss high school as much as you do? Did you ever think you'd miss being a carefree kid whose only job was to show up to school and pass? Where your biggest fear was that if you show up late to school you might not be able to start in the game that day?

You know what maybe it's just me. Maybe. But let me tell you if you went to my high school, you'd know exactly what I was talking about.

Im not saying that there weren't bad days, fights we'd like to forget and bad grades. I'm well aware they existed. But none of that matters now...

Moral of the story: to all high schoolers. Don't wish away the years. Your parents are right and time goes by way too quickly. Join clubs, make friends, break hearts if thats what you wanna do, laugh, take pictures, go to all the sporting events and go all out because at the end of the day you've got to leave it all out on the field. The graduation field that is.

Once it's over, it's over and it sucks.

See you later.

- Log Mac