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Thoughts On My Senior Year Of College

I have highly enjoyed my time at college and it will soon become another closed chapter in my life.

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The end of the road approaches as I am going to be a senior in college. I can still remember the time of walking down the turf field graduating from high school with my mother and grandmother applauding me. My friends and I hugged each other and took pictures after the grand ceremony. We all were glad that we were finished with high school and were excited on starting another chapter in our young lives. All my life I have dreamed of being a somebody and it will in due time come true.

What I have realized over time is that chasing an education is the best thing to obtain and have. College is very expensive and it has grown to be tremendously tough to pay for. Knowledge is power as many say. One of the best gifts someone can give to somebody else is an education. It is a beacon of hope to me because I am the only person out of my whole family to almost be done with college and will be the only one who will graduate. Certainly, I have had my ups and downs, although I would not change a single thing. I will think about the good times and the bad times. I am proud of who I have become and proud to have accomplished so much.

I am highly grateful for the opportunities that have been given to me. I have worked very diligently to get to this very point in my life. Likewise, I understand that I am very lucky and I am grateful for everything handed down to me in my life. I will not forget the people that have helped me on the way and I will also remember the people who thought I could not get this far and would fail. People have gone up to my face to say horrible things. Many people have helped shape me and I have seen both good people and extremely evil ones. I am not a regular person; I am special. Singularly, I plan to take my education to the next level and to give back. Additionally, I will not forget what brought me here in the first place. Hard work as well as passion. Granted, I can not forget the people that talked badly about myself and about my successes. Admittedly, anyone is going to talk badly about anything someone else does. Most of the time there are two sides to a story and in life.

Time seems to pass by quickly and without a trace or notice. Time cannot be caught. You can not gain back any time that has passed and can not reverse anything that has happened in that time. Time is of the essence and I always think to myself, where has the time gone? People still look at me and think that I am 16 or 17 years old still. I can remember sitting in my house alone thinking if I was going to make it or even could. I can even remember my first days of middle school and high school. The nervousness, the anxiety, and the struggles. Doubts have infiltrated my mind for years. Even to myself, I can not believe that I am about to be a senior and graduate college. It will be a closing chapter, but a much bigger chapter than anything before in my life. I still feel like I can learn more and gain more knowledge and wisdom. In my free time, I still think about what I am going to do after college. I am still trying to find myself and think about what I really want to do in my life. I think about the real world and dread how it is. Also what I want to do in my lifetime and what is next for me. I plan to enjoy my last year of college with my friends and form connections that will help me in the future. All I know is that I have been on this path for a long time and I am proud to be at the end of it. Hope has guided me and I am at the light at the end of the dark tunnel. I believe that I have walked down the path that is less traveled, the path that takes an abundance of hard work, the path that embodies greatness and future success.

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