Senior Year

   Senior year has been by far the strangest year of school I've ever had. I feel so many conflicting emotions over it, I don't know at all how to describe it.
   In one sense, Senior year has been a really really boring year. I've really hated all of my classes. I'm just so fed up with school. I'm tired of the work which seems really pointless and repetitive at this point and which I have no desire or motivation to do at all. Really I have no idea how I'm passing any of my classes. AP English is literally, and I mean literally in the actual meaning of the word, class that I don't sleep in. I'm really barely trying anymore. I've held up to this point so I think that's somewhat of an achievement seeing as though so many other people seemed to stop caring and trying months ago but now I'm just like "Ugh...Be over all ready!!!"
   On the other hand, Senior year has been really fun. I've gotten to hang out with all of my friends and have a really great time doing whatever. I've gotten to have lots of great experiences like having a booth at the Downtown Latino Festival, win at the STLP Regional Competition and compete at the State level, go to 2 fancy dinners at fancy restaurants for free with my friends because we were invited by some important community leaders who were impressed with the work we had been doing in our LOL club, and lots of other awesome things. I've had a great time this year despite the boredom of classes.
   Senior year also seems to have been one of my easiest years. Except for AP English, all of my classes have been impossibly easy and I haven't had any homework in any of them all year, except for AP English which has a lot of homework (thank you Mr. Mullins), but still overall it's been pretty easy.
   But despite the easiness it's been very stressful. I haven't ever experienced as much stress as I have this year, researching colleges, deciding which ones I wanted to go to, applying, waiting to see if I got accepted, applying for stack upon stack of scholarships, writing essay after essay after essay. It's all been very stressful and I'll be glad when this year is finally over.
   At the same time, I think the end of Senior year will also be a little sad. The people I've spent the past 18 years of my life with will all finally be going their separate ways. Some will go to other states and even other countries, while others will stay here in Kentucky but be going to different colleges miles and miles apart. It's all very sad and I'll be sorry when I won't be able to see so many of my friends again for probably a very long time, if I ever even get to see them again at all, but in the end it won't be to very sad. I'll still be able to see lots of my friends and the ones who I won't be able to see I can at least still talk to on the phone and on Facebook.
   Finally finishing the public education system will be a great achievement and it'll be a fantastic experience. I'm finally going to be able to take control of my own life, to a higher degree then now at least, and I'll be able to start actually making something of myself and figure out where my life is going to take me. I really can't wait!