***WARNING: CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT IN THIS POST***
Alot has happened this year. My senior year of high school. I feel I need to write it down, so I don't forget. This year was my senior year of high school at Riverside Christian. Year 15. Basically my whole life! And I was excited. I was about to get my licence, I had an amazing group of friends, I had an idea of where I wanted to go for college... Life couldn't be better! Well there was that pesky new super intendent that looked down at the students like we were below him... well this was gonna be an interesting year, I could tell... changes were on their way, if only I knew how big of changes!!!
A few weeks before school the students get an email saying that school is now 8am-2:50pm instead of 7:45am-2:15pm like it has been for as long as I can remember. Alright no big.... Just a nuisance. Whatever.
First day of school we all check the new class schedules... Break is 10min long, and Lunch is 30min... with no passing periods.. Are you kidding me?? Lets be honest, what girl do you know that can walk from class, pee, go to her locker, eat, and get to the next class without running?? Exactly, you don't. Ok and lunch being 30min... there is no way us seniors could possibly go out to lunch in that amount of time, get real.
This is only the beginning of the problems...
Some more things happen, but then some parents think this new superintendent is kinda fishy... So they look into it. To me he reminded me of this creepy super intendent in a book I read that shipped kids off to detention camps and if they tried to run away they were killed. Oh and he brain washed parents... The parallels creeped me out, especially how he looked and acted (minus detention camps)compared to the character in the book. Long story short, he was an admitted, BUT NEVER CONVICTED, child molestor... yeah, real nice huh? Sure it was 30 some odd years ago blah blah blah. Ya Mr. Jones was an alcoholic back in the 80s but now he is clean and working as a bartender... ok what??? Ya doesn't make sense. Just to be clear, I was for getting him OUT OF MY SCHOOL.
So kids revolt, parents revolt. The school board is crazy. Teachers scared out of their minds because they can't talk freely... isn't that like an infringement on a constitutional right?? Private school can do what ever now a days... School board DENIES everything. Friends now split on whether to take a stand for what they believe or sit back. Oh did I mention this all happens before Christmas?? Yeah Happy Holidays to you too. So after getting a private detective, a couple clips on the evening news, the superintendent leaves. But not before the Board LIES to us saying that no staff member is going to be fired, let go, what have you... Two days before Christmas Vacation we get the news that our beloved principal has been fired... Because he couldn't "control the parents". Ya like he has to control a group of adults, pretty sure his job description was to control rowdy teens! And the President of the School Board just left the note on his desk saying "Your service is no longer needed" or something to that effect. Our principal wasn't even in his office! He left the NOTE on the CHAIR when our Principal WANT IN HIS OFFICE. Merry Christmas.
When school is back we all hope everything is resolved. WRONG. They hire a new principal. My class' 8th grade Bible teacher. Mind you I love this guy- totally chill teacher and reminds everyone of Santa. But he just didn't seem right for this job. And its awkward... and I felt bad for him. Because now the bulls eye just moved to his back. And that isn't a pleasant feeling.
Finally things quiet down... Until things start to get into motion for the annual Senior Trip to Disney World in Florida (ya be jealous! 5 days across the country with your friends, minimal supervision... it was AWESOME). Well between some controversy happened and our senior advisor decided to not go because it was his birthday when we were to be going........ Well My mom and I decided to go to the wonderful school board and ask them to 1) get our senior advisor on trip what ever way possible and 2) get our principal from the beginning of the year to graduation (he was BANNED from graduation). With out incriminating people and to keep things short, our senior advisor now was going on our trip and our original principal was allowed to graduation. Finally something good!
Things were looking up. I had a car, a licence, an awesome group of friends. Then one week, that all changed. While studying I said something I shouldn't have, but didn't realize until later. That one thing changed the rest of my senior year. I was on a high horse, thought I was cool. Then I got knocked down. I turned into a loner for a little bit. Thankfully some amazing friends in the class below me took me under their wing, and my faithful neighbor was there for me too! So that was great, but not a week later, and I get into a car accident. My fault. Car totalled. Great, pretty much friendless, now carless, scared out of my mind, I hit rock bottom. And I was humbled. In an odd way it was just what I needed.
Granted my senior year wasn't a complete disaster. I got into University of Hawaii Hilo, and that is where I am moving to in just a few short weeks. I gained several valuable friends in the Marine Science community, and I don't wanna name drop... so I won't. But through an amazing trail of people, I have a definite sight on my future, a real plan. And that rocks. I also learned who my true friends are. I learned who I am, well more about myself. I learned about my future. Or where I hope to be headed.
Its funny how we grow more out of the bad rather than the good. Its almost like the good in life is a resting period, a time to recoup after that shocking low that made us realize different things and grow.
So that is the story of my senior year from hell. It is hard to make you understand unless you were one of the 200 High Schoolers or countless teachers and staff members who went through it. I'm keeping names out of this for privacy of those involved. There is more but again, I don't want trouble or to incriminate those involved. It has been a crazy year to say the least! Highest of highs, lowest of lows occupied my life the last 9 months of high school that I would ever experence. It has been a great learning experience for sure! I wouldn't go through it again that's for sure! But now I can look to where I am headed. With the petty things of high school behind me I can look forward to other things.
To those of you in the middle of high school, or just entering it:
High school is only FOUR years of your life. Dont waste it on petty things. I promise, cliques and that lil "popular" group of kids won't be in your life after those four years. look forward to life after high school, thats when the living begins!
To those of you who are seniors in high school:
Figure out who your true friends are. You won't see the rest of those kids in your class after graduation. Ya maybe around town but as for day to day, 8 hours? Nope. Get yourself ready for LIFE. Life outside petty high school drama. It will be exciting and way better than those last four years. Will it be easy? Most likely not. but rise up to the challenge. I believe in you!
For the rest of you either in college or out of college:
I can't wait to finally join you in the world!
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