Changes in High School

Changes affect raiders of all ages
By: Vianney Casas


We all go through changes in life, but definitely the biggest ones you’ll go through are during high school. It doesn’t matter whether you're a freshman barely starting high school, a senior ready to graduate, or a sophmore/junior in process, your life still gives this sudden, unexpected spin and your way of seeing things still changes. It’s like every step you take before becoming an adult, every grade you go through you become a different person - a better one maybe - and you will find yourself thinking in a way you never thought you’d ever think. All of this sudden difference, all of this change that for a second might seem like magic, happens just as you move onto the next level of high school.
We must all admit all the credit should be given to the freshmen. I’ve been there; I know what it’s like to feel like you’re lost in a mall full of frightening strangers. Bye bye middle school, hello high school. Welcome to a whole never-seen-before planet, to a whole new life. They’re no longer in this fantasy pretty little world where everything is so simple. They’re no longer there, now they’ve arrived at this world where life turns more difficult in every way possible. For the sophomores and juniors come the infamous AP classes, more responsibility and most importantly, independence. Congratulations students, you’ve passed freshman year, now on to more work.
For the juniors though, there is a little but not insignificant difference. They have to make sure they try their best and hardest academically, and help as much in their community as possible for community service hours, for they will be filling college applications in the beginning of next year.There’s no time to try to do everything in their senior year, which leads us to the final level of this difficult and unpredictable game: the seniors. It isn't the change they face as they become seniors, it’s more of what change they will encounter later on.
Seniors, get ready for the biggest, most frightening maybe - and hopefully one of the best -change of your life: College - the determination of your future. It all starts over again. It’s time to say goodbye to the old and hello to the new again. The “welcome to a whole new world” comes back after four years of facing the different changes a high school student goes through in the unforgettable journey we call high school. Changes come to us every day, and every day we see at least one thing different in our lives, but these changes believe me are nothing compared to the ones a student has to face while in high school.