Is it that time already?!

It began as simply an idea, then festered into an idea, and now becomes more and more like reality every day. As we pick ourselves up and brush the dirt off our shoulders after just being hit by a truck, we think: Where has the time gone? Believe it or not, graduation is upon us, the light is beginning to appear at the end of this tunnel. Seems like just a minute ago (literally, not figuratively, or even metaphorically), it was the first day of high school, and I was terrified of the unknown and endless possibilities. The first day of senior year, we knew it would come, I just had no idea it would come this fast, even when warned. It wasn’t until I was sitting in Mr. Burge’s on a Friday morning, trying to stay awake, that I realized the time is now. Now, I have spent the week writing and rewriting a speech, confounded every step of the way. It seems almost impossible to talk about a place that has given you everything, and the future, and condense into a less than two minute speech. This speech has most likely gotten us all thinking about the future, that unknown, whether we are ready for. Different answers are given of whether or not we are ready, but everyone is terrified of the future, if they say they’re not then they’re probably crazy or lying. How could you not be though? When you go to a place that has had such a huge influence on who we have become as people, it’s only natural. But because of the nature of our personalities, as AACT and our own virtue, we will strive on and succeed nonetheless.