Growing up fast.

It's time to grow up. How many times have you heard that from an adult, a peer, or maybe even yourself? I know I get it a lot mainly because at the start of this school year, I will be one of many to have an end goal...graduation. I know that seems like it's so far away, but look at our junior year, that went by so fast I feel like I'm still there. Sure, we may not feel like seniors yet, but what about when underclassmen start to cry because we're the ones leaving. I don't know about you guys, but I already have my little flock that will be super hard to leave. Whether we plan on going 1 miles, 2 hours, or even 3 states away we're gonna have people that miss us. I want to think that every single one of my classmates is going to walk across that stage on June 5th next year, knowing that their dreams are coming true. But what if that doesn't happen? What if tragedy strikes, or they can't afford the college of their dreams or they have to stay home and work to help their family? What will we do then? I know a lot of my classmates will go off and never remember the kids they went to highschool with, sadly I could be one of them. Isn't that what society has done to us? We are so caught up in our own lives that we begin to think that we're better than our surroundings. Have we let stereotypes run our lives that much that if we are friends with one group we can't be friends with another. I'm telling you, it's time to grow up. Look past the "barriers" that you've built around yourself and learn to appreciate what's around you. College is a big step and not one that everyone gets to take. But should we really think that just because someone can't go, that we're better than them? I know, it may seem like I'm bouncing around but just try to keep up. At the end of last school year, I began to look around at those I share my title Class of 2014, and honestly, I didn't like what I saw. There is constant bullying, everyone trying to fit in and so many perfectionists that you'd think we're all straight A socialites. I don't know about you guys but I want to be remembered as the girl who was friends with as many people as she could be and not just one of THOSE seniors. Now, I'm not saying that I hate my classmates because I don't. I have made countless memories with a lot of them and I like it that way. But if we keep going in the direction we are now, our 5th year class reunion will be full of cliques, backstabbers, and people who just couldn't get along. I don't know about you, but I don't really like the sound of that. So maybe instead of going downhill fast, we can learn that growing up isn't so bad after all<3