9.14.2008

grade[twelve]

"I can already feel the senioritis taking control..."

Exciting, nerve racking, terrifying...Opinions from the top of the totem pole about becoming dominant differ greatly. While some find senior year to be an extremely stressful situation, others can barely control their desire to bounce and squeal out of pure joy. Even though the effects of growing older depend on individual variables, certain facts remain constant. Senior year means responsibility. It means tying your own shoelaces, making your own lunch, and paying for your own mistakes. It means learning the difference between safety and reality. It's a farewell to childhood and an introduction to the intimidating life of adulthood; it's the transition phase between adolescence and maturity. It is the final pounding step to independence.

After 12 long years of formal schooling, handholding, preparing, the public finally feels confident in releasing hoards of teenagers into the great and bitter reality. Are you ready?

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