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Hello class of 2023

As we enter the last few days of high school I have been reflecting on my time here at Oak Hill. One of the most important things that I have learned is to try your hardest to not procrastinate. In my personal experience, I mistakenly trusted myself to get things done on time knowing I have bad time management. I have spent countless nights trying to get everything in by the deadline and it just doesn’t happen. I am still working on that. Membean has been the death of me and I regret not listening to my teachers. It got so bad one time I was doing it while I was at my job. 

 I remember my first day here, I had hope and ambition and was excited to be entering high school I remember walking up and sitting on the benches right as I came in off the bus. My heart would be racing in fear that I was going to walk into a classroom that wasn’t mine. I would check my schedule 100 times to make sure I was going to the right place. I remember walking into Ms. Arndt’s and feeling excited about art. She made me confident in my pottery and I’m going to continue taking art throughout college. 

I am now a senior so close to graduating and I’m not nearly as nervous as I used to be. At some point actually, I looked forward to coming to school because there really wasn’t stress until the last 2 months because I didn’t quite quit that habit. 

As a last couple of words to say to my class, I wish everybody well and I hope you stay true to yourselves. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone flourish as we enter this new chapter of our lives.

“Raccoon in trash” by Keith T. Robinson is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.