Up to Now and Beyond
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High school is something that can change people. Sometimes it’s for the better, and sometimes for the worst. However, there are those people who can go through high school and not be affected at all. I would like to think I am one of those people.
I’ve never cared much for high school. In fact, freshman year I didn’t care much about anything. My grades slipped from A’s and B’s to mostly C’s. There’s no way to justify it, it just happened. I was busy running around with my friends. We were pretty much oblivious to everything around us.
Sophomore year was more of the same. No cares, no worries. Come to school. Survive the day. Go home. Sleep. Repeat. That was how it went for the most part. Every once in a while I would have something else to do, but for the most part sophomore year was pretty cut and dry. My grades still weren’t the hottest, but it didn’t bother me as much as it would have in previous years.
Then we get to junior year, and I realized I wasn’t helping my future any by being the Queen of Procrastination. So, I focused more on my grades, and I’ve
done well for the most part. Which brings me to what I plan on doing in the future. Next year is – thankfully – my final year of high school. After that, if I could go anywhere I would probably move to San Francisco. Something about that city has always captured my attention. I love everything from the hilly streets to the Golden Gate Bridge. Also, my dream college is San Francisco State University.
So what would I be if I could be anything I wanted? An author. I love to write. It’s my passion and it’s actually what I plan to minor in at college. As of now, I’m in the process of trying to get a book published. It’s a slow process, but it could be what I need to make my dream come true. To start writing from such a young age puts your name out there in a way that other authors can’t.
If I could do anything I wanted, whenever I wanted, I probably wouldn’t live all that different from the way I do now. I would probably sit down and write more because I wouldn’t have to come to school. That would be the main change. I’m not into the most up-to-date technology, so I’d probably remove myself from society for the most part. Of course not completely, but I’d probably only leave my home when necessary.
In five years, I will more than likely still be in college. I plan on going for English and Literacy Education, and I’m going to stay in school until I get my Master’s Degree so I don’t have to bother with going back to school. In twenty years I should be secure in a teaching job and writing over breaks. I don’t know where
yet, but I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it. Fast forward fifteen more years and I’ll hopefully be a successful author and be able to quit teaching to focus solely on my writing, as well as the family that I’ll more than likely have. Then in fifty years, I’ll probably still be writing, but out on some ranch in Montana because that’s where I want to go when my life starts winding down.
So, maybe high school changed me and maybe it didn’t. I’m not really sure. What I am sure of is what I want to do with my life after high school. Getting out of this town is the main priority, but I know I’ll probably come back to it. Anyone in my family that ever tries to leave Bethel is always sucked back for some reason or another. I probably won’t be an exception. But a girl can dream, right?
I’ve never cared much for high school. In fact, freshman year I didn’t care much about anything. My grades slipped from A’s and B’s to mostly C’s. There’s no way to justify it, it just happened. I was busy running around with my friends. We were pretty much oblivious to everything around us.
Sophomore year was more of the same. No cares, no worries. Come to school. Survive the day. Go home. Sleep. Repeat. That was how it went for the most part. Every once in a while I would have something else to do, but for the most part sophomore year was pretty cut and dry. My grades still weren’t the hottest, but it didn’t bother me as much as it would have in previous years.
Then we get to junior year, and I realized I wasn’t helping my future any by being the Queen of Procrastination. So, I focused more on my grades, and I’ve
done well for the most part. Which brings me to what I plan on doing in the future. Next year is – thankfully – my final year of high school. After that, if I could go anywhere I would probably move to San Francisco. Something about that city has always captured my attention. I love everything from the hilly streets to the Golden Gate Bridge. Also, my dream college is San Francisco State University.
So what would I be if I could be anything I wanted? An author. I love to write. It’s my passion and it’s actually what I plan to minor in at college. As of now, I’m in the process of trying to get a book published. It’s a slow process, but it could be what I need to make my dream come true. To start writing from such a young age puts your name out there in a way that other authors can’t.
If I could do anything I wanted, whenever I wanted, I probably wouldn’t live all that different from the way I do now. I would probably sit down and write more because I wouldn’t have to come to school. That would be the main change. I’m not into the most up-to-date technology, so I’d probably remove myself from society for the most part. Of course not completely, but I’d probably only leave my home when necessary.
In five years, I will more than likely still be in college. I plan on going for English and Literacy Education, and I’m going to stay in school until I get my Master’s Degree so I don’t have to bother with going back to school. In twenty years I should be secure in a teaching job and writing over breaks. I don’t know where
yet, but I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it. Fast forward fifteen more years and I’ll hopefully be a successful author and be able to quit teaching to focus solely on my writing, as well as the family that I’ll more than likely have. Then in fifty years, I’ll probably still be writing, but out on some ranch in Montana because that’s where I want to go when my life starts winding down.
So, maybe high school changed me and maybe it didn’t. I’m not really sure. What I am sure of is what I want to do with my life after high school. Getting out of this town is the main priority, but I know I’ll probably come back to it. Anyone in my family that ever tries to leave Bethel is always sucked back for some reason or another. I probably won’t be an exception. But a girl can dream, right?