We did it. Well, for the most part at least. First semester of senior year has come and gone, and surprisingly, we\u2019re nearing the terminus of this tumultuous experience. For some of you, that means embracing the #SSS, for others, it means a road of bittersweet nostalgia, and for those that remain, it means an anxious semester of waiting to leave this place we’ve both cursed and loved.<\/p>\n
Now, it\u2019s undeniable that our class isn\u2019t the most\u2026functional, to say the least. And let me tell you now that this isn\u2019t going to be another viscerally opinionated stance on the state of our class. Honestly, I don\u2019t know that much about admin or any of the small scale politics that goes on at this school.<\/p>\n
One thing I do know, however, is that each of us really does have a place in this disarrayed community. IMSA is full of little niches that we carve for ourselves. It\u2019s made of the intellectuals, the scholars, the singers, the robotics-enthusiasts, the writers, and even the trolls. Yes, the collective feeling among the people in this class is far from love or anything close. But, if you can tell me that there\u2019s no memory that you’ve come to call yours or no place to label as \u201chome\u201d, then well\u2026maybe you should’ve left 2 years ago.<\/p>\n
Whatever the case may be, I\u2019d like to honestly say that I, personally, am scared. I\u2019m scared of losing the little circles that we can pull around ourselves and the names that we’ve made. Next year, we\u2019ll be lost in a wave of uniformity\u2026devoid of our well-deserved reputations and devoid of the strange uniqueness that describes our class. I\u2019m scared and excited at the same time. Scared of losing this subtle comfort. Excited to redefine myself.<\/p>\n
But in reality, we\u2019re so young. We have so much time to think and decide and regret. I don\u2019t want to spend the last semester of high school deliberating, \u201cwhat if I had taken this class?\u201d or \u201cmaybe I should have written that paper\u2026\u201d The truth is, we\u2019re all like that. There are times when we look back and think \u201chow did I work so hard?\u201d or \u201cwhy did screw around so much?\u201d But to be honest, the clich\u00e9d \u201cwhat ifs\u201d and \u201cif onlys\u201d don\u2019t matter right now.<\/p>\n
With this last semester, all I want to do is remember. I want to pocket the little moments that have built my IMSA career and hold on to the people that have joined me for the ride. And despite who you are or where you hail from, I can bet my life that you have those moments too. You have days of reckless decisions. The 5 AMs when still no one wants to go to sleep. The times you laughed, you cried, and you felt\u2026here, with all these people.<\/p>\n
So honestly, I know that our class isn\u2019t exactly the paradigm of unity. But let me tell you another truth: I feel a certain connectedness in the lack thereof. Because at IMSA, we each have our place, and somehow, these all fit together in a particular way. And through it all, I\u2019ve been challenged, impressed, and even humbled, by all of you, Class of 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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