Sophie Lu

In some ways, the end of high school doesn’t quite feel real yet. For so long, it was this entity that I talked about, anticipated, and imagined in a thousand scenarios, but was never really prepared for—until it came anyway. Life doesn’t wait for you to accept that change is happening, it just happens. The only thing I can do is get accustomed to this new reality and reflect back on what I’ll miss about this one-of-a-kind formative period.

While senior year has been one of the best, if there’s anything I’ve learned, it’s that that feeling of keeping your head above the water until a certain point in the future, of just trudging through until the end of junior year, until second semester senior year, until summer, until college…it never really goes away. Don’t treat the present as merely a stepping stone to some idealistic future, because you’ll never get there, and you might miss out on good things along the way.

To journalism, thank you for helping me rediscover my love of writing, for giving me a platform for my opinions and an outlet for my emotions, for granting weight to my words and an audience to read them. If you can, use this time to find what you’re passionate about and the opportunities to develop them. Thank you to The Uproar for being that for me.