Yes, dear readers, I’m graduating from high school this year! I’m part of Batch 2021; and my whole senior year was robbed from me, but that’s beside the point.
I’ve been on “vacation” lately, because I finished my last exam week around the beginning of May and I’m just dealing with some clearance accountabilities. So naturally, I spend longer hours in bed sleeping, on the PS4 playing Horizon: Zero Dawn, and with Galen because I take care of him when everyone else is busy.
I also had more time to reflect on what happened during my high school experience this school year, so I made a separate blog where I wrote posts related to my high school experience as a graduation requirement. Here’s the link:
http://www.howtopisay.wordpress.com
I’ve also spent time preparing myself for the next chapter in my life which is my college experience. I applied for two colleges, and the good news is that I was accepted by my backup college. My priority college will release their results by July. I’m definitely nervous because if I don’t pass, my family will struggle to pay astronomical tuition fees for my backup college.
The courses I wanted to take were BS Psychology and BS Food Technology. BS Psychology was always a course I knew I wanted to take, but BS Food Technology was pretty interesting to learn about last year. If I didn’t pass for Psychology, I wanted to get a job related to food so that I could be assured of some job security even during pandemics. However, I passed for BS Management in Applied Chemistry for one of the colleges I applied to, so I guess it will be up to me to look for jobs I might take with that degree.
What’s interesting for our family now is that we’ll definitely be moving to a new home sooner than we thought. Our parents want a retirement home in the same hometown I was born in. Now, they found an amazing home and started down payment for it. If all goes according to plan, we’ll acquire it within this year. Mom and Dad loved its relatively small distance between the house and my sister’s high school. They also liked what the location had to offer in terms of Galen’s future education.
I’ve talked about being in high school a lot as someone who’s average because I never got any awards for excelling in any subject. God knew I would be too powerful as is so he made me neurodivergent. (Just kidding, I really don’t know why I have ADHD, but at least I have better coping strategies now!) My highschool life was definitely quite tame compared to my other batchmates who started partnering up with each other, but I made my friends look like saints just because of how open I was talking about anything and everything under the sun.
My social circle is comprised of mostly nerds and geeks, so I ended up joining different fandoms like Doctor Who, Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, SCP Foundation, Arrow, The Flash, and Miraculous Ladybug. Most of my friends were into programming as well as Physics, so they joined lots of contests while I was content to solely struggle with schoolwork. I became close with one friend who became my roommate during Grade 11, and I do wish I spent more time with him because his personality was so interesting and he was fun to be around.
I was not immune to high school drama sadly. Grade 7 me learnt how to leave a toxic friendship.
Grade 10 me had to deal with two friends who absolutely hated each other’s guts.
Grade 10 and Grade 11 me learned to never work with close friends for research. Thankfully, one friendship survived the obstacles the research subject threw at me and him.
Let me list down all the important life lessons I learned every school year.
Grade 7: It’s okay to ask for help when you need it.
Grade 8: Being there for someone can be as simple as listening to them and letting them cry their feelings out.
Grade 9: Stress is more lethal to the body than you may think. Rest if necessary.
Grade 10: Never regret being nice to someone who wasn’t nice to you.
Grade 11: It’s okay to hold on the memories between you and someone you don’t talk to anymore.
Grade 12: We’re all physically apart but we can still stay close through technology.
In conclusion, I’m ready to end this chapter of my life by recollecting my high-school memories and preparing for my future college chapter. Batch 2021, are you ready for this? The future is scary, but as long as we stick together, we can conquer whatever obstacles we face. I can’t wait to see all of you again!
This is Garrett Lubag of Batch 2021, signing off.
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