HECK YESSSS IT’S OVERRR!!!!!!!! :D
This is IT. And I don’t mean MJ’s concert, I mean the end of my four years mugging to get a cert. I HAVE FINALLY GRADUATED AND, COLLEGE HERE I COME!!!!
Frankly, I’ve never felt so relieved nor so full of trepidation in my whole entire life. It’s hard to believe that I can actually come to miss the place where I had to mug and sweat and cry out four entire years to stay at the head of the pack, but there you are.
I miss it already,even before the end of the year. I miss those days of frantically cramming before the infamous weekly, never-ending tests, the Everests of homework I had to conquer – and admittedly, most times just copied off blatantly, the fun times I had talking with my friends, friends whom I probably will never see again but will always remember, the pranks we played together and on each other, or just the times we spammed in the freezing com labs, the nicknames we bandied around, the dreaded oral examinations and science practicals, even the times when we got into trouble with the teachers and got scolded to within an inch of our lives, and also, the torturous moments just before we entered the school hall to take the national finals, the frenzied mugging and clinging to our notes like drowning rats, or the grudges I have that seem so petty and pointless now that I’ve left the school….
The list could go on forever and ever and ever. And even though when asked, I’ll always lie and say my four years in school were akin to staying in a hellhole, in truth, it’s all been worth it. I’ll never forget the bonds that I forged and those I broke, the unique culture there and the care that some (though not all) my teachers lavished on me, the things that I did, and most importantly, learned from the people there – that not of academia but of selflessness, generosity and service, qualities which I’ll try to ensure stay with me throughout my life.
So this is what I want to say to my school and those that have helped me over the years – thank you. Thank you for your time and energy invested in explaining things to me, supporting me and encouraging me. Thank you for your love and care and kindness, and thank you for always being there for me, rain or shine or through my crying jags. Thank you for keeping me on track and not leaving me there out in the cold, all alone. Thank you for being my guide and friend and advisor. And I’ll try my best to give my all in everything I do, just as you all taught me.
So yes, this is it. Goodbye and I love you all. I’ll never forget you, never. And I’ll always come back, whenever I can.
