foreign feelings

This whole graduation thing isn't sad or scary, to me it's simply strange. It's a very foreign feeling. In five hours I will no longer say, "I go to West Allegheny," instead I'll have to say, "I went to West Allegheny." In five hours I'll be a part of the alumni. That's very foreign to me.

I'm not afraid of the future which is why I feel comfortable with graduating. I know that I'll stay close to the people I want to stay close to.

I'm not afraid of being farther away from my best friends, it's just going to be weird not being able to jump in the Subaru and drive ten minutes to any of their houses.

Respectively here are the Mapquest distances and drive time away from each of my best friends I will be.

Amanda- 352 Miles (6.5 hours)


Jared and Dave- 381 Miles (6.75 hours)


Ashley and Ethan- 443 Miles (7.5 hours)


Ty- 646 Miles (11 hours)


I'm gonna make it work though. I have to.

Next time I talk to you all I will be a graduate of West Allegheny.

I'll have graduated Summa Cum Laude...But you can't measure someone's time in high school on paper. It isn't about the grades I earned or the math courses I've taken...It isn't about whether I was proficient or advanced on the science PSSAs. It has nothing to do with my SAT scores. It's never been about that. 

It's about how I left my mark. It's about the friends I've made and the image of myself I've portrayed. It's about how I represented myself for the past four years and it's about the respect my name garners...

I like to think there is a certain level of respect for my name. 


I pray that when my name is called out tonight that my friends, my parents, my friends' parents, and other community members will say to themselves, "He is a great kid."

That's truly my only wish for myself and if that happens, then I had a successful high school career. 

NP: School Spirit- Kanye West