on the bus ride home today, two high school girls got on. they are both on the tennis team. back in high school 13-14 years ago, my friends and i were also on our high school tennis team. it was hard not to see myself in one of those girls. both were carrying their tennis rackets and a few big books, as well as a backpack. i can't believe it's been more than a decade that i was in high school. can't believe how all that seems to have happened so fast now.
the two girls were talking to each other about wanting to travel to europe, something that i wasn't even thinking about when i was in high school. on my mind at the time was just college. getting into a good college. i couldn't see beyond that. when you're still in high school i guess you don't think that much in advance. you just worry about s.a.t. scores and grades. the girls were mentioning which countries they wanted to see. i wanted to tell them to just spend a year studying abroad when they get to university or just spend their entire four years abroad. i opted not to say anything. i'm sure they'll find their way there anyhow.
looking back, did i achieve everything that my high school self wanted to do? yes. there's definitely some blanks though and those are the parts that i'm trying to fill in now :)
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