Well here we are.
I am officially graduated. A Northmont High School Alumni. I have a high school diploma. I’m done with all the tests, homework, projects, and finals that come with high school. Praise the Lord!!
If there’s anything I’ve learned from the past four years it’s that having faith and trust not just in God, (although that’s important too!) but in yourself and other people is beyond necessary for survival.
Trust in myself that I studied enough for that AP Bio test tomorrow and have faith that I’ll do well.
Faith in myself to get the many hours of homework done and still work for 6 hours at Domino’s in one night.
Trust in my first instinct on those Spanish vocab words and that I’m remembering them correctly.
Faith in my ability to stay up very late and still think clearly enough to write that AP Language Arts paper.
Trust in my teachers to teach me the right equations in AP Stat and themes in “1984.”
Faith in my friends to make me laugh and smile when I’m having an especially bad day.
But that kind of faith and trust is simple. However, it prepared me for the kind of faith and trust that I need right now and will need next year.
And that’s what high school is anyway: a stepping stone. A training for life. While I don’t need to remember how to solve for x in any equation, I do need to know how to problem solve. While I don’t need to know why specifically the colonies decided to revolt against Great Britain, I do need to understand cause and effect and the consequences of actions.
What I’m getting at is high school just helped prepare me for life. I don’t need to trust in my high school teachers anymore but I do need to trust my future teammates. I don’t need to trust my studying habits any longer (at least for the time being) but I do need to trust that I’m making the right decision and am adequately preparing myself physically and spiritually for this trip. I don’t need to have faith in my memory but now I need faith in myself to reach my financial goal.
And, of course, trust in God that He will provide what I can’t and that this is the right path for my life. Even though I’m still working on trusting myself and others, I can always trust in Him. Even when I turn out to be wrong, God isn’t.
So that’s what I’ve learned in high school. Along with the fact that I am so done with high school and so ready to begin the next part of my life- World Race: Gap Year!
