Back To School

So school has started and already the freshness of the year has worn off. I am already having to convince myself to do homework and stay on task, and the beautiful bags under my eyes have come out of hibernation. The stress of IB is back, and I can officially say that things are back in swing, well because its mid September! On the night before the big day, I saw a tweet by Elle Pothier, that said "I dont want it to start because that means it will end." And I thought to myself, "Wow, how can people actually like school and everything that comes wit it?" But then I realized that she doesnt go to Suncoast and that she probably has had a normal high school experience (something which I have not had). But anyways on the first day of school I thought to myself, Goodness only 179 more days and I'm done with these people, this schedule, and this stress. Only to finde myself on the second day of school dreading for it to end. But what happened in between? I'll tell you what happened. We became seniors. Over the summer while working on our EE's, CAS Project's, and Senior Portraits me and all of my classmates transformed, "We are almost one of them." When I returned to school we all had this bond. Something that took 3 years, but somehow we all respected each other, we understood each other, and now we knew that we would miss each other. Something happened over the summer, that made us all friends when we returned to school. There were cliques but now those cliques were broken and expanded, somehow allowing everybody in with their own special place. We worked together to feel important and above the rest of the underclassman and we all had this intangible self confidence where we didnt really care what other people thought because had all reached a point where we knew. We understood why Suncoast was so special. A place where people can come from all over the world to unite and learn together about things that normal people cant understand. And maybe it was the semester of TOK that allowed us  to see the year differently with a new perspective, and see eachother with a new perspective. I'm not sure what happened but its amazing. I have suddenly this feel good confidence that lets make break boundaries, I have dozens of new friends who think I'm cool, and cute and funny. And I can look around my classrooms, and hallways and talk to anyone that I feel like, even if I've never met them. This year is going to be amazing and go by too quick I'm sure. But I hope this angelic force field sticks around long, because I cant wait for these memories to be made all around me. And when it ends, I'm pretty sure I will be sad, and cry a lot. I am going to club meetings everyday just putting myself out there happy to be alive. I am staying after school voluntarily to make things for charger pride, and believe it or not I finally went to a birthday party. All of my years at Suncoast I had never been invited but now that I have real friends I do real things!