I was a nervous, little freshman on my first day of high school. I remember having only a small group of friends who I only saw sometimes on the weekend. Over my years here at Millbrook I have grown so much as a person. I was presented with many opportunities from the range of classes I could take, to the amount of extra curricular activities that I could get involved in. While I still consider myself shy (until you get to know me), my personality has become exactly what is supposed to be.
As high school comes to end, I would like to thank it for everything that it has taught and given to me. Yes, high school teaches you who your real friends are, but didn't you really know that all along? I am definitely grateful for meeting some of my super close friends here, but the biggest thing that I am grateful for is learning what I want to do with my future. If not for the endless number of science, math, and other core classes I wouldn't know that none of those are what I want to pursue in my life. If not for the art and sculpture classes that I took, I wouldn't know that I have a really big creative side, and that I am actually some what good at it. While I do think I found baking on my own, Millbrook made sure it was what I wanted to do.Even though just a few of my classes interested me, I loved and learned so much from the most amazing teachers there. My favorite part of any class is when the teacher would get off task and start telling stories or life lessons from when they were in high school. Those few moments when that happened, I learned more than I ever did in the whole class. I have met teachers who have given me endless amount of support, and have made me believe that I could and will accomplish my dreams if I work hard enough.
High school also brought me closer to my parents, through the tough times and the not so tough times. You here stories of high school usually making kids distance from their parents, but for me that was definitely not the case. As I went through my ups and downs I learned that my parents love me no matter what, and therefore I went to talk to them more and more about everything that was going on. It turns out my parents went through high school and could relate to a lot of what I was telling them.
While the list of what high school has taught me could go on and on, I would like to give a huge final thanks to Millbrook High School for helping shape me over the last four years. I can wait to see what the next four years (and beyond) hold for me and everyone that I have met along the way.
