GRADUATION

haven't posted on this in a while, forgot it even existed. i appreciate jerry my history teacher for hooking us up with this website. you can tell he puts a lot of time & effort into what & how he teaches his class. those teachers are one of a kind. every teacher @ my school is a one of a kind. im truly going to miss them all, past & present. they don't know the severity of the impact they've had on our lives as teachers, wisdom givers, & 2nd parents. its hard thinking about that stuff during the day when our heads are so wrapped around our work & where we want to be at that we forget to think about the small things. adi, azabel, dave, miguel, miguel g, ms nambo, ale, kasia, jerry, bobby, liz, rashida, rick, monica, melanie, gio, jerica, sara, jonah, ms reed, tlaloc, robert, caro, tomas, everybody i forgot to name i love you. i truly love you all for the simple fact that you taught us not to look at the things we love doing as jobs, or permanent fixtures, but passions, ever growing talents that we can one day eventually get paid for. i love you all for contributing to the counter-narrative against society that teachers are old farts who teach us what to think and not how, i love you all for treating us like your own children & always trying to make sure we improve ourselves even when you guys ain't all there yourselves, i love you all for allowing us to enter your lives & cause confusion in it from time to time but eventually loving us back to our true selves, for sharing your energies with us. the feeling i get from finally graduating is very overwhelming in the sense that i have to grasp reality, the reality that im no longer a high schooler. i dont even have to go to school for the rest of my life after this if i dont want to, legally. im a fish, a fish in a big pond with 98 other different fishes with different talents & one big corrupt blowfish trying to swallow us whole. i think of life as one big fight, one big struggle that requires endless training. my thoughts go for end on end in this...