The CHIEF January 2020

Resolution to Graduate By: Madison McDormand

Welcome to the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020! The semester is drawing to a close, and whether it flew by or dragged on, this is the halfway mark of the 2019 - 2020 school year. To address the majority of the student body: prepare for your upcoming year(s) here at Pontiac Township High School. These four years will be influential and memorable to say the least. I warn you, there will be hardships and beauty to come; you will experience failure, success, and other variables. Nothing comes easy, so work for your grades, for your future and make your life everything you want it to be. Dream big and don’t let anyone tell you to stop. All the greatest things in the world were once a dream. trade school, join the military, etcetera. I am here to remind you that you can be an unstoppable force for good if you put the work in. It is never too late to try something new, so apply for your dream school. I know the world beyond high school may seem scary or even far away, but people have done this for years and they lived to tell the tale. Keep your head held high and your expectations higher; this world is what we choose to make it. I do not promise changing the world will be easy because people are often stubborn and set in their ways, but yet I promise you can do it. Become the best version of yourself, whatever that means to you. No one has the power to decide what you will do besides you. Today, I challenge you, for every nine times you fall down and think you can’t get back up, pick yourself up ten times and leave the world to question how you did it. Always remember if you can dream it, you can do it. Now, to address my fellow graduating class of 2020: our time at PTHS is drawing to a close. Soon, most of us will part ways, and we will rush the workforce, go to college, attend