The CHIEF May 2023

Senior Retrospective By: Caroline Paulson

High school has been such an interesting experience. It’s both a huge relief and a sad reality that I’m going to be leaving it behind. There are so many things I wish I had done, and so many I wish I hadn’t. I’ve only been writing for The Chief for less than a year, and it’s one of many things I wish I had gotten involved in sooner. I wish I would have done more in general, but I am happy with what I have. I have had some of the best, and some of the worst, experiences of my life. I’ve met people who have changed my life forever, for better or worse. It’s hard to really sum up such a conflicting, beautiful, important, and insane chunk of my life. It will be so strange to abandon this routine I’ve been building since I was 5 years old, and step out into the “real world.” We 2023 seniors had a pretty rough go at it these past few years, but, as we finally prepare ourselves for what comes next, I think we’ll all see just how well we’ve been prepared for it. To my fellow seniors, I wish you all the best of luck in whatever you’re doing after high school. To the current freshman through junior classes, I hope the rest of high school treats you well, and I hope you treat the incoming freshmen better than that. I’ll miss a lot about high school, but I’ll miss the friends I’ve made the most. I wish you all the best.