Commentary: End of year wrap-up

Before I say anything, I should say that writing this post is hard.  Not hard because of all the memories and nostalgia, but just actually putting into words how I feel about my time both in high school, as well as my time at Fresno Christian is hard and awkward.  It feels like the mental version of writing with your left hand. And theres still so much to do.

Currently I still have finals then the school play (come watch us preform Hello Dolly at 7pm on the 17th of May. General admission is $7 and students is 5) and senior trip so I guess it feels premature. Well, I guess thats enough stalling.

I have attended Fresno Christian for 11 and a half years. I missed 6th grade and half of my junior year. In this time I have gotten to know a great many people incredibly well. While my friend group does not include many people from my class, the people who it does include are some of the sweetest most loving, caring and most genuinely wonderful people that I have ever had the great pleasure of knowing. These people watched me grow up, both physically and mentally and most of them have stood by me as my friend for years and I can never thank them enough for that.

If I were to have any kind of advice for the upcoming class, it is that when you find your friends, never let them go. I have made mistakes in the past and I have hurt some of my friends and those friends have drifted away from me. I regret these things everyday and I wholeheartedly wish I could take some of the things I’ve said back. But I can’t and I will have to live with that for my entire life.

I have been a part of The Feather 3 years now. I’ve gotten to know Stobbe and his weird quirks quite well and I have to say that I have come to appreciate him a great deal as a mentor. He has guided this class and the classes before through some bad times and into something of a golden age for The Feather and there will never be a way to thank him enough for everything he has done for us. In these few years, I have been one of the first to successfully run a gaming blog for The Feather. A few people tried to start similar things before me to no avail and I am immensely proud of how far I have come as both a writer, and a person thanks to the amazing opportunity that The Feather offers.

All in all, going through Fresno Christian has been a learning experience. Now that I write that I realize that its sort of a redundant statement as I am talking about a high school. However I don’t mean it in an academic sense. I have, thanks to the 11 and a half years spent with these people, learned about myself and my friends to an absurd degree. I know these people so well– admittedly there’s a few people in my class who I honestly couldn’t tell you the name of, but the people I know, I know incredibly well.

For a final note, I wanted to say that I appreciate all the work that our teachers do for us. I know at times I may not seem exactly grateful for all of them but I really do have an enormous amount of respect for them. They have done some truly amazing and fascinating things with us and I really appreciate them all for how much they have helped us over the years.

Andrew plans on moving to Oregon and pursuing a career in the maritime industry.

For more from me, see my last blog on the latest Call of Duty announcement.