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Welcome to the future

For the first time since I've been in high school, I've actually felt kind of contented being there.

This week is exam week, and today I had three exams. They were each an hour apart, and since there were no classes or anything I was pretty much given permission to do whatever I liked during that time, although I had to stay in school grounds. And it actually felt pretty good; there was nobody yelling at me for being in a restricted area, or telling me where I had to go during break. I was free just to roam around doing whatever I like until it was time to do the next exam. If it wasn't for the exams, I might have actually enjoyed today.

If this is what life after school is going to be life (Working, but still having freedom to do what you like in your own time) then I'll be looking forward to it.
05-18-2010 09:26 PM
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Psychoqueen Wrote:If this is what life after school is going to be life (Working, but still having freedom to do what you like in your own time) then I'll be looking forward to it.
Maybe it will be, maybe it won't be. Noone can know for sure what their future will be.
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I know, But I want to have some hope. I've 2 and 1/2 years to go, and I just want to be able to believe that there is something better after all of this.
05-18-2010 09:50 PM
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Well, it wont be exactly like that. Some things will be different. You wont have to stay in the area at all.
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