When my parents reminisce over moments long, long ago, they always mention how they feel it had happened just the day before. I’d always assumed that was a hyperbole. But now, I think back to one of the final days of 10th grade, and it truly feels like yesterday.
Time passes even as I type these words. Time passes as I worry about time passing. Time passes as I ponder what to do about time passing.
Never giving up is an idea that is culturally reinforced in music, movies, and our education system. But I’m here to tell you that giving up is great.
Through my desire to have an exciting plot, I have met amazing people who never make my life boring. I’ve faced challenges in my “plot” that tested my limits, but they ultimately helped me experience the world.
My target was McGuinn 121. Yet, as I raced past Gasson, my eardrums filled with the striking reverberations of Gasson Tower’s four brass bells: Ignatius, Xavier, Gonzaga, and Berchmans.
“I recognized how lucky I am to be a college student, who has the freedom to take classes that interest me, to personally allocate my time, and to focus on my own growth as an individual.”
“Every time I talk to my grandpa on the phone, he asks me how many extra hours I could use that day.”
Goodbyes are always hard, and one never really gets used to saying them.
“I want my hand to ache not because I am trying to desperately replicate what society tells me is important, but because I am passionate about writing my own life story.”
Angela Ards is bringing her experience as a seasoned journalist to a popular English course, and is working on building a journalism minor for BC students.
