As I am about to graduate high school, I definitely think about where people will be in ten years. Who will be the powerful CEO of a major company, the famous athlete, the mom with 5 kids, the ones in jail, and even the ones who won't be around in ten years. It makes me think about the choices I made and make everyday. You make choices everyday, to get out of bed, to eat, to go to work or school. Some choices are as easy as 'Should I really eat that cookie?' and you can decide instantly. Or maybe rather you have a difficult choice to make that could affect the rest of your life 'Should I really be driving even though I know I have had something to drink?' 'Is this the right college for me?' 'Should I have sex even though there is a major risk involved?'. A simple decision you make one day could change the rest of your life.
I think it's really sad to watch the people at my school. Every Monday I hear "Man, did you go to that party?" "I got SO WASTED on Friday. I don't remember anything!" "I smoked so much this weekend."... and so on. I don't think some of them think about the consequences of their actions. What if, while they were getting hammered, they took their keys and drove. What if, while they were driving drunk, hit a mom with her two kids and killed them? Yeah, the person driving certainly didn't mean to hit them, but they made that stupid choice to drive under the influence. It's their choice.
Here's an 18 year old girl. Got a 33 on her ACT and got a full ride to one of the top schools in the country. She made the decision to have sex with her boyfriend, and guess what? She'e pregnant. That choice she made forever changed her life. Hey, I hope she has a great life, but I bet not a day goes by when she thinks about what would have happened if she has just said no. Choices.
Think about what you're doing. Everything will do will affect your life in some way, either in a small way or big way. Don't just do something because the cool kids or doing it, or because you know your parents despise it. Do things for yourself. Make choices based on where you want to be in ten years, or even tomorrow. You want to be the best person you can be.
And that one day when we you see that one person you had the biggest crush on in high school that you havent seen in 6 years, that didnt like you at the time for whatever reason and let them think "Wow look what I missed out on." Don't you want to look at yourself and know that you made your choices so you can be the best person you can be?
Think about it.
I agree that it is scary to think about all of these decisions...unfortunately you can only control your own decisions and those other people will have to figure things out on their own...I know I had to...I was one of the lucky ones that got out basically unharmed after making some really dumb decisions...but yeah I know what you mean...I've had friends die from the choices they made between suicide and drugs and alcohol...and I go to a school that a few years back had the highest rate of STD's in Indiana, and we have the highest teen pregnancy rate...it's really sad...
I find myself constantly thinking about my future as well as others. I hear so many stories of kids talking about getting drunk the night before and passing out, throwing up or whatever. I honestly don't understand it. They could be throwing away their future and i'm trying so hard to secure mine.
Having lost a friend and fellow student this year in a car accident just 5 months before he was supposed to graduate, I question my future everyday. Since his death that affected so many people at our school, in some ways I have seen so many changes and I have seen sides to people that I have never seen before. I expected others to change the same way I have when we lost him so tragically. In some ways, people have changed, but so many others continue to drink and live carelessly instead of taking everything life has to offer and making everything of it you possibly can.
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/ashshepherd16
looking around my school I can definitely relate...I've smelled weed walking through the school parking lot more time than I can count...I've seen guys selling and buying drugs in the middle of the hallway...and I've seen girls come to school with cups full of vodka and be wasted by second period (happy hour should not be 7:30 in the morning)...and I've known kids that will wear long sleeves in the middle of summer to hide the cuts on their arms...we've lost kids at our school every year for the last 5 or 6 years b/c of choices like these...and it is scary...
"Here's an 18 year old girl. Got a 33 on her ACT and got a full ride to one of the top schools in the country. She made the decision to have sex with her boyfriend, and guess what? She'e pregnant. That choice she made forever changed her life. Hey, I hope she has a great life, but I bet not a day goes by when she thinks about what would have happened if she has just said no. Choices."
I don't know if this a hypothetical situation or a real person you're talking about, but she can still go to college. There's no rule saying "no moms allowed." Besides, she also has the choice of abortion. And if there would be something to regret (she may be happy about her pregnancy), it would be the lack of birth control. As for her saying no, most couples who have sex decide so mutually, rather than the guy pressuring the girl into it.
definitely agreed on that one...a girl that has been my best friend for 4 years is now pregnant...and she couldn't be happier...and it actually was her getting pregnant that made her finally buckle down in school and decide to go to college so she could provide a good life for her baby...so this girl's life isn't completely destroyed...
but still...the fact that such a decision was make is disturbing b/c they should have thought more about the consequences.