As we are on the cusp of a new chapter in our lives, it is crucial to reflect on what we have learned about ourselves and each other.As students, we often question the relevancy of what we were learning. “There goes another day of not using y=mx+b,” or “This book makes absolutely zero sense.” Yet, without even realizing, everything we’ve learned has shaped us in its own way. The equations and literature we studied have supplied us with growth.
For example, S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, which most of us read in middle school. Ponyboy Curtus and his Greaser gang experience a lifestyle far away from the privileged socs. Ponyboy, Johnny, Sodapop, Dally, Darry, Steve, and Two-Bit endured strength from their tight knit community. There are parallels between The Outsiders and Trillium. Our school's small nature has given us friends just playing infected on the playground to bonds comparable to family. We’ve laughed, partied, and, like others, had our disagreements and arguments. Yet, we’ve stood by each other through thick and thin, like the characters in The Outsiders.…show more content… Although I’m not exactly fond of its ending, Shakespeare managed to build intricate characters in this work of art. Throughout the play, Prince Hamlet struggles with a major dilemma: seek revenge, or let nature take its course, after the murder of his father. Hamlet’s issue of proceeding with revenge or not, echoes our decisions now. Senior year was a vortex in itself of important choices. We, seventeen and eighteen-year-olds, are supposed to outline the next five or so years of our lives. How do we know that who we are today is who we’re going to be later? As staff has repeatedly told us, we don’t. Hamlet stresses uncertainty, and that is
