As time passes
As I strolled through the high school and middle school buildings today with Superintendent O’Sullivan I seemed to get caught up in my personal memories. Being a graduate of Norwich I walked the same halls, ate in the same cafeteria and even saw a locker that used to be mine. I have only been out of school for five years but somehow when I walked inside the building it felt much longer. There have been small changes, additions and overall the place even smells the same it did five years ago. Many of the same teachers are there and it was nice to be able to walk in there and show them one of their students, someone they could take credit for, was doing something worth while. I am sure out of my graduating class (as well as others) they are filled with people doing amazing things but, who I am and the way I struggled in high school it truly felt good to be where I was today. As I walked the halls all I kept thinking was “If I had known what I know now when I was here I would have tried harder, participated more and overall had been more involved. Time goes by entirely too quickly. Here I am only five years later with my own family and career that I worked my @&#% off for. Done with college, paying bills, raising children and trying my best to do something worth while. Who knew? Who knew this is what happened after high school?? It’s not as glamorous as you may think when you are 16 years old walking down the hollow halls of high school is it?
