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TPS student Molly Clune:

 

How do graduations affect you?

 

The affect that graduations have on me are interesting.  I'm happy for the graduates, but, at the same time, I'm sad 'cause I'll probably not see them again for a long time.  None of my sibling's graduations have really affected me because only one has graduated so far, and that was when I was VERY little.  Oh yeah, and I love graduation cake.  'Specially the frosting!

 

What do you plan to do when you graduate?

 

When I graduate from high school there are a few options that I'd like to check out.  One is going to college and majoring in English.  If I did that, then eventually I would become an English teacher.  Another is Psychiatry.  I love working with people and sorting out their problems, since it helps me escape from my own. Helping people is something I do every day, so why not make money at it? The third option would be the Air Force.  I'm in Civil Air Patrol and consider this my most likely option so far.  The USAF offers many different things.  If I did join up with them, then I might go to Officer School, or regular boot camp.  I could use their college program and do one of the other two things, and get the best of both worlds as they say. 

 

Are any siblings of yours graduating

 

My brother, Cooper (17), will be graduating in two years, but no one this year.  After Cooper, it's my turn!  I'm afraid I'll have to wait another three years for that though.

 

TPS student Taylor Strube

 

How do graduations affect you?

 

Graduations affect me in that they remind me that one day, I will have to actually decide what I want to do with my life. For me, this is a scary decision, as I have many interests in a wide variety of things, and I fear if I choose one as my vocation, later I’ll wish I’d chosen another. As this is the case, often graduations leave me tense and nervous for my own Big Day and the career decision that will come knocking on my door before long.

 

What do you plan to do when you graduate?

 

When I graduate, I plan on having a small ceremony with my friends and family, but not a big, blow-out event. As a partial introvert, I don’t like being put on center-stage where I feel quite uncomfortable, so if I do celebrate my graduation with friends, it would definitely be a small gathering.

 

After I graduate from high school, I will probably attend a local community college to complete my core credits before finalizing my career decision and heading off to a more specialized college. Though I’m unsure as to a particular field of study, science has interested and intrigued me ever since I was a child, and from the informal personality tests I have taken, my personality is such that I would do well in such an objective and quantifiable setting that science could provide.

 

After I graduate, I think it would be awesome to take a road trip and go meet my Potter’s School teachers, who have all touched my life in so many ways. They’ve been an incredible influence in my life, both academically and personally, and I think it would be so meaningful to get to, at least once in my life, meet all these wonderful people.

 

Are any siblings of yours graduating?

 

My sister, a fellow Potter’s School student, AbigailS, is graduating after this semester comes to a close.

 

What are you doing to prepare for your future graduation?

 

Academically, I am finishing up the subjects I feel I need to cover in high school for my future graduation. In my family, we have no strict standards governing when we can graduate or how many courses we must take on such-and-such subjects; we pretty much follow our interests and let them lead us where they will. As I am interested in pursuing higher education in a scientific field of study, I am taking many of the science courses offered at the Potter’s School to give me a feel for the wide variety of science fields available.

 

Graduation, I believe, is a turning point in one’s life from a young woman or a young man to an adult. So, graduation involves much more than the successful completion of academic studies, though certainly this completion plays a deciding role in when and how we graduate. This turning point takes place when an individual shows him or herself competent to take on the responsibilities of an adult. Education does not necessarily impart responsibility or character in us. Instead, it is the journey we take through life and the things we must learn along the way that gives us responsibility, and so in becoming responsible and thereby showing our qualifications as an adult, we must gain experiences in the real world, and that means interacting with it in the workforce and in the community.

 

In preparing for my official turning point from a young man to an adult, then, I want to get a job, of whatever caliber, to prepare me for providing for myself and, someday, my wife and children, but also to interact with the real world and find my character tested and strengthened.

 

TPS student Kristen Schaab

 

How do graduations affect you?

 

To me, graduations are just showing everybody what you've spent all those years studying and working for. It's publicly saying with a big smile, "I did it!" I really enjoy seeing my older friends graduate high school and being able to rejoice with them. Graduation is a time in life when you can pause, reflect on what you've accomplished over the past years, and just be surrounded in the joy and peace that God gives.

 

What do you plan to do when you graduate?

 

When I graduate I can already say that there's gonna be a huge party. Graduating with my best friends will probably be one of the best times of my life. Celebrating this event side by side with my high school friends is something I wouldn't pass up for the world.

 

Are any siblings of yours graduating?

 

None of my siblings are graduating. In fact, the next person in my family to graduate will be me! I will be a junior this fall, so I'm only two more years away from the big day. The last person who graduated was my older brother, Derek, who is now 22 and a missionary in Japan. He didn't make a big deal out of his high school graduation, but he did for his college graduation. I was thrilled to attend his graduation from the University of Texas at Dallas and look up to my older brother as a hero academically.

 

What are you doing to prepare for your future graduation?

 

Right now, in preparation for my future graduation, I am focusing on what I want to do for college. I love children, and I love working with the hands and legs, so what I really would like to be is a pediatric occupational and physical therapist. Education isn't my strong point, but I know that if I am working for something I enjoy, everything will go smoothly. Graduating will be a lot of fun!

 

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