JagWire seniors impart final words of wisdom

Throughout our time in high school we are constantly fed this idea that these years will fly by us and that it is important to cherish each moment we have. However, this advice has become a cliche and is increasingly becoming overlooked and undervalued. As my four years at Mill Valley come to a closing, I find myself wishing that I had understood the truth that this cliche held. From freshman to jun...

We often find ourselves in situations where we feel we don’t belong. Especially in high school, finding yourself makes the years go by quicker because you become so wrapped up in other people’s opinions of yourself, changing yourself based on others perceptions of how you should be is not something that works in the long run. Since the first day of freshman year I found myself longing to feel ...

I was the personification of 14 going on 41 my freshman year when I attended my first party. No, this was not a party with alcohol and drugs but the environment provided a contrast stark enough to shock me into avoiding anything fun in fear of getting into trouble and losing focus of what was important to me. At the time, I saw high school as the only chance I had to prove what I was capable of...

Throughout high school, I have taken many honors and AP classes. While I feel that these classes were beneficial and taught me how to study and work effectively, looking back I wish I would have put more thought into which AP classes I took. My mindset for deciding which classes I took usually consisted of what I thought would be easiest or what my friends were taking, rather than what I had genuine...

While I think I managed to avoid most of the dreaded “senioritis” that can come with the last year of high school, I have still felt the burnout. This past Fall, I took my first of two mental health days during my time in high school, at my parents’ recommendation. I was stressing myself out to the point that I was starting to make myself actually sick. I had stayed up far too late for several...

In reflecting on my experiences and journey through high school the last four years, I realized that I have been able to grow and develop as a person through all of the relationships that I have built, maintained, and, sometimes, have ended. All relationships change over time, but especially so during these formative years. Friendships can come and go as fast as the changing seasons and it is impo...

One obstacle that so many people face during their high school career is procrastination. There always seems to be a lingering assignment, paper or chore to be done, and never enough time to actually do it. School and extracurriculars take up an incredible amount of time, yet sometimes the easiest choice seems to be putting off your work. This procrastination habit is something that I’ve been deali...

Phones can be hazardous to your high school career. So many times I have found myself sitting in my room at midnight or after scrolling through my phone while I still had a pile of work to do. I started turning in assignments late junior year because I thought that snapping people back at one in the morning was worth me failing classes. I had to get out of this mentality senior year when I started...