Olivia’s Outlook

Olivia Decker, Former Editor-in-Chief

As my time in high school is coming to an end, it seems as though everybody around me is expressing their never-ending sadness about leaving high school and moving on to the next chapter in their lives.

As for me, there are a few things that I’ll miss, but my stress surrounding studying for Advanced Placement tests paired mixed with senioritis is so bad at this point that I literally want nothing more than to sleep for seven years straight and forget everything about this god-forsaken place, but I digress. By the time you’re reading this my AP tests are long gone and I’m probably focusing all of my energy on using as little brain power as possible, so I’ll stop rambling and get to the sappy stuff now.

I definitely have problems with certain things about South, but academics-wise I truly don’t think that I could’ve asked for a better high school to attend. All of the teachers that I’ve had over the past few years are so dedicated to their jobs and do everything they can to ensure that their students have what they need to succeed. There are so many opportunities here at South for Dual Credit and AP classes, and I feel extremely lucky to attend a high school that prepares me for higher education so effectively.

The past three years in newspaper have been awesome, and I know that next year will be successful under the leadership of Editor-in-Chief Colton Robertson and Assistant Editor-in-Chief Delaney Jackson. No matter how many vegan jokes have been made about me over the past two years, next year at college I know that I will miss being in class every day with some of the best people I’ve ever met.

And oddly enough, I’ll miss all of the people who read our newspaper every single month and complain endlessly about how The Jag is “too liberal” instead of submitting a Letter to the Editor (because that would require effort, obviously). You guys made this year interesting and I’m really going to miss having to recite the definition of “editorial” multiple times on the days that we publish. I would also like to give a shout out to my sister Avery, who yells at me on a weekly basis because people choose to take their anger out on her for the columns that I wrote. She’s okay I guess.

All joking aside, South has been great, and I’m excited to see what the next chapter of my life has in store. My advice for any sophomores reading this is to remember to focus on being the best version of yourself that you can be, and don’t think too much about how others perceive you. Once you graduate, you probably won’t see 95% of these people ever again, so don’t stress too much over what people think. Just focus on growing as a person and by the time you are ready to leave, you will feel prepared to take on the rest of your life.