<p>fellow 2012ers, i’m nervous too. prom night, which was the saturday before my orientation, is when it sunk in. i realized that after june 25, i wont be around the same people. they’re gonna move on too, and i most likely wont see my best friends but a time or two a year at most. it’s a tough pill to swallow, almost like a big marble, but those guys are right. the friendships are gonna be brand new and stronger because we’ll be sharing a similar future. we’ll be put through the same tough situations and help each other through them. so it may seem one-sided and unfair now, but down the road it’ll be okay and it’s necessary. our high school friends will still be life-long friends, and so will academy friends. there’ll just be a different kind of friendship with those you meet at the academy. or at least that’s how i see it</p>