I go to an International School in Switzerland (I’m half Canadian). In three weeks, it will all be over. The school was close to my house, there were nice teachers, frees, and school went from 8:30-4. I will really miss some people and the overall high school “life”. I even had tears in my eyes at our last assembly (today). And I’m a boy. Everyone else was smiling. I KNOW it will never become better than this, even if it was not at all perfect; I liked it.
Boys have feelings, too, you know. Your life is long, and full of wonderful things ahead. It WILL be better, or at least as good, as this again. Even so, it’s normal to be sad when great things end. Go ahead and be sad, but enjoy keeping in touch – make plans now, to do so, eh?
How can you be half Canadian?
It’s okay to be sad. If you assume nothing will ever be better it won’t be, but it you expect great things wherever you end up, you might just find things just get better and better with every new opportunity.
“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
– Dr. Seuss
If you liked high school, you’ll LOVE college! It only gets better 
in reality, it get better or worse. so good luck
Your feelings are normal … Change is hard. It’s great you had such a wonderful experience in high school. Keep in touch with people–that will help ease the transition.
It’s totally normal to be sad. I and a lot of other parents shed a few tears at our children’s Senior Tea, an event that celebrates their time at the school, and we weren’t even the ones who had attended! Like you, my children were fortunate to have been at such a caring school. But you can be sure that you have many, many more good years ahead of you, even if you can’t see them yet. Your school did its job in teaching you well, and now you are ready for the next good thing. You know nothing about your future because no one can, but you can be sure that you are prepared for it.
Sometimes people are sad and don’t show it. And sometimes, people aren’t sad because they don’t realize that they’ll miss where they are. Feeling sadness at a farewell is normal.
You have had a wonderful opportunity to be part of a community. That community will be a part of you for the rest of your life – you’ll still have your friends even if your lives are different… You also know what makes a good place good and have the ability to contribute that to whatever environment you’re in. Embrace the fact that you can be grateful, even if it makes you a little sad.
It is 100% ok to be sad that an enjoyable part of your life has ended. Please don’t judge yourself harshly. Allow yourself to feel whatever you feel. Remember all of the good times will be part of you forever. Now you have an opportunity to experience a new adventure. You will be creating new memories and new experiences that will probably be just as fantastic as your old ones.
Thanks, man. Appreciate your comment.
My mom’s Canadian, my dad is Swiss.
It’s a hard transition. But in a few years you’ll have your own house so it won’t be so bad.
I think I cried for about three days during and after my college graduation (couldn’t care less about high school). Things will never be the same, and all those people will never be in the same room again. But if you sit around miserable for the rest of your life wishing you were back in high school, you will never be able to move forward. It’s okay to be sad but at some point it becomes pathological. Hopefully in a few months you will have moved on.
When you get to college, give it time. It’s a rough few months. But you’ll find your niche.
You have another 60+ years on this Earth; are you really convinced that it won’t get better than high school? I mean, I’m not gonna lie, going to school in Switzerland sounds dope, but college could very well (and will likely) be even better - a lot of people relish in the freedom that comes with young adulthood and the college experience.
Don’t knock college 'til you try it.
Do you have post high school plans? If yes, get involved in accepted students day, visit, find every opportunity to meet other incoming students, join clubs etc. Use your improving HS experience to move ahead. With todays technology it is much easier to stay connected with your HS friends, Skype them, visit them etc. Also look forward to meeting new friends/experiences as well. Good luck to you in your future plans.
This is a true thing- anytime you move forward in life: move house, move job, move age group. And in some ways you wouldn’t want it not to be true! And yet, it is the nature of living, growing things to keep growing, which is why…
is a choice- and not a good one.
You have posted 5 threads on this topic, so you are obviously feeling this very deeply. It’s ok to marinate in this for a little time, as you go through all the end-of-school rituals. These rituals are an important part of the process: they are designed to be the culmination of a journey, to give the ones who are finishing and leaving a sense of achievement and completion. So you do it completely and then you turn your face forward.
Do you have a post-graduation adventure or holiday organized with your closest friends? If so enjoy it- and then start focusing on what’s coming. I’m assuming most of you are going on to 3rd level- as @jcort1 says, there are a lot of ways to stay connected and still move forward. One of my D’s graduating class has a fb page set up, and as they started arriving at their various colleges and universities they posted pictures of their new rooms. They share coincidences, tell each other about opportunities, crash in each others rooms when they are in town. Now they are coming up to college graduation and sharing their post-graduation plans, figuring out whose going to be living in the same cities, etc.
BUT: this is in addition to making new friends and a new life and most of them are going to be as sorry to leave their college life (where, btw, there is a lot more free time than in HS, and a lot less free time than in the work world) as they were their high school life.
There’s no need to fight yourself: be sad for what is finishing, be happy for all of the good parts, and look forward to what’s coming next.
I go to an International School in Switzerland (I’m half Canadian). In three weeks, it will all be over. The school was close to my house, there were nice teachers, frees, and school went from 8:30-4. I will really miss some people and the overall high school “life”. I even had tears in my eyes at our last assembly (today). And I’m a boy. Everyone else was smiling. I KNOW it will never become better than this, even if it was not at all perfect; I liked it.