Had a great coffee with a senior student this weekend and the coffee was ok but the conversation was amazing. I love senior year and all that comes with it. I love doing high school ministry with students and getting to watch the journey from awkward teenager who rides a bike and has no idea how to cook or even order a pizza for themselves, to young adults pondering life and what God has for them in the next chapter of life. With this one student the conversation was about college and how much I was encouraging/ threatening him that he needs to tackle the mountain of college as soon as possible and treasure the adventure of college and then plan out whatever other adventures he might have.
Such adventures include but are not limited to: living in a van, first tattoo, and a year in Africa… all of those can wait till your 22 but get college done so you’re not 23 and still have 15 units of community college left. Joel McHale won’t be there to make Spanish class any easier. I also was encouraging him to get into a 4 year college if he can because I know that community college can be rough and crush the dreams of many a great high school student.
It’s just fun to talk about future stuff and to know that that future is only months away and not a freshmen answering the question of “what do you want to be when you grow up?” with a shoulder shrug and a blank stare. The senior year is an amazing time and I cherish getting to make some memories with graduating seniors every year.
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