No Looking Back Thursday, May 13, 2010 By Faith Roberts [ArticleImageHyperLink] Advertising What would you think if life as you know it was on the brink of changing forever? How many regrets would you have? Would there be something you'd wish you had done when you had the chance? How many opportunities did you miss to tell someone something that could change things for them? What would you do differently, if only you were given the chance? Some of the students at Cameron High School are in the midst of this very scenario as they graduate. Along with all the extra homework, planning ahead, and the last of many usually routine high school activities, the seniors took time to reflect back on everything they've done or could have done in the past four years. But is there anything past the "excited to get out" facade?  "I'm really excited to graduate... But there's some people I'm really going to miss," said Senior Jamie Fitzwater. "I'm not looking back now, and I have no regrets. But there are some things that I know now that would have been nice to know a while back."  Sentimentalism aside, many seniors are graded on their reflections. In the senior-level Language class, students are assigned a senior book, in which they are told to include pages with titles such as "I Was There When..." or "What Was I Thinking?" "The Senior books are a good capstone project for the kids, and it keeps them busy up until the end of the year, which is really hard for them anyways," said Language Arts Teacher Derek Williams. "I'm normally pretty proud of how they turn out, and once the kids get into them, they end up being pretty proud of them too." Senior books are just one of many ways to get memories flowing. Many seniors take the time to remember certain high school experiences when they are presented with the last time they will be performing a high school activity, such as choir contest, or their last Cameron High School play. After each "last", cries of joy and jubilation can be heard amongst the tears of underclassmen who will be left behind by their older friends.  Every year, there is a graduation. And every year, senior students will be writing senior books, performing their last high school duties, and surprising their friends and teachers with what they've learned, and how they plan to apply it to their lives. Every year, without fail, there will be stories written in honor of those graduating, and all the hard work they've done. Simply put, no matter what the seniors did or didn't do during their time in high school, they are a big part of making the high school experience enjoyable. Many of them have touched our lives, and no matter where they go, they will be missed. In the words of Senior Jim Hallahan, "It's just graduation. We're still the same people, doing the same things. The only thing that's going to change is where we are."

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