Summer blues
Summer is just around the corner, and for the first time in my life, I’m a little sad that the school year is ending.
This might largely be due to the fact that next year I will be a junior, a year that is notorious for being the hardest year in high school. Probably once the year has started I’ll think it’s not as bad as I thought it would be, but all the same, right now the apprehension is great.
But I have another reason making me wish the year wasn’t over. Two of my classmates will be leaving at the end of the year, and the chances that I will keep in touch with them are very slim.
I’m a terrible correspondent, and since I don’t have IM or a Facebook page, my only methods of communication are e-mail and the telephone, neither of which can replace the face-to-face conversations we have had during the past two years. I’ve never been able to talk well on the phone because I can never seem to think of anything to say, and e-mails feel a little too impersonal.
I’ve had a few friends move away before, and now I’ve completely lost touch with them. In fact I’ve even lost touch with a friend who lives right across the street. If I can’t do that then how can I maintain a long-distance friendship?
But maybe I’ve changed. After all, technology has changed since I was little, so perhaps now I’ll be able to keep in touch with the people who are leaving. Nonetheless, it’s a bittersweet moment.
— Avanti Chajed