Germany

A big year is coming up. I'm leaving again to go to my other home, Germany. There is a lot I'm leaving, but also a lot I'm going back to. The obvious negative of leaving my dad, and the positive of going to my mom, but there is a lot more than that. I've always been a different kid. I don't fit in completely to the teenage society of today. And I really don't want to. There seems to be a lot kids are missing. Perhaps I'm sounding like a stuck up teenager saying I'm different than the rest, but i really hope I am. I am constantly told that not a whole lot of kids would go to Germany, and take an opportunity like this. I just can't seem to understand why. The water might be cold at first, but you will get used to it. It might be hard for some to venture out to places they don't know, but how would you ever meet new people, or enjoy new things? If you constantly turn back when it becomes painful, you may never get to receive the benefits of what might have happened. John would runaway from the waves whenever they got too close because he was afraid of getting wet, and he didn't want to leave his comfort zone. But I feel differently. I will go all the way out to the waves. You can't tell what will happen until you do it yourself. Germany isn't completely a stranger to me, but cut me a little slack. I'm still going to a whole new school, lots of my friends have left, and i will have to rebuild a new foundation. It's definitely not an easy task, but it is worth it. I'm not caught up in the high school life. If I skip a year at Hastings, no big deal. I have heard that to some, high school is a high point in their life, and they have to have everything perfect. I agree 100 percent, but in a different way. The opportunities for me are once in a lifetime, and I am at the perfect age to enjoy them. To waste that would be just plain wrong. High school probably will be a high point in my life. Not because I was in the popular group, not because i was homecoming king, and not because i was the captain of the football team. Those things probably will not happen. Instead of striding to fit in, and be what kids my age like, I am just going to do what I like. That is the best way to make my high school years count. So in all honesty... Yes, I do want to go to Germany.