Oh The Places You Will Go Analysis

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When I first heard the poem “Oh the Places you will go” by Dr. Seuss, I thought it was just meant for children. However, after carefully listening to the words, I began to realize that it fit the journey of my senior year in high school. I have had exceptional experiences and ordinary experiences this year. The poem says “ You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction any direction you choose. Your own your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go.” This fits me because you can always steer yourself in the right direction if you get off path, you are in charge of your life and you can choose where you will end up in the end. To truly understand what my …show more content…

These are not necessarily physical places, but they are mental and emotional places. Mentally I have been focused and unfocused this year. Understanding that I have been focused is important because it will help me in the long run to reach the goals that I want to achieve in life. This year i have also been unfocused due to some things. I was in an awful relationship, a relationship I thought I couldn't get out of that took everything out of me and made me feel like nothing and made me unfocused, and undetermined. After a year of being in that relationship I had enough and I broke up with him, I never wanted to hurt him but also i needed to think about me and where I wanted to go in life. Ever since that day I have been focused and determined to get better grades and to graduate high school and attend college and further my …show more content…

People would tell me “Senior year is amazing, you get to do all these things, and that it is completely different than any other year that you have been in at Amory High School.” You know when your a freshman and a sophmore you may think that is how it's gonna go you think that you will be invisible, but when in reality its different. I would be lying if I said that Senior year hasn't been the best year out of my four years here. It's the same though the only difference is that you have different teachers and every once in a while a new kid comes just trying to make it through just like you. I will miss high school, but this year has taught me so much and has made me realize that I am ready for college and that I am wanting to venture out into the big world. I envy teachers, you all have a talent that not so many people can have in a lifetime, and you change lives every day, sometimes without even knowing it. I couldn't ever be able to express my gratitude to my teachers that have taught me from kindergarten to senior

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