My Senior Quote by Emily
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My Senior Quote by Emily - November 2018 Scholarship Essay
After four years of high school, your senior quote is a way to leave one final lasting effect on your school. There are so many options for picking a quote. You could use a funny one or a serious one. A bible verse or song lyrics. But whatever you choose should be a reflection of your personality and journey throughout the four years of schooling. For me I would want my senior quote to be personal. I would want it to make people stop and think. My current high school does not do senior quotes in its yearbook. However, if I were to pick a senior quote it would have to be “It will all be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.” This quote by John Lennon resonates strongly with me and has for a long time.
As a high school senior who has struggled with depression and anxiety for the better part of her teenage years,I was in therapy. A year or so after stopping therapy I found myself in a mental rut. I was not making any progress regarding my mental health and emotional state. I started to feel like it was the end of my recovery and that there was nothing left for me to do. That the way I was feeling would be how I would always feel and there was no way to beat it. Nothing for me to look forward to. This quote was introduced to me by a friend in an attempt to get me to see the brighter side of my less than sunny situation. I wrote it on my little chalkboard in my room and looked at it every day to remind myself that it was not the end of my progress and I still would improve my mental health.
It was a constant reminder that I was just beginning and my depression/anxiety would not get the best of me. It helped me think of the little things I could do to make myself happier. I would pick this quote so other people could see it. I know there are many people who are in my same situation and seeing that quote could help them like it helped me. Even for somebody who isn’t suffering from depression, it would still be a comforting bit of encouragement or reminder of good things yet to come. I want my last impression on my school to be a positive one. I would choose to share that part of my with my classmates.