https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24 Final Messages en-us 2019-12-11 02:36:33 UTC 2020-05-15 14:23:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575197657 The key to facing an end is to recognize what is actually ending. Most endings are not absolute and thus allow for interaction after. My time at GS may be coming to an end but that is not the end, the community will remain and so will my desire to come back.]]> 2020-05-15 14:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575197657 https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575198148 I think this year is especially hard because it does not give us seniors the closure that we had anticipated. People often don't respond well to change, especially when it's not anticipated. For me, I'm in the process of adapting and coming to terms with the fact that this is the closure that I will receive. It's not easy, but I'm getting there.]]> 2020-05-15 14:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575198148 https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575198437 I'm trying not to focus on how this year is ending, and instead all that brought me here. In a lot of ways, this all feels like one big circle; I'm back where I started. But Remembering all that has happened and how I've grown encourages me for the possibility of the future. It's difficult to find closure after all I have been through at this school, and I hope to some day find it. Now please leave me to read in peace ]]> 2020-05-15 14:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575198437 https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575199277 I meet endings as a summary and an introduction. ]]> 2020-05-15 14:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575199277 https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575199404 I think the largest obstacles many of us have/are/will face is coming to terms with what could've been due to this pandemic and how all our goodbyes are not what we hoped for them to be. Then again, are goodbyes ever what we hope for them to be? I think dwelling on the fact that our experiences didn't end the way we would've liked them too is not a good allotment of time, rather, we should appreciate the fact that we believed our journey deserved a special ending. ]]> 2020-05-15 14:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575199404 https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575199492 *renegade*]]> 2020-05-15 14:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575199492 https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575199699 I hope that eventually I will end up where I started. Freshman year was definitely the happiest I've been and I hope to return to that sense of happiness as I continue learning more about myself and others around me. I feel like having such a small class really made me understand everyone who was here. I will miss this class, but I am happy I got the experience of learning TOK!]]> 2020-05-15 14:18:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575199699 stockhammes https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575199946 I think the key to endings is that it is always a beginning for something new. I think it really helps to cherish the old memories but also look forward to making new ones so you aren't stuck to the past. ]]> 2020-05-15 14:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575199946 https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575200082 While this year has been hectic in many ways, I think that we will be able to focus on the large takeaways despite the difference in how this year played out compared to others. All we can do is to look forward to the next year.]]> 2020-05-15 14:18:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575200082 rampew https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575200141 I try to use endings to celebrate how much I've grown from all the experiences. This unique ending lacked levels of anticipated connection but gave us new opportunities.]]> 2020-05-15 14:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575200141 https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575200143 Ending my high school year is a new beginning for me to encounter new challenges and adapt to a new environment and system.]]> 2020-05-15 14:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575200143 https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575200199 I haven't quite processed the ending of this school year/the ending of high school. As such, all of these goodbyes have not hit me emotionally yet (if that makes any sense). it is certainly odd ending high school like this (everything online)- it makes it kind of less emotional (at least for me).
 I am excited to start college but I will miss this chapter of life. 

Good luck in the future everyone! Wish you all the best : )]]> 2020-05-15 14:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575200199 https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575200914 I'm disappointed with the way this school year had to end, but I am glad with where I ended off at the end of term 2 and was able to experience everything before that. ]]> 2020-05-15 14:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575200914 https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575201231 This week I have been reflecting on my past and on my time in high school and there are so many once forgotten memories coming back to life now and I encourage you all to take the time and just remember. Maybe you will find something you once have forgotten. :))]]> 2020-05-15 14:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575201231 https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575203497 It’s been amazing to have the special reflective collective reflection our class had but now it’s time to continue the cycle and allow new people to find themselves in these meaningful discussions ]]> 2020-05-15 14:19:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575203497 https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575205555 I think this ending had to be the biggest plot twist that I have ever actually experienced, and it honestly feels like a fictional story. Through everything I’ve learned more about myself and those around me. I think with this ending I’ll probably stay connected with the younger students at GS since I didn’t get a formal goodbye. Someone said that GS class of 2020 would be the seniors who never left. And even though we are moving on, I really think that c/o 2020 has a special bond.]]> 2020-05-15 14:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575205555 https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575209715 High school is a trip. There is meaning in this!]]> 2020-05-15 14:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mlostracco/yz9yr5m9os24/wish/575209715