out with the old, in with the new

So I'm really starting to miss my senior class. Since I went to such a small school, my class and I got the opportunity to really become like a close family. But now we have pretty much gone our own ways, which is really what graduation was all about. My classmates actually made me want to come to school every day. All day every day we would joke around with each other and find all kinds of things to do to pass the time away in school. We would play pranks on each other and even the teachers when they werent looking. Luckily most of our teachers were cool with it. I used to take my highschool years for granted, but now I realize they are what shaped me and helped me become the person I am today. Sure I may have been the class clown, but it felt good whenever I was absent and came back the next day how ppl would say they missed me and were glad I was back cuz I make their day amusing. I wasnt always that person though. I used to be so awkwardly shy that it made the people around me feel awkward. It was so embarrassing and kept me from making virtually any friends. Im glad that I went to a smaller school during my junior high and highschool years because it was a comfortable environment and I made some good friends that Im still friends with after 7 years. Now that im in college and in an unfamiliar and bigger environment, im going back to my shy ways. Many people mistake me for being stuck up, but its the exact opposite. My goal this year is to come out of my shell and hopefully make lots of new friends.