High school is all about falling off the horse and getting back on. It's all the falls and lessons learned that cause us to grow as people and help us discover our true character and the extent of our inner strength. During these four years, we were forced to face challenges unlike any we'd met before. Some were successes, others not, but all taught us lessons that will remain with us always. We've survived distractions, heartbreaks, disputes, tests of friendship, teachers, parents, exams and jobs to earn the right to graduate.
Graduation marks the end of an era, the end of a period in our lives.
We're done with the awkward adolescent phase, and it's time to complete our transition into adulthood. We leave the fantasy world of high school and embark into a world where we have true responsibility and a whole new level of problems and consequences, a world that no longer includes the safety net we call parents but instead the exhilarating and terrifying feeling of a free fall. We will enter uncharted territory with nothing but excitement and an incredible hunger for life to drive us forward with enthusiasm and ambition. School physicals at the center are free Saturday. On Saturday, Ocala Orthopedics Group and Strive Rehabilitation will provide free physicals to all Marion County high school athletes.