I'm both excited and scared. Since year 7, I've gone from being one of the new kids who didn't come from the original public school that everyone else went to, to becoming labelled as a bit of a nerd and sticking to my own little social group, to finally speaking up and interacting with the rest of my year group, becoming school captain/president of the SRC, and am still one of "the smart kids" (or rather, a hard worker) (unlike a lot of the other kids who were also in Gifted and Talented who basically decided to just chill out and act "cool"), for which I'm very proud of myself for, since I didn't change myself to fit in. I now have no problem walking up on assembly and grabbing the microphone to speak, in contrast to how fearful I was in year 7 when we had to make our first speeches. I know I wouldn't be the same if I had gone to another school. I'm going to miss all the friends I've made, and even a number of my teachers who have inspired time after time.