Buckets to Buckets - Charlie Blondell

1. For my time here at Henry Clay, I've wanted only to experience high school the way I thought it should be experienced, and so far, I've accomplished this. From the dozens of football and basketball games (routing in the student section), to the Halloween parties and Seniors' dances. The social aspect has been crazy, exciting. It's also helped me mature much as an individual. The academics have clearly taught me that you need to work for what you want. I'd say there isn't much that being a Blue Devil hasn't shown me. I've done my work here for the most part. The last item on my high school bucket list is to pull off the most memorable senior prank in the history of HC. Of course I can't ruin the surprise; just realize it will be one for the books.

2. College will be the best 4-however many years of my life. I know that it will be my time to actually find myself and seek to prepare my physical and mental self for the outside world. "Not everyone is as friendly as us," quoted from Rex, a character from the best movie of all time, Holes. It will be a time of innovation and initiative for myself and colleagues, hopefully of whom some will be life-long friends. The major things I wish to do in college include playing Frisbee every day, becoming a better musician and possibly song writer, participating in every fraternity activity available, befriending multiple people from all over the nation/world, studying abroad for an unspecific amount of time, and finding out every possible thing to do on campus/in the city I'm studying in. My number one goal, however, is of course to find an area of research or intellect that will keep me interested, busy, and successful for my family.

3. Life after high school is hard to fully imagine. Life after college IS unimaginable. I still don't know what I will major in, even less than that a full dedication to attend a certain university. The area in which I go to school will have a huge impact where I will live after, regardless to say that coming back home is always an option, welcomed with open arms by the people of this community. Will I even stay stateside? Perhaps somewhere in Europe? East Asia? Canada? Any one of these places could be a possibility as to my desire to explore the world and discover the traditions and secrets of varying cultures around Earth. I think the man thing on my list to accomplish before I kick the bucket is to be as informed about or planet and the people on it as humanly possible. There's a drive deep within my posterior cortex to be informed, to be aware. Traveling and experiencing as much as I can will provide for this need. With this knowledge/openness, I hope to not only confine it in my brain and soul, but use it to make an actual difference in the world, through my career OR something even grander.