Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Class of 2018. 4 years, 700 days, and 5,600 hours later, it is now time to walk across the stage and grab a diploma to start the rest of life’s journey.
For four years, over 200 students have shared a classroom at Hastings Senior High school. However, now it’s time to take a step into reality, a step into what parents call “the real world.”
Many students at Hastings Senior High attend Nebraska universities. The University of Nebraska at Lincoln is by far one of the most popular out of the three.
“I really like the size of how it’s big and I’d be able to like meet a whole bunch of new people. And a lot of people who go to UNL really like it. And I really love the town of Lincoln,” senior Emily Beave said.
Morgan Long, also a senior at HHS, will be attending another Nebraska university as well.
“I really like The University of Nebraska at Kearney. I’m ready to leave Hastings but still want to be close to home,” Long said.
   Unlike many seniors, Long has her entire college career planned out. Not only does she want to join new clubs, she already knows what she wants to study.
   “I plan on joining a sorority because it looks like a fun way to meet new people. I also will be studying speech pathology,” Long said.
   Another senior who knows exactly what she’d like to do is senior Daisy Mohler who plans on attending the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
   “I will be going to UNO. I’m going to double major in graphic design and business. I might also do an emphasis in pre-law,” Mohler said.
   With bright futures, all three are following a different path and have different goals.
   “Hopefully [I’m] successful and not living on the street. I don’t really have a particular job that I want to have in 10 years,” Beave said.
   “In 10 years, I’d hope to be a speech pathologist and be able to go home to my family,” Long said.
  “Hmm, in 10 years I want to own a coffee shop that also sells my own art,” Mohler said.
   Now all they have to do is wait around for May so they can grab their high school diploma and be on their way to the “real world”.
   “It’s so weird to think that the people we’ve been going to school with forever are like thinking what they’re going to do for the rest of their lives,” Beave said.
