Future plans

Teens explain what they want to pursue after graduation

Andrea Hall, Online Editor

“What do you plan on doing with your life?”

This is a question that high school students often hear.

For junior Destiny Biggers that question is met with levels of uncertainty

“I honestly don’t know exactly what I want to do yet,” Biggers said. “I still have another year to decide though, so I have some time.”

Joining [the air force] will give me time to figure our what I really want to do, and when I get out I will have help paying for college.

— junior Phillip Richardson

A few students  plan on serving in the military after high school.

“I would like to join the air force,” junior Phillip Richardson said. “Joining will give me time to figure out what I really want to do, and when I get out I will have help paying for college.”

Others, like junior J.P. Schneider, also want to join the military.

“Joining the military is the plan so far,” Schneider said. “I’ll be following in my family footsteps.”

While juniors have another year to decide, seniors are on the verge of the next chapter of their lives. For senior Bradley Anderson that thought alone is scary.

“I’m kind of scared,” Anderson said. “It’s all just happening so fast and you’re expected to just know.”

Unlike Anderson, senior Sierra Mooney has a plan.

“I am attending Texas A&M and majoring in mass communications,” Mooney said. “I am hoping to become a news anchor or reporter.”

Junior Audrey Schroeder wants to attend Texas Tech University and pursue a career in nursing.

“I have always wanted to do something medical,” Schroeder said. “My aunt is a nurse too, and she’s always telling me about it. It seems like something I would enjoy doing.”

Like Schroeder, sophomore Victoria Rater wants to be a nurse.

“I would like be able to play college softball while I am studying to be a registered nurse,” Rater said.

She is not the only student that wants to participate in college sports. Sophomore Blake Dunkel is hoping he can get a scholarship for rodeoing.

“Rodeoing is something I’ve done all my life,” Dunkel said, “and it’s something I want to continue doing for the rest of it.”