26 Jan 2020

If you’re in Year 12, you’re in for a year of lasts. You’re gonna do so many things this year for the last ever time and a lot of the time you probably won’t even realise it’s happening.

That’s why we’re posting this list now - so ya don't miss a final moment all bloody year long and ya get to celebrate as many pointless things as possible. Who doesn't like an excuse to celebrate!?

Group study sesh’s

Remember that time ya convinced your parents you’d be more productive if they let you invite all ya mates over to study in a group? How wrong they were to believe you.

Class parties

“I’m bringing fairy bread.”

“Shotty soft drinks!”

“Who’s bringing the Doritos?” “Make sure you only get mild salsa!”

School carnivals

How good is getting a whole day to dress up in your house colours with all ya mates and cheer each other on?! Me coming dead last in the 100m freestyle was basically an annual event by the time I finished Year 12.

Handing in your last assignment

There may actually be no better feeling in the world than this one. Better yet, if you go on to do further study at uni or TAFE then you get to experience this sensation all over again. Bring on the freedom!

Excursions

Sure, you might do the odd excursion at uni, but they’re never the same as at school. Never again will you all cram onto the same bus, teachers sitting up the front, backseat bandits taking up the rear, mayhem inevitable. Cherish these moments.

That “perfect week” of study at the start of the year

It’s like a new year’s resolution. You tell yourself you’re gonna be epic at taking notes and for the first week of the year, you are. Then week 2 comes along and your notebook magically reverts back to its usual state of mess.

The first time you write ‘2020’ instead of ‘2019’

Satisfying as anything, especially if you accidentally wrote ‘2019’ the first couple of times you tried.

Bludging in PDHPE

How good’s standing in a circle with your mates and in the middle of the oval and chatting, while the five sporty people in the class actually try and all the while the teacher is trying hopelessly to get the rest of you to join in. Not happening.

Canteen food

You may whinge and moan about it now, but trust me, you’re gonna miss your school canteen. I used to get a chicken tender, put that inside a buttered roll, then put the two of them inside a garlic roll. It remains the closest I’ve ever come to heaven.

School buses

Once school is out, you won’t be getting your own school’s bus to and from school. Nope, you’re gonna have to share it with the public. And if that’s not scary enough, imagine this – you’ll have to pay to catch the bus, too!

Doing nothing in class when there’s a sub

Oh, how powerless they are.

Last ever summer holidays

I know a lot of adults who would do anything to have the whole summer off, responsibility-free, to just hang out with their mates and do whatever they feel like.

Please, PLEASE, treasure your school holidays, and make the most of every moment (even if lying around watching Netflix all day is your dream day – do it!)

Wearing a school uniform

They feel like the most restrictive, unstylish, prison-like thing at the time, but school uniforms are actually that good. Once you leave school, you suddenly have to start thinking about how you should dress and using valuable brainpower trying to decide on outfits every day.

If it were up to me, I’d just wear a school uniform for the rest of my life.

Final exam

Don’t savour your final exam. Smash that thing and never look back.

But the moment you finish, take a second to reflect. When it’s pens down and you know you’ll never have to lift another finger for your Year 12 teachers again. When you can immediately forget everything you just crammed into your head and let go of all the stress that comes with high school. Savour that moment.

School assemblies

Another thing that seems like a bore…And they are. I don’t remember anything good about them to be honest, but you’ll never have one again, so savour them anyway.

Last report

Teachers come up with the most creative ways of saying bad things about you but making them sound nice.

“Has potential.”

“Needs improvement.”

“Sometimes too enthusiastic.”

Parent/teacher nights

Never again at uni or at work are your lecturers/bosses gonna sit you down with your rents and provide you with such honest feedback.

This could be good or bad, depending whether you’re the type of student whose teachers praise them, or the type who tends to get grounded for a month after every parent teacher night.

School camp

CHERISH school camps. SAVOUR them.

Singing stupid songs, doing high ropes courses, kayaking through some obscure river. Having a disco on the last night. Staying up super late at night and trying not to get caught by the teachers. Trying to make damper and dropping it all into the fire.

 

In all honesty, you may feel like rushing through this year but take our advice and try take note of all the 'last' moments and the memories you will look back on and laugh or smile.