What I Learned My Junior Year By: Cristen Mahoney From the day I entered high school it was constantly drilled into my head that junior year will be the hardest year of high school ever and that I better be prepared for all of the stress that I will endure. During my freshman and sophomore years I did very well academically and I truly believed that it wouldn’t get harder than this, but the phrase still continued: “Just wait until junior year.” Now that I’m into my senior year, I’ve realized that yes, junior year is easily one of the hardest most stressful years I have ever gone through, but it was also the year I learned the most about myself. First, I’ve learned to never take as it says more about them than it does about you. I’ve also learned that an assignment for school is never worth crying over because it probably won’t matter in five years. The majority of what you do at this very moment will most likely not dictate where you go in life in the next five years as you will change and grow as a human being. Lastly I’ve learned to never give up. Had I given up, my GPA would be lacking and I wouldn’t be the happiest version of myself. Although junior year has probably been the most difficult year thus far, it has without a doubt made me a much stronger person because of it.
The Domination of Girls Soccer
By Chris Pearsons OA girls Soccer is off to a great start with a record of 7-3. They are led by captains Abby Reardon and Emily Freeman. Although sadly Emily can’t play she’s still vocal from the sidelines, encouraging them on. The team is full of great players who are working well together on and […]
Songs for All Occasions
Most of us these days pick up our phones and listen to Spotify or something similar when we’re doing pretty much anything, whether we’re on the way to somewhere or just studying at home. Even though I don’t have specific playlists for these situations, I seem to always know exactly what songs to listen to […]
Weekly Sports Update
Girls Soccer: 7 Wins, 2 Losses. The girls continue to roll over the competition with ease, adding 2 more wins to their season last week. They were able to top Attleboro as well as Taunton in impressive showings by the whole team. This week they take on Mansfield (Monday), Mildford (Wednesday), and Foxboro (Friday), which […]
Let’s Talk About the Future
Want to hear a fun fact? Everybody is nervous about the future. Okay… So maybe it isn’t that fun, but it is a fact nonetheless. The future is ambiguous and mysterious; not a single person on earth can guarantee where they will be ten years from today. All we know for certain is that there […]
Now Streaming: Matt Campbell
My name is Bret Silverman, and I am a sophomore here at OA. One of my passions is good music, and I’ve found that many other people enjoy a good song as well. So, my time task for the Olivian is to find out what people at OA are streaming — music, video, movies – […]