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Goodbye essay

By: Juanita Arcos 11b

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I really don't know what kind of feeling I am having at this moment because maybe I just need to sleep more. Anyway, I think I am a little bit in shock because I do not realize that this day is one of the last days that I will be sharing tables and classes with my classmates and friends.  It is true that it is a little bit sad, but I am also happy because I think it is the time to close a cycle that has just gotten to its end. 

After 14 years, it is not easy to say goodbye to what I called my second home for so long, that for 14 years in a row, welcomed me, taught me, and trained me to be an outstanding person in my future life. Santa Francisca Romana school guided me to who I am today, a woman full of values ​​and with a good heart. I remember that first day, nervous about starting a new path which is not long to come to an end. That first day when I had no idea what I could experience in the next few years of my life. The school will always be a pleasantly remembered stage, a stage that left a huge mark in my heart. That sense of belonging, that responsibility, and at the same time the affection that the teachers made us feel, that sisterhood among all the students of the school, that I am sure I will never find such a family-like community again. These are things that make me feel proud to say that I will always be a Pachita. 

First of all, I want to thank my entire promotion, which has always remained united, despite adversity, and without a doubt, we have a very strong bond of affection among all of us. I also want to thank my friends, for having created a relationship of friends that is so natural; without them my life as a Pachita would be nothing more than a simple and monotonous routine, and I am grateful for every laugh, every talk, every joke, because from those girls, I learned a lot. I learned to value what life really is about: loyalty. I learned what the word friendship really means, because we all treat each other like one more sister and each one knows that we can count on each other unconditionally because each one knows perfectly well that friendships like these are very few. 

Santa Francisca Romana helped me in my personal and social growth, it made me a more integral person, sure of my abilities and virtues, it taught me that it doesn't matter to be the best at what I do without first being a good person. Without a doubt, las Pachas has given me the most beautiful experiences of my life, marking my life in a way that I never imagined. This farewell fills me with nostalgia, seeing that the most beautiful cycle of all is coming to an end is not one of the most reassuring feelings that someone can have. Still, I am really happy to close this cycle in this school, because something that I am clear about is that when I face this new stage of my life, I will be so prepared and with exceptional foundations that have only been given to me here over the last 14 years. It makes me nervous and anxious to think that I will never have lunch in the school cafeteria again, greet the security and cleaning staff as friends, or simply go back to see my friends in classes, but these are things that have to happen and are part of life, not everything lasts forever. I take a part of the school with me, leaving behind but not forgotten, all those memories that marked my life as a Pachita, all those worries, joys, tears, laughter, victories, and defeats that, throughout these 14 years, have been writing a history.

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