Class of 2019: What We Fear
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The Prairie Ridge seniors (’19) spelled out their fears in an online survey in April.
Seniors answered an online survey in April to finish this sentence: “My fear about the future is …”
How unclear it is! – Abby Klimkowski
Failing to follow through with what I have planned for myself. – Abigail Hoffman
Not doing well in college and/or struggling to pay loans (if I have to take one out) – Adnan Noorullah
My biggest fear is procrastinating as much as I did in high school. – Adrian Kochmanski
Making new friends and establishing a new and comfortable community. and not getting lost!! – Ally Akerberg
Being completely self sufficient and self reliant. It’s the independence I’m excited for, but I’m also afraid of failing! – Amber Johnson
Getting stuck in America – Ashley Roberts
Not surviving through college level music theory. – Bailey Schneyr
Food – Bella Levitan
Knowing what I want to do – Brennen Briske
Not pushing myself hard enough – Brooke Faron
Not succeeding – Caitlin Pieroni
College – Calvin Pesina
Being alone – Camille Drain
Not being able to make it on my own in college. – Cassie Beadell
The unknown. I don’t wanna leave everyone behind. I don’t like change so it’s just not knowing what’s next and new for me, but at the same time I’m very excited. – Cassie Cassano
Fear of failure, for example, failure in college classes or college running – Chloe Gale
Doubting the choices I will make to better myself and the career path I choose. – Colette Reiche
Losing time to have music be a part of my life and also disappointing my parents. – Colleen Schneider
Being unhappy – Cora Knochel
T-series beating Pewdiepie – Dan Rykowski
College – Drake Regenhardt
Losing my personality in a world full of pessimists. – Drew Gende
WW3 – Dylan Steinkamp
Not making enough money to support myself… – Emily Kouzios
Choosing the right major – Erik Podlasek
Living on my own – Ethan Munk
Not making it – Evan Bennett
Not knowing what I want to do. – Gavin Jones
The uncertainty – Grant Jensen
The moment we can’t reverse all the damage done to the earth – Halie Collins
That I won’t be happy with the life I have. I also have big dreams, and I don’t want to give up on them. – Hannah Szubski
Not enjoying my job. – Hunter Fredrick
That I won’t do well in college – Isaac Wolfinsohn
Choosing the wrong major and being stuck not having qualifications for a Job. – Isabella Dimitriou
Not graduating college – Jace Sparks
How I’m going to get to where I want to go – Jaclyn Martino
Nothing. I’m not afraid of what the future holds. God has a plan for me! – Jared Arkell
No fears. God has a plan for me! – Jared Arkell
Not achieving my goals or (somehow) growing to hate my major. – Jared Greiner
Missing my friends – Jarred Tabor
Still living with my parents when I’m 40… – Jen Briske
Failing – Jered Marrs
Not knowing what exactly is gonna happen. – Jessica Angeles
If I’m going to be happy in my future job – Jessica Bilodeau
Not being able to put in an IV or draw blood (I want to be a Nurse) – Jillian Shorten
Losing connection between all my high school friends – Jordan Driver
Ending up in a career that I’m not happy in – Kaleigh Doroba
Not being happy with whatever I am doing – Karly Statter
Being a failure at my career and not making friends in college. – Maddi Carey
Being stuck at a job I hate and feeling like my education and money has been wasted. Also never finding a husband and never getting married. – Maddy Kim
Failing – Madi Sostarich
It turning out to be something different than what i’ve planned out ahead of time. – Madie Bentsen
Losing touch with my current friends – Maggie Popovich
The risk of losing the friendships I have made during my time here – Matt Burseth
Finding a good job in the field I want to get into. – Matt Sinchak
Where I will be in 5 years – Max Kauffman
Not being successful – Mel Hahn
No fears yet. Fear is fake. If you have the correct mindset, you’ll be good. – Michael Frachalla
Finding my place and being so far from my family. – Morgan Taylor
Not knowing where my classes are going to be – Mya Parochelli
Ending up a hobo – Nathan Ryskulov
Moving away to college. Being home for so long now, it will definitely be a challenging experience to leave home and head to college which I will call home for the next 4 years. – Nick Gutowsky
The difficulty of college classes – Nikki Anderson
Not succeeding – Noah Smeja
Not getting a good job – Olivia Annen
Getting sick – Owen Hirschey
Not seeing some of the people who made my high school years actually enjoyable. – Peter Blanchard
Losing connection with the friends I have now. – Ross Relic
Sneezing while I’m driving and getting into a car crash. – Sera Trigo
Not putting myself out there as much as I should – Sophia Pascente
Bills – Steel Blew
Having any regrets – Sylvia Hensley
The ocean – Tim Cook
Not succeeding on my career path – Trevor Feucht
Artificial Intelligence – Victoria Trax
That I’ll look back into my yearbook, and find all my passed friends struggling to make a living. I could never wish that upon anyone. – Zach Alexander
Moving out/ bills – Zach Gregorio