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Kevin Helfers

Mrs. Inverno

English 401H

21 April 2020

Last Lecture

As my highschool career nears its end and I move onto the next chapter in my life, I have begun

to look back on the times I had in highschool and information presented for me to inquire about. I have

gone through the highs, and the lows and everything in between. A conclusion I have come to is that out

of my four years that I spent within the realm of Foothills, I acquired a lot of information. Most of it is

information that will never be relevant to me again, such as what caused the fall of Rome and why

Constantinople got changed to Istanbul. But the knowledge that I will take with me as I begin to navigate

life was not learned out of a book, but out of the actions of my teachers. I have gone to five different

schools in my life, and of these, Foothills has molded me the best into becoming the man of God I strive

to become. I have learned the power of hard work and how it will help out in the long run. Not only in the

classroom but on the field as well have I learned its purpose. Freshman year, I had virtually no idea what I

was doing on the football field, but through hard work, perseverance and stupendous coaching I was a

starter my junior and senior year. This is something I will definitely take with me as I go on and play

sports in college. I will work harder than the people around me. That is a mentality that I will never

change. Through Mr. Deyling’s class, I have learned a lot of lessons about life that I would not have

learned otherwise. One being that dating in highschool is pointless. I never truly understood what a

massive truth it was until I finally decided to look at it from the outside and use reasoning. It is pointless

because at this age, you are most likely not going to be dating for marriage but for pleasure and for what

feels good now. You are dating to break up essentially. And when you are dating to break up, it will

transfer over to your marriage as well. This will end up with commitment issues and will lead to more
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divorces. Now this lesson is something I will leave with those who are to come after me. Trust God

through everything. I have never been let down by God, nobody has. He is a kind and loving God who

asks very little of us. We are to do as he wishes and do all we do for His glory, and through all things,

trust in him. If he was able to split the red sea and create the world as we know it, why would he not help

you out with the troubles that face you. These problems, though seem massive and unpassible, are tiny

compared to the love God has for us. Trust Him and he will deliver you from any and everything!