Analysis Of The Song 'Good Riddance'

In the song “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” there are lyrics that read, “Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go. So make the best of this test and don’t ask why. It’s not a question, but a lesson learned in time. It’s something unpredictable, but in the end is right, I hope you had the time of your life.” These lyrics are absolutely right. Time metaphorically grabs people by the wrist and does not let go until the journey of life is over. In my case, this time is the years I have spent in high school. Also, high school has been the time of my life thus far.. Even though high school held some of the worst times, it also held the best. For instance, I have finished some of the hardest assignments inside the classrooms that make up Mandan High School. Specifically, my junior year of high school I sat in Mrs. Saur’s class and she handed out a packet as thick as a brick. When I read the top of the paper my eyes met my doom called a literary analysis. This was the paper that past juniors have talked about and dreaded their junior year, and I was now acquainted with the paper that would make or break …show more content…
Because we lost our game the previous night, we all knew what kind of practice we were in for, and it was not a fun one. First, we had to do a drill that involved each of us individually bumping the volleyball in the air and bumping it again so we were passing to ourselves for one minute. While this seemed like an easy drill, it was not so easy for all nine players on the sophomore team. Also, every time a ball hit the ground we had to do six sprints the width of the volleyball court. We ended up doing this all practice until, in the last five minutes, we successfully completed the drill. Even though it was an awful practice it really taught us how to encourage each other and become closer which resulted in us taking third at our