Maggie McGuinness, an ordinary student facing her last year as a Mustang, looks back on the past few years at McCracken County High School.
Things have changed a lot for McGuinness. In her years as a part of MCHS, she has changed quite a bit. Many of her friends from freshman year have graduated already, she has grown her hair out, gotten her license, and a job. School for her, too, has changed.
According to McGuinness, “Freshman year we did not have any metal detectors or any of this high end security stuff… I’d say freshman year was probably my most fun year… and they have just locked us down.”
As she heads toward graduation herself, she is excited and hopeful for the coming years of going to Paducah’s own West Kentucky Community and Technical College and entering adulthood. However, she will miss taking her little brother, Will, to school every morning and seeing her favorite teachers.
McGuinness also has a bit of advice to give to up-and-coming students: “Don’t stress yourself out about knowing, for sure, what you’re going to do in the future, because anything can change at any time.”
McGuinness’s journey gives insight into the past years of high school for many of her peers. In recent memory, there has been a push for schools to be safer and to have more regulations when it comes to the personal items of students, namely phones, leading to students feeling more and more restricted as more rules are set in place
