By the end of 2017, my high-school years had come to a finish. After countless nights of studying I had reached my first significant milestone, graduating as the valedictorian of Pascal English School Limassol with an average grade of 99.6/100.

Having been given the floor for a speech, I left my fellow students with a message to follow their dreams, explore the world and come talk to me about it in 10 years time. An era had come to an end for us, but a new one would soon begin.