Guthrie They say that your adolescent years are the most important in your life. These are the moments when we find out who we are and where we want to go in life. It is necessary to be able to look back on them through our memories so we can appreciate what made us who we are today.

I’m Brittany Guthrie, a rising freshman, and an aspiring writer. I have been honored with the opportunity to write as Junior Correspondent for The Gaffney Ledger. I will have an article featured on the “Head of the Class” page in each Monday edition. These articles will highlight activities and events relating to Gaffney High School. It is my job to be the eyes and ears of GHS, to keep you up to date and in the know.

Literature has been my passion for as long as I can remember. Even as a very young child, I was always wrapped up in story after story, so wrapped up, in fact, that my mom would have to guide me through stores due to my nose always being stuck in a book. Since then I have placed first not only in a Cherokee County Conservation essay competition, but also for the Lieutenant Governor’s Essay for my district. As well as having been published in numerous annuals for my poetry, I hope to major in English during college and go on to write novels for other young girls like myself.

Though I have not reached adulthood yet, I think I have a pretty clear view of how vital these next few years are. We will have relationships with others and then tell them goodbye, make decisions and make mistakes. We will find who we are by finding who we are not. And every second is one I want to be able to look back on and smile.

— Brittany Guthrie Junior Correspondent

The Gaffney Ledger