Some students recently received letters that had been written by themselves from the eighth grade.

Students that had Ms. Mary Riley their eighth-grade year were promised that they would get their letter during their senior year.

Here are five seniors that wish to share their letter with you.

Shelby Wiley

What was it like to read the letter you wrote to yourself?

“It was bittersweet looking back at the beginning of my high school journey, as it is coming to a close.”

What was the most surprising thing the letter said?

“That I wanted to graduate at the top of the class, and now I am.”

Was there anything mentioned in the letter that you have achieved yet?

“Other than being on of the top of my class,”Wiley said. “I also partially gotten over my fear of speaking in front of a large group. The rest of my letter talked about things I wanted my family members to achieve.”

Alexis Gregory

What was it like to read the letter you wrote to yourself?

“It was weird because it felt like I was talking to myself.”

What was the most surprising thing the letter said?

“I was very mean and aggressive towards myself. I assume that I really wanted myself to better myself.”

Was there anything mentioned in the letter that you have achieved yet?

“No, I didn’t have many goals for myself,” Gregory said. “It was mostly about friends, family and personal issues. But it was nice to read it.”

Breeanna Rosenbum

What was it like to read the letter you wrote to yourself?

“It reminded me how much I’ve changed since eighth grade,” Rosenbum said. “Also, that I had to keep up with everything in eight grade. Now my perspective on society has changed. It was funny to realize how much I have changed. ”

What was the most surprising thing the letter said?

“Well, I had written ‘#YOLO’ in the letter, so probably that,” Rosenbum said. “I don’t even talk like that any more. ”

Was therer anything mentioned in the letter that you have achieved yet?

“I said I wanted good grades and a nice car. And I have good grades and a Jeep, so I consider that accomplished.”

Nick Niles

What was it like to read the letter you wrote to yourself?

“I was more at a loss for words,” Niles said. “I thought that I would write more about myself. It was kind of shallow and vague.”

What was the most surprising thing the letter said?

“That I have the same attitude as I did back then, a positive attitude. Little things matter, especially now in high school.”

Was there anything mentioned in the letter that you achieved?

“No, not really,” Niles said. “I sold myself short when it came to goals. But as I came to high school, I realized that my goals changed.”

Michael Dilleha

What was it like to read the letter you wrote to yourself?

“It was really shocking just to see what I wrote in the eighth grade for myself in high school,” Dilleha said.

What was the most surprising thing the letter said?

“I think the most surprising was that I wanted to play all four years of varsity sports, which I didn’t end up doing.”

Was there anything mentioned in the letter that you achieved?

“Yeah, I wanted to better myself as a student,” Dilleha said.”I did increase my grades and became a better student.”