I Can't Seem To Let You Go

1| Camila Cabello✔

It took thirteen beaches to find one empty

But finally, I'm fine

Past Ventura, and lenses plenty

In the white sunshine

But you still can find me

If you ask nicely

Underneath the pines

With the daisies, feeling hazy

In the ballroom of my mind

Across the county line.

- Lana Del Rey.

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Thank you so much, Mom and Dad.

That is the only thought that has been revolving around my mind ever since the grounds of the academy came into view. It actually seems really huge, even from here, I can see the outside walls of it stretching all the way across the horizon. According to what I've read online, Miami's International Music Academy is one of the most prestigious high schools in all of America. It teaches a really special curriculum, which is actually the best in the country, as I've read. A lot of amazing people have graduated from here; singers, musicians, songwriters, actors, authors, directors, you name it. They were here.

This school hasn't really been around for that long; only about eighteen years, really, but it has managed to become a very big name in such a short time. I heard that a lot of important people in the country, and even around the world, have their kids attending here, which only makes me more nervous, because I'll be in the presence of sons and daughters of scholars and politicians and other extremely important people. I mean, my dad is someone important around the country and around the world as well, but it's still pretty overwhelming to be around such people almost all the time now.

The main four pathways that this academy provides are music, drama, literature, and art, I made sure to tick the music box on my application form. It's something that I've been passionate about from a really young age, so I was pretty ecstatic when I received my acceptance letter. If you look at it from an angle, MIMA is actually a lot like the Juilliard school in New York, curriculum-wise and a lot of other things as well, only Juilliard is a college, while MIMA is a high school.

However, though, they do teach other subjects here as well, such as math, biology, social studies etc. According to what I've read on their website, they feel that their students should receive their full education concerning all walks of life, because it's going to help them later on when it comes to college and whatever is after, and I think that makes a lot of sense - even though I'm pretty sure the real reason for this is that they're legally required to teach other subjects here. Other than providing all subjects necessary for students to graduate, they also have a lot of other activities as well. They were all listed down on their website within the school program for this year, but I didn't see them all since there were a lot of other important things I needed to check out first. This school is actually a lot more interesting than I thought, at least more than any school I've ever attended.