Hillary Slaughter

The end of the school year is fast approaching and between homework, classes and year-end exams, it can feel like there isn't time for anything else.

So how do Top of Utah teens spend those few precious moments of free time?

For Danielle Wall, a senior at Morgan High School, those moments are full of activities, her favorite being scuba diving.

"My friends and I thought it would be fun and one day we just decided to do it, so we went and got certified, and ever since we go whenever we have free time," Wall says.

Becoming certified takes hard work, but Wall fi

You sit down and pull out your notebook, turning to face the front of class. How could biology get any better? You get to sit next to your best friend and your biology teacher not only makes sense, but also makes things entertaining.

But what happens when the stress sets in? How do you continue to look on the bright side? Although some people look at the new school year positively, other students see some downsides.

We all have a favorite vacation, a time and place that, if we could, we'd return to in a heartbeat. But what makes a vacation special? What distinguishes between a favorite vacation and just a boring overnighter at a hotel?

Life throws at us many unexpected obstacles, things we never plan for. Things we doubt we can handle or that we would gladly avoid at all costs, but unfortunately we can't. Life doesn't work that way.