Student Predictions for the Future

There will be no fish left in the sea in 50 years. - Greta Schultz, senior

While our world may be getting more technical and smart, there won't be enough people to take action about global warming and pollution to stop it from killing our Earth. - Hailey Baffico, 9

We are going to have to find another planet to live on. - Lily, freshman

Climate change will likely become irreversible and kill the population sometime in the next 100 years. - Nick Mahon, sophomore

Covid-19 will become a normal part of life in the next 10 years (like the flu or a cold). - Emma Keeble, freshman

We will have to keep wearing masks in public in America for at least another year. - Ivy Schafer, junior

Covid-19 protocols will never fully go away. - Jack H., junior

We will be fully in-person by the time school starts this fall. - Emily Fink, sophomore

Snow days won’t exist anymore because teachers can just assign work remotely. - Eleni Rappa, freshman

One day in the future, virtual reality technology will be so advanced that people will practically live inside a virtual world (like in "Ready Player One"). - Kaitlin Gowens, senior

No-phone vacations/cafes/restaurants will be famous because of excessive technological innovations.  - Zeel Shukla, senior

In 20 years, there’ll be people living on Mars. - Aditi Nair, freshman

The Cats bring home another state championship in the next 5 years. - Matt Stokovic, senior

Republicans will retake the House of Representatives and Raphael Warnock will lose his U.S. Senate seat in 2022. - Christopher Hanagan, junior

The Seattle Mariners will make the playoffs by 2025 for the first time since 2001. - Matthew Ramaker, sophomore

Heelys will make a huge comeback. - Charlie Freund, sophomore

Most colleges will go test-optional permanently in the next few years. - Jack Distenfield, junior

TikTok won’t exist in three years - Reagan Acosta, freshman

In the next couple of decades people will no longer want to read hard-copy books. Everything you can read will be on electronics. - Maggie Forkner, sophomore

Gas-powered vehicles will no longer be sold within the next 20 years - Aamir Tanveer, junior

It will only take car companies 20 years until we are able to have flying cars. - Andrew Douthat, senior

Solar energy cars will be the most commonplace vehicles in the world. - Wren Rojas, senior

People will no longer need to know how to drive in 20 years. - Luis Correa, junior