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On June 8th, 2000, I graduated from Community High School. It was a very special day, and I was happy to have been able to be a part of such a terrific school. The people I graduated with were very talented individuals who have a lot to offer the world. Somehow I got through the speech I had written the night before, despite shaking a little onstage. Maybe I'll post it here later. I listened to the musical performances and watched the video montage with pictures of my class as young kids, thinking about how much my school had meant to me. My family was there to show their support--my mom, my dad, my big brother Chris, my stepmom, my cousin Helen, my brother Rollee, and my stepfather Paul. It was a great night, and I still can't believe that I'm a freshman. As with everything at Community, the commencement ceremonies are a little less formal than most :) Each graduate is given thirty seconds to speak, and we have no valedictorian. So you never know what people will say up there. This means that the performance is three hours or so, and throughout the evening people make you laugh and want to cry, and I love it. Our graduation was wonderful. You could really see how much we care about our teachers by the way we gave them standing ovations, how much we care about our friends by all the clapping and cheering that went on. What an experience.
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Only a little over a week later, my mom got married! Her family and friends gathered around her to celebrate her union with Paul in a Buddhist wedding ceremony, followed by a dinner reception downstairs at Cobblestone Farm. Everyone said they had never seen her look so happy--she fairly glowed. We had the throwing of the bridal bouquet, the first dance of the newlyweds, and then most of us got out on the dance floor and had a great time. I even made a toast! (Even if I did mention that this wasn't her first wedding.) I was glad to see all of her friends there. She and Paul left for their week-long honeymoon in Maui soon afterward... they may be sunning themselves on the beach as I write this. |
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So now that I'm no longer in high school, many people have asked me where I'm going to school. Well, I will be attending Grinnell College in the fall, located in southeast-central Iowa. There's not much there besides a really good small liberal arts college-- maybe a Pizza Hut, a couple mechanics, a church... But I think I'll have fun. I see it as a sign that everything that happens in that town is sponsored by the college, and no one will be running off on the weekend to a nearby big city--they'll be there to play with. It's strange to think of living with the people I go to school with, having a roommate... It will also be challenging, and I'll have to teach myself to have good study habits. I hope I can. I have to be out there by August 19, which only gives me two months to say goodbye to Ann Arbor. Starting this fall, I'll be going to school in the Midwest, surrounded by rippling gold wheat fields and corn for miles around. I can't wait. |
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My plans for the summer are as follows: go on a roadtrip with my big brother across Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas; spend a few days with him in Boulder, Colorado, maybe do some hiking in Rocky Mtn. National Park; celebrate Independence Day with my family in the traditional way, watching fireworks on the beach at our family cottage; go for a week to my dad and stepmom's place spending some peaceful quality time with them; perhaps stay another week up on the lake, maybe with friends; and somewhere in the middle of it pack all my things into boxes and decide what goes where. Then it's off to college to learn new and interesting things! As Calvin and Hobbes say, "The days are just packed!" |
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