No I’m not an idiot, I meant to spell the title incorrectly. It’s a pun!! Friday June 19th 2009, the senior class of 2009 at Greenwich High School graduated. For the first time in nearly a month it didn’t rain, and our 4 hour ceremony outside was under a blistering sun, and an uncomfortable humidity. Guys in red, girls in white, and teachers wore black. Two valedictorians and four salutatorians, the class president, vice-president, and treasurer all made speeches. Most of us the graduates probably were not paying attention to the majority of the speeches, since some people (including myself) had blown up beach balls and were passing them around. There were plenty of bubbles floating around as well which were entertaining. So now we’re no longer High School Seniors, but College Freshman. Whoa big change!!
A weird thing that’s happened to me during my education is that at every school I’ve attended when I graduate the headmaster/principal retires. Happened at Cos Cob School (Mr. Butera), Central Middle School (Dr. Bulger) and now Greenwich High School (Alan Capasso (yes he allows me to call him Alan!)). I guess my grade just exhausts them to the point where they cannot take it any longer.
I apologize for my absence. I had to return to school last week to confirm my eligibility for graduation, hence the large absence of posts. But I’ve returned ready to continue the blog, and excited that we’ll be ready to move it into a new site soon. The extensions/subdomains of the Admerasia site are nearly ready to be finalized, and when it is, the blog will be included.
Grad was awesome …. but long. The funny part of the rain was that the day after graduation, it started to rain again. So in month time span the only time it didn't rain was for GHS Graduation. Luck? Fate? Smile from the gods?
The after-grad party was great. There was this moon bounce-gladiator area where you stood on an island, facing your opponent, and had to knock him/her off his/her island. Your only weapon was a blow-up cylinder … and your strength. It was awesome!