Graduation Day

[Diane CBPFC]

Thank you all. 

Evan is known as a SHY, serious guy at school. When they were each called down to get their tassel flipped and pick up their diploma their “last will and testament” was read. Most of them were serious such as: “in ten years I would like to have a family and be a hairdresser”, some of them related to their super heroes (Iron Man was popular) Evan’s started off serious when it was read out that "Evan most associates with Martin Luther King" ...but then it went on.."to when he penned the phrase “Free at last, free at last, thank god almighty, we’re free at last”. Well, this got the biggest laugh of the whole event. It was nice to see him up there with a little smile on his face. 

[The Peepmaster]

I'm a bit more grizzled now, but still worth a squeeze, I reckon.

Only if one is actually able to get their hands round your neck.

[Joan]

Congratulations to Evan on graduating.  He's a fine young man, Diane, no wonder you're so proud.

I didn't really graduate from high school.  I went to an all girls boarding school and couldn't wait to get out of there, so as soon as I had enough Highers in the equivalent of Year 11, I was out of there.  We did have a school dance, held in the school hall. They put benches across the stairs to the art room so that nobody could nip up there for a quick snog, or worse. Afterwards, the boarders and their partners were invited to one of the boarding houses for drinks with the housemistress - we were given about 5 minutes to get there - and she drove the girls back to the other boarding house.

[Diane CBPFC]

I too hated school Joan - hardly went very much always dodging home. I did manage to get eight "O" levels somehow though.

I can't imagine a boarding school - I was close to my parent who had me late in life. It wouldn't be so bad if you just stayed over Monday through Thursday I suppose - but in the movies it seems the kids get dropped off for months.

Do you still have friends from those days?

[Joan]

Don't get me started, Diane!  Boarding schools are not as bad these days, but ours was a place of petty rules.  My mother even had to write to the headmistress to ask permission to take me out for the weekend!  The good thing was that, yes, I do still have friends, two particularly close ones who live in the UK.  I see one of them every time I go back and keep in touch with the other and saw her last time I was there - she lives in London.

[Diane CBPFC]

I would imagine that the atmophere would make for some close friendships as you survived together away from home.