Graduation

Graduation


     I can still remember it like yesterday.  It was June 6, 1994, the day of

my high school graduation.  This day is the single most important day of my life.

This day was so important to me because it was the first thing I had to work

really hard on to accomplish. For the first time in my life I felt as if I

really could succeed in something.  It helped to change my life.

     It started out like just another day but things would quickly change.  I

woke up at 7:00 a.m., which is extremely early by my standards, with

anticipation of the day I had been waiting for.  After sitting around for 3

hours I  made my way over to Ludlow High School.  The graduating class was to be

there for 10:00 a.m. to pick up our cap and gown. The principal, Mr. James

Cavallo, called out everyone’s name and proceeded to hand them their cap and

gown.  When he finally handed me my gown I quickly took it and sat to me admire

it.  Its funny how the simplest things can symbolize a whole new beginning.  I

sat and looked at this ugly maroon gown with this weird looking square hat.

     The ceremonies were to be held at the Mullins Center on the campus of

the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.  The ceremonies were to begin at

7:00p.m., yet  I had to be there at 6:00p.m..  When everyone arrived we

rehearsed on how we were  to walk in and where we were going to sit.  You could

the excitement in everyone’s eyes. No one could wait for the moment in which our

diplomas would be handed to us.  They lined us up by height with the boys to one

side and the girls to the other.  Each boy was paired up with 
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