Prom and Graduation
November 6, 2011
Last year’s seniors line up for their graduation procession. Graduation should have happened in June, but was delayed because of WAEC scoring… or something.
Last weekend we had the Junior-Senior prom at school and all the kids wanted to dance with me, swarming and grabbing at me. It sounds sketchy, and it was, but most of it was in good fun.
Graduation for last year’s seniors was later that weekend so K and I put on lappa suits and trekked to campus again. The ceremony was cute, but my speech was small awkward with my cracking voice. I’m excited for next year when it will be my kids. I’ll almost certainly cry.
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- Proud families gather in their finest clothes.
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- And, of course, there has to be some shouting
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- Since I’m the 12th grade sponsor they asked me to award some diplomas. I ruined all their pictures by smiling. Sorry yeah…
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- Krista got in on the action too. Surprise!
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- Excited families run to collect their new graduates. They’ll sing and chant, surrounding them and escorting them home for the party.
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- They got her!
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- Krista was bluffin’ in her fine lappa suit.
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- Our principal sits with his daughter, Mercy, and observes the whole ceremony like a proud father.
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- They’re next! Some of my 12th grade ‘boys’ gather after the program.
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- I tried to return to my seat after calling the principal to come so we could start, but my students trapped me inside their dance party.
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- We played the ‘paper game’ for at least an hour. My name was put in the mix and in the middle of a bite of bitterball soup I heard, “Ms. RB, please come dance with George Karway!” He’s my prefect and the captain of the quizzing team. That wasn’t rigged at all… LOVE IT.
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- Prom date 2011!
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life magnanimous 
right, I know I should say something about the graduation and prom, but instead I feel compelled to say how much I’m loving your lapas.