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Graduation — 55er

Posted on May 22nd, 2004 by Sacha Chua

The valedictorian choked back tears several times during her speech.
The keynote speaker drawled on with great seriousness. My co-teachers
grudgingly paid me for correctly predicting both trite
templates—”graduation is not the end, but the beginning” and “hard
work pays”, respectively. As students fidgeted, waiting for their
turn, I yawned and opened my book.

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