Today was the "Senior Send-off" at School. It is a really cute tradition. The members of the senior class stand before the whole school. Name, college, and favorite memory are recited one-by-one. This was my second send-off. I did not know this class well. Yes, I had some as advisees but still I never taught them. Stories about them came from other teachers. It is weird not really knowing over 70 people in the same building as me. Yet, what was wonderful about this moment--this send-off--was that I had no concrete notions about them. I sat back a bit detached and watched as each one of these "young adults" recorded and returned to their "childhood." We don't get many open forums to share childhood moments. A few hundred people watched and listened, the floor was theirs. Halfway to college and all of the challenges and experiences to come and halfway in the past, these students seemed so young, vulnerable, playful, empowered, anxious, human.....
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