Ok, so everyone else is doing it…

… So I’m going to jump off the bridge too! Via dre-2k2-f4i, niralth, and helava.

Your senior year in High School is supposed to be “the best year of your life.” Let’s see how much you remember. I know for some it might be hard for you to go back that far!

Year :: 1994

1. Who was your best friend?
Hajeong

2. What sports did you play?
Nothing. Why not a question about anything else I competed in?!

3. What kind of car did you drive?
Nothing. Didn’t drive.

4. It’s Friday night, where were you?
At bible study.

5. Were you a party animal?
Not at all.

6. Were you in the “In Crowd”?
There was no in-crowd. If there were, I wouldn’t have been in it. But I was also not a pariah.

7. Ever skip school?
Yes.

8. Ever smoke?
Not in senior year, but when I was younger, just to see why people would do such a thing.

9. Were you a nerd?
Uber.

10. Did you get suspened/expelled?
No.

11. Can you sing the Alma Mater?
Let others sing of college days
Their alma mater true.
But when we raise our voices
‘Tis only, high, for you!

We’ll ne’er forget those days gone by
Those glorious days of old!
When oft we sang the praises
Of the crimson and the gold!

Dear high, dear Central high,
Thy memories never die.
Thy honor we’ll cherish <-- I had this line wrong the first time
And laud it to the sky!

I don’t remember the second verse/part.

ETA: I do remember!

On ballfield or in life,
In peace or deadly strife,
For thee thy sons will labor,
For thee, oh, dear old high! <-- I got this one wrong too. 12. Who was your favorite teacher?
Mr. Brooks, my crazy Pharmacology teacher (who also taught me Chem A.P. and Organic Chemistry). Half the kids were terrified of him, half the kids couldn’t stop laughing. I couldn’t stop laughing at the funny things he said. He was awesome and taught me so much about chemistry and made it make so much sense that I wanted to become a chemical engineer.

13. Favorite class?
World Lit, taught by Dr. Slepian, my other favorite teacher of senior year. She introduced me so much world literature, far beyond the normal stuff you usually read in high school. Her classes taught me to think critically about what I read.

14. What was your school’s full name?
Central High School of Philadelphia.

15. School mascot?
Lancer.

16. Did you go to Prom?
Yes.

17. If you could go back and do it over, would you?
No, because everything that was great was so great that I don’t have any desire to change anything, and because everything that was terrible was so awful I don’t want to relive it.

18. What do you remember most about graduation?
Our Salutatorian gave the most inspiring speech about spreading our wings and flying, which sounds cheesy, especially when you take into account it included actual wing motions, which everyone started doing. You’d think it was all just a large joke, except she was such a great speaker that we were all really into it. I could see her becoming a senator one day.

19. Favorite memory of your Senior Year?
My little brother was born. I remember seeing him for the first time in the delivery room. I made sure to memorize his crinkled up features because I was paranoid he’d be switched with another baby by accident.

20. Were you ever posted up on the senior wall?
What the heck is this? I’ve never heard of it.

21. Did you have a job your senior year?
Yes. I tutored three younger students. I think I had four at some point.

22. Who did you date?
JCH. We were long distance. He was in Germany for most of the year.

23. Where did you go most often for lunch?
School cafeteria or to the little Chinese place across the street for the best spicy vegetable lo mein I’ve ever had, barring my friend’s dad’s. You know who you are! 😀

24. Have you gained weight since then?
Yes. I think I’m about 15 over what I was when I graduated.

25. What did you do after graduation?
Continued to tutor. Awaited eagerly for college to start.