The graduation.

Have you ever been in one of those moments where you really try your hardest to hold back the tears, and then you are sure that you have held them back and you think that you’ll be okay but then something worse happens and then you start to cry, not too much but just a little bit? I know I did today. I graduated from Unley High School today, and no matter how many pedestrians I yell it at, it doesn’t seem to sink in that I have actually graduated, as in my schooling is finished, done. The graduation ceremony was held this morning, and I thought it would just be boring, like it was in year eight and I watched it and I then decided to bludge all the other years, but this year I went, probably because it is my turn to graduate... no that is definitely the reason.

Standouts were the speeches by Charlotte, Jordan, Quire and Iggy. I loved Charlotte and Jordan’s speeches because they were nothing but the truth, Quire’s was amazingly funny, just what I expected and Iggy’s was the one that made me cry that little bit. I also had tears forming in my eyes after Ellis Dolan’s performance of Halleluiah because he is just amazing, remarkable, awe-inspiring, astonishing, miraculous... special thanks to Microsoft Word synonyms for those words.

The highlight though, sorry, that should be in capitals to emphasise that I am talking about the best highlight, so THE highlight was definitely walking on stage to get my graduation certificate. It is weird to think that I have been at Unley High School since year eight, but I have never been in front of the whole school I don’t think. It was my first and last time in front of the entire school that decided to attend and the guests which were pretty much the parents of the graduating class. When I walked up to get the certificate, I had to remember that I needed to get the award from whoever was giving them out, I don’t remember, then shake the hand of Ms. Eckert and then smile at the audience. All of this was thrown out the window when I walked on stage and someone yelled out ‘Cosma’ and there was a squealing applause for me. I was the first person called up to get such an applause which made me feel godlike, like Owen Wilson, and yeah, I pretty much forgot what to do, and I just ended up taking the award from that person, shaking Ms. Eckert’s hand and walking off, I forgot to smile but I think a lot of people did. It was the first time I have ever been on stage in front of the whole school, but it was also the last.

We then went off to the court yard for that morning tea, but I was too busy getting photos with teachers and students, some of whom I might never see again. As in I was too busy doing that to eat so yeah, I didn’t really wrap up that sentence nicely at all, and now this all seems irrelevant. It still feels weird though, and I don’t think that it has sunk through that there is no more school, and no matter how, like I said, no matter how many people I yell it at, it won’t sink in for a while. I really am going to miss the place though, it has been the best time of my life, and even as I write this, I am getting that same feeling of holding back the tears, but I won’t cry, because I am at Linou’s house, and I am ready to PPPPPPPAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!