Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2014, Page 147

Description:	beniors Noah and fcthan Sandweiss, Isabelle Conrad, Anna Weinberg, and James lantord shared wcof wisdom with the graduating seniors during Commencement on May 31. Here are a few of them.JT:seated.IC: Take a minute and think about whenwe were five years old. ES and NS: We wereke little hobbits, with hair we couldnt shaveand an odor we couldnt lose.errecfifis, aAW: But, / dont want to look back; myGamecube, my Gameboy Color, and my blessedVHS play will very soon be obsolete. Althoughwed like to say that everything is the same, Ithink we can all agree that things havedefinitely changed. We now depart this schoolas taller, hotter hobbits, with our pituitaryglands safely in check.realized that theres more to life thanNicholas Sparks movies and Aeropostale.It seems surreal, but we are leaving. Wedefinitely dont look like kids ai B^u/ego off to college, our worlds will chang evenmore drastically — think about what a smallfraction of the world Bloomington is. Wevelearned and grown so much...and brokenNoahs gentle spirit. (Im crying on the inside.)Of course, none of ustransformation alone.universes basicallyEast and the Colle,I had the opportunity to participate inthe French Exchange. Never before had I beentaken so far out of my comfort zone. Dr WhoClub: we dont know what you do, and quitefrankly you kind of\|ereep us out, but thanksfor being there./ could babble on abouthow Ill miss the friends, the teachers, and thecomfort of being so sure of my surroundings. Butthat is not what this day is about.\| Its time for us to lead. Were ready.raffl Get out ofyour comfort zone. When we exit these doors,dont just walk, but leap, jump, sprint throughthem. It is often said; you can take the hobbitout of the shire, but you cant take the shireout of the hobbit. WMffrHBITlrfect school, and maybeIts time for us to expand our world.Congratulations, class of 2014. They dont tellyou in the student notebook how tosay...goodbye.The commencement— seniors James Tanford,Anna Weinberg, Ethan and NoahSandweiss and Isabelle Conrad —join together at the end of theSandweiss speech for a moving{and entertaining) rendition ofCats in the Cradle by HarryChapin. The students speecheswere scattered throughoutCommencement,- which occurredthe morning of May 31. TWOSeniors file in at Assembly Haduring the graduation ceremony.PHOTOS BY BAILEY UNDERWOODTHREE Seniors Isabel Cullatherand Maira Brondizio embraceafter locating each other in thecrowd outside Assembly Hall.PHOTO COURTESY JODI MOONFOUR In keeping with tradition,the graduating seniors changetheir tassels from right to left.PHOTO BY BAILEY UNDERWOOD
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Collection:	Bloomington High School South

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