The college graduation was excellent; such clever children. It's a public (state) school but is very strong academically and really encourages the smart ones. The boy who was dux had an incredible list of what he'd achieved and the kids just applauded him to the skies - both my husband and I said afterwards that at our state schools in the 1980s it would not have been such a rousing chorus of approval for academic achievement.
Number one son got a really good end of year result and cleared the score he needed to trigger his conditional offer for engineering at university, which is exactly what he wanted! We are so proud of him because he set his mind on a goal and worked incredibly hard.
I held it together mostly, except he sat next to and walked up next to Thomas, who was his best friend from ages 4 - 10, largely because their surnames start with the same letter and on the first day of school they sat next to each other! And here they were, nearly 13 years later, alphabetised again. Thomas went to a different high school so they're no longer best friends, but happy to chat and share a laugh. It really did hit me with a hammer blow just how much time has passed.
Number two's graduation from high school was way more relaxed - no future careers depending on grades for this lot! He did very well too, his marks were good, and he did receive one individual award - for Personal Achievement in International Cuisine!!!! He really did love that class, it would surprise no-one to hear. But, as he pointed out, he did four years of high school in three years, which makes him super smart by anyone's calculation, and he certainly had a crackingly good time.
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