Tag: High School
Bulletin Board
Greenwood, circa 1983: After I moved downstairs into what was previously my father’s study, I set up this bulletin board over my bed. A content analysis will reveal something of my interests as a high school student: Tolkien, D&D, science, religion, theater. And here’s the same bulletin board with another couple years’ accretions. Increased emphasis […]
Read More → Bulletin BoardJunior Portrait
Greenwood, Indiana, 1983 or ’84: I took my glasses off for this high school yearbook photo. Note the acne. Note the haircut. Note the enigmatic expression. I’m not smiling — not quite. It’s hard not to smile when you’re having such a photo taken. I imagine I was pretty pleased with myself for resisting the […]
Read More → Junior PortraitBlack ‘Em Out Day
Many people on campus today are wearing black in support of the Jena Six. I’m reminded of my high school days in Greenwood, Indiana. We often had “Spirit Weeks” to support the football team with different dress-up days. One time we had something called “Black ‘Em Out” day. Everybody was supposed to wear black. One […]
Read More → Black ‘Em Out DayClass of 85
Yesterday I had lunch with my old friend Kevin Kennedy. We went to high school together in Greenwood, Indiana. I learned from him that our 20 year high school reunion was that very night. At first I didn’t want to go, because it’s hard to celebrate anything when people are dying in New Orleans. But […]
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