High School Graduation

Graduation—
Smiling faces
in caps and gowns
naive to what’s ahead
as young adults

— Barbara Writes, Aug 17, 2008

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Region, Country: United States, USA

Favorite Poets: Billy Collins, Shakespeare, , Emily Dickinson, , , Whitman, Jess Tapper

Critiques

weirdelf

17 years 9 months ago

I couldn't help LOL at this,

though I'm sure you didn't mean it to be funny. In my first "cap and gown" graduation photo (I have 3 degrees now) I am looking so disgruntled that a friend put a caption on it "3 years and this is all I get?" cheers, Jess

Barbara Writes

17 years 9 months ago

It can be funny also lol

Smiles:) Barbara Not all had smiling faces some different faces lol. When my daughter graduated in 2007 those was the happiest kids I ever seen. then a lady next to me said ,if they knew what the world was like they wouldn't be so excited but want to stay young. Most all of them are in college include my daughter who graduated same week, number 1 her beauty class.

zarul

17 years 9 months ago

hi barbara

i hope what the lady who sat next to you had it all wrong. because next year i will be graduating from high school. and i am not expecting the world to be cruel, mean and unfair to me after i left school. haha. nice work. Smile :-)

zarul

17 years 9 months ago

hi barbara

weirdelf

17 years 9 months ago

poor, poor baby?

what makes you think life will give you an exceptiion. I did, and it didn't 8) Very glad to see you commenting in correct English. You are taking more seriously that way, I assure you. cheers, Jess