Been a few weeks since I did one of these Friday 5 blog postings. So here goes with my first post for May, 2018.
1. What’s something you remember about your high school graduation?
I attended the graduation for sure and walked the line to pick up my diploma. I think my parents were proud of me... most parents usually are. After graduation, we had a small gathering of my high school classmates and fellow graduates over at my home.
2. If you were asked to speak at a commencement ceremony this year, what would be the theme of your message?
Make America Great Again - It will be good for you and for our country. We need a strong country that is centrally focused on us, while retaining those important, traditional values that have made the United States the greatest nation on earth. Dedicate your lives and work to preserving and supporting our freedoms and the Constitution in all that you do.
3. What items in your possession are marked with the name or logo of your high school or college?
I have no idea where my high school diploma is. I am sure that has the State of Hawaii seal on it, since I graduated from Honokaa High School in Hawaii. I know I have my diploma stashed away from my college. It's in a file drawer, still in the foldable, red binder or whatever it is called. I think I have some class key or something from Honokaa, but don't know where that is. I was never one to buy trinkets like class rings since I considered them to be a waste of money. I do have my high school yearbooks.
4. What do you expect will be your next rite of passage?
Well the next major thing will be death! Came close to that in late 2015. Enjoying my reprieve on life so far, but as the years go by the only thing that will be a major rite is passing on hopefully to that realm where the bright light shines ever so white and forever. Otherwise I am doomed.
5. What’s a good movie with a graduation scene, or a good movie with a graduation theme?
I can't think of anything recent since I rarely go to the movies or have seen many new ones (post 2010)..... My vague memory would like to recall the following:
Legally Blonde - Ellie did graduate right? Loved her pink Apple iBook G3. Been a few years since I last saw this comedy.
Back to School - Didn't Rodney Dangerfield's character also graduate? I think he did... this came out in 1986 and was one of two movies out that year that pushed the old Isley Brothers song "Twist & Shout", covered by The Beatles, back to the Billboard Hot 100 chart that year. The other movie with the Beatles song the same year was of course, Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
OK those are the only two I can think off right now. I may amend this after I see some of your responses or think of another movie.
Rodney Dangerfield speaks at the commencement ceremony at film's end, but he's introduced as the first freshman at the university to be invited to do so. So it's not his graduation. :)
ReplyDeleteI had the worst time trying to think of a graduation scene in a movie. Death is definitely a milestone, though. ;)
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