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Saturday, January 26, 2008

The principal fell asleep at my baccalaureate. This religiously themed service, which has gone into disuse in many school districts, is held before high school graduation. In my case, it was held the night before we got our diplomas. My memory of baccalaureate is that it was pretty boring; it was the highlight of the evening, then, to see our fatigued school leader nodding off in the middle of a local clergyman's address.

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