Well… obviously this week has been very exciting for me, and to top it all off, I celebrated my 10 Year High School Reunion this weekend! Wow… 10 years! The time has gone by very fast. Most of my classmates look the same (just more mature). No one was unrecognizable. About 40 out of the 97 other people who I graduated with came to the reunion, so it was great to see many people who I had not seen since graduation. The school has changed so much since we left. I went to an all girls private school, Hockaday, and it was always a step above the rest, but now…. it is incomprehensible how nice it is . The amenities and technology our first rate…better than some college campuses. I had the honor of sitting on a panel of 10 Year Reunion women who spoke to the senior class on what to expect after graduation from college. It was interesting how most of us on the panel had gone in a completely different direction than we had thought on June 6, 1998 (commencement). However, we were all pleased with where we were and our many successes. We were asked to talk about what Hockaday did not prepare us for. Two of the panelists were expecting their first child, which they explained was one thing Hockaday did not prepare them for. We were also asked to give career tips, which led to everyone discussing the importance of networking. At our reunion gathering Saturday night, we had a chance to look at a questionnaire we filled out during our senior year…”where will I be in 2008?” Here were my responses:
What will you be doing: Completing my 2nd year of residency (I wanted to be a pediatrician)
What will be your greatest accomplishment: Being a doctor
Will you be married: Yes
Will you have kids: Maybe If so, how many: 1
What will have changed most in the world in 10 years: more world peace (wow… was I in a beauty pageant?)
Who will still be famous: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., LeAnn Rimes
Below is a picture of me with the 7 other African American girls who I graduated with. At the time, this was the largest class of African American girls to ever graduate from Hockaday. The second picture is the from the day we “officially became seniors”, otherwise known as “Ring Day 1997”. I have posted more pictures on my Flickr page.
Wow, that sounds like a great reunion. I like the throwback picture to compare to the new pic and the ability to look back at the survey you took. Congrats on 10 years, you’ve definitely accomplished alot in that time!
I really enjoyed looking at the pictures. Looks like everyone enjoyed themselves.
…still not going to mine.