It's a busy week in baja as the kids are graduating from their schools...kinder,primaria,secundaria y prepa. I attended my neice and nephews grad
ceremony and was so proud of my nephew Noe (who many of you know and love)who won first prize in academics with a PERFECT average...100%! Here he is
receiving his award from the dignitaries.
It was a lovely ceremony with fokloric dancing, the students did a waltz, recited poetry and received their diplomas. They also set up a neat display
of petrified sharks teeth and arrowheads found in the area. After that we were treated to an amazing seafood c-cktail with abalone, lions paw scallops
and caracol....yummy! Here is a little album of the ceremony. http://picasaweb.google.com/sharibondy/SecundariaGraduation2...
but the best part of the day was that our dear amigo Manolo was there to see his son Ismael graduate. It was the first time he attended a public
function after surviving a nearly fatal accident a few months ago. He's looking much better and getting stronger every day. this is the family,
Manolo, Minni, Ismael and the padrinos.
Our son, Cabo Guillermo graduated from 4th grade last night here in Elias Calles from Simon Bolivar School. He graduated top in his class for the 3rd
year in a row. Lidia and I are very proud parents.
Shari, saludos to you & Juan. Say hi to Zac for us.
My son graduated from 9th grade with a perfect 100 as well. The ceremony included a 1 hour mass then a three hour delivery of speeches from every
teacher, principal, and probably even the janitor. 4 hours total in a small room with no air conditioning! I was upset to say the least but wouldn't
show it. It was his day. This is a private school here in Ensenada. I pay top dollar for his education and the school is run down, needs paint and
good cleaning. Oh well---
Oh my...here the speeches were few and short and the ceremony outdoors with a nice breeze blowing. Tomorrow Sirenita graduates from the Prepa and then
it's off to University in Ensenada. She is the validictorian again as she was for primaria too....party party...
As a teacher for nearly thirty years here in the Northwest US, I congratulate all of the young men and women who have worked hard and moved forward in
their education. I wish them well in their futures and thank them for setting good examples for their peers. I hope to soon live among these
successful individuals and maybe help them and their children prosper. Again, Congratulations!
Oh goodie, we got a bragging thread. My granddaughter Nikeesha was first in her fifth-grade class at a public school in La Paz. She alternates one
year in La Paz with her father and the next on Whidbey Island, WA, with her mother, and while up there she does equally well in English.
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
"If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen.
The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back
if we live, and we don't know why." - Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
"People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." - Theodore Roosevelt
"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them or to them." - Malcolm Forbes
"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others
cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you." - Jim Rohn
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Those 100%'rs didn't get there by luck.
