Post Your H.S. Graduation HORROR Story Here

huskem55
Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:20:00 +0000

not a high school graduation, but when my friend graduated from the coast guard academy a few years ago, i thought i would never recover! first of all, the weather that day was predicted to be 70s and sunny. but by the time the ceremony started, it was about 50 and torrential downpour. however, it gets worse- GW Bush was the commencement speaker, and so the security around the campus and entire town was incredibly tight. snipers on all of the buildings, police checking every single car that drove in (although most of us had to park on the other side of town and get shuttled over, but not before we got our bags checked), police blocking most of the streets near the academy, and each individual in line had to first go through a metal detector, and then get each bag hand checked again. so that was about 1.5 hours in line BEFORE the ceremony. then, the formal procession/introduction to get the ‘important’ speakers on stage took about 35 minutes. the ceremony itself was another 1.5 hours. mind you, that morning the weather man predicted 70 and sunny, so i was wearing light pants, a short sleeve shirt, and a cardigan. no umbrella. i sat there on the metal bleachers, shivering for hours (50 degrees, unexpected downpouring rain. and im very small). by the end of the ceremony, my hands were deep purple, the rest of me was blue, and i was chattering so much that i couldnt speak or walk! my friends brother had to drag me out. it took 5 hours of tea, dry clothes, and blankets for me to be able to warm up!