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Originally Posted by Sciencewoman
We wore school colors, differentiated by boys and girls, and my kids' school does the same. They had a classmate who died right before sophomore year, and they draped an empty chair with an orange gown, which was his favorite color.
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Touches like that are what makes the day.
The principal asked those in our class who had scholarships to stand. We all looked around, no one wanted to be the first to stand. Then suddenly, the guy who was graduating LAST in the class of over 700 people stood up! I doubt that he'll ever hear so much applause again!