I graduated from high school 11 years ago, but it still seems like yesterday. Actually, it was something I was eager to get over with. Part of me wanted my youth, my childhood, and my school days to remain, but another part of me just wanted to get on to "real life," to college, and to whatever came after that. The days between the last class and graduation just seemed like a kind of purgatory that had to be muddled through - it was mostly boring, really. There was a week between the last class and graduation, and, other than the graduation rehearsal the day before the ceremony, I just had nothing at all to do.