Reunion

I went to my primary school reunion today, celebrating its 25th year. It was an occasion for pupils, past pupils, teachers, and committee members to come together and see all that the school has gone through. I have to say that much had changed during my time away from the school. It's definitely a lot smaller, of course, there are more buildings to cater for the increasing number of students, and rooms have been switched around. The one thing that hasn't changed, I felt, was the environment that made the school unique.

Speeches were done by the founding principal, the current principal and a few others. A time capsule, which was buried back in 1980, was dug up for all to see what was inside. It contained newspaper clippings, childrens writings, toys, and even a bottle of wine. I'd be happy to open it up to drink; good year that! One of the former pupils read out what he put in the time capsule, which happened to be funny and moving, amazing what he wrote as a kid back in the day.

Afterwards group photos were taken of everyone who attended. All the teachers remembered me, not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Unfortunately only one person from my year attended, the rest were mainly older folk who attended before me. However, it was a good time to catch up with people who were a part of my life as a kid, and I was happy to have attended this occasion.