That is a really cool dress! And in the photos, I don't see a single cat hair on it - how did you manage that?

We didn't "graduate" 'til we finished high school, but I remember my friend Adrianna's graduation from junior high (12 years ago) and she went to a city school. There were some very proud parents there. The grandmother of one of the girls who got several awards was sitting near me in the audience. Her granddaughter was the first person in her family to make it as far as finishing 8th grade. They were an immigrant family, the graduate had grown up here since she was very small. You have never seen a family so proud!

In our family (and for Adrianna as well) NOT finishing from eighth grade was not even considered a possibility, so it was interesting to hear a different experience. Boy, was that grandma proud - it gave me a whole new perspective on what I had thought was a silly exercise.