Pomp and Various Circumstances
This time of year we see graduation ceremonies all over the world from the smallest to the largest. I doubt if Viktor Wembanyama, darling of the Spurs and professional basketball, ever really walked across a stage and got a diploma. At 14 he was attending a sports academy, and everyone was talking about how he would set new records. Sure, he finished the French requirements, but I can't imagine that he worried over his senior theme and if he had enough resources for it. LeBron James did graduate from a small Catholic high school where some coaches and interested adults saw what was happening to his life and took control after he had missed something like 80 plus days of the fourth grade but was already showing great athletic ability. His mom didn't have enough money or adequate housing, so others saw to it that he did graduate by providing for him. Wilson graduations never got old to me as senior sponsor because each class had been with me a long time(too long ...