COLUMN: High school as decent college prep
This past Saturday, I attended my high school’s graduation as something I had never been before - an alumnus. During my high school career, I played “Pomp and Circumstance” as a member of the band every year (except for when I graduated, of course), so I knew what to expect, for the most part. One of the graduates had snuck me a ticket to the ground floor of the proceedings, so I had the opportunity to sit through the hour-long ceremony with a great view. The experience forced me to reflect on my own high school graduation, from which I am now exactly one year removed, and how high schools are both succeeding and failing to prepare graduates to study at the collegiate level, based on my own experiences.