- You are good with Red and Green as a normal color combination, 12 months out of the year, without question.
- When someone in your family is accepted into college, your first urge is to throw them into the nearest body of water.
- You use the phrase “Sterling K. Brown went to my high school” in conversation almost weekly.
- You know that “The Ramigator” was almost a thing.
- When someone uses the term “lifer” you ask them what year they started Junior Kindergarten.
- You can recount the Middle School honor code in your sleep.
- When people ask what sports or clubs you were involved in, you reply, “How much time do you have?”
- You’re relieved the walls of Grassi’s, Sportsman’s and Bread Co. don’t talk.
- Any time you see a school seal engraved in the floor, you walk around it without hesitation.
- On Thanksgiving mornings, you try to organize your family into a long line starting at your freezer.
- When your boss asks you to write a five-page report, you think you’ve gotten off easy.
- Your college campus was a step-down from the perfectly manicured facilities of MICDS.
- When you attended Homecoming at your college or university, you asked when the bagpipers would show up.
- While Red and Green should always go together, wearing Blue and Gold is a major faux pas.
- Blue Whale Cafe is not a place; it’s a state of mind.
- When you visit other school campuses, you wonder where students store their backpacks.
- You knew the phrase “STEM education” long before it was an actual phrase.
- Troubadours!
- When you see a bonfire, you immediately think of ways to engineer a larger one.
- When an employer asks about your internships, you say, “The ones from high school? Or college?”
- When someone says you can’t make a career out of art, photography or fashion, you think of all your friends from MICDS who are already doing it!
- Legendary football coaches like Bear Bryant and Knute Rockne have nothing on Ron Holtman.
- May Day is a celebration, not a distress call.
- You still talk to your teachers, mentors and coaches.
- Being at MICDS was one of the best experiences of your life. You wouldn’t trade it for anything!
MICDS Commencement 2017 5/14/2017
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