{"id":1671,"date":"2019-07-30T17:19:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T00:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/?p=1671"},"modified":"2019-07-30T17:19:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T00:19:31","slug":"high-school-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2019\/07\/30\/high-school-reunion\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last month, DeeAnn and I traveled to Southern California to visit family and friends, and while we were there I also caught up with two of my high school teachers: Kathy Jensen and David Spaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They’re both retired from teaching now, and have been for a few years. Kathy taught choir (I joined senior year), and was also the choral director for our spring musicals (Fiddler on the Roof<\/em> was my first; Guys and Dolls<\/em> was my last). David taught freshman English, and also sponsored the science fiction club (which I led for three years).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s been nearly 30 years since I graduated from West High. I still keep in touch with some friends from that time–mostly on Facebook now, which means it’s generally a shallow sort of connection–but for some reason, I’ve always felt more affinity with the teachers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read into that whatever you will, I suppose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, while we were down there my family also got together for Sunday brunch. Credit my mother and sister for these artistic presentations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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