ECHS Fine Arts Reunion
2011-Jun-17, Friday 16:04![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
texxgadgetUnfortunately, my class has decided not to do a reunion this year, 5 years after the last.
I think this is a bad idea because people are starting to die off and every 10 years just
isnt often enough.
Fortunately, the Fine Arts (theatre & music) have an annual gathering with people from
many different classes. Saturday, the day before the Dipsea,we met at out old haunt
LaVals Pizza in Berkeley.
Life has a habit of giving you a well deserved "wedgie" sometimes. Its usually well deserved.
It was my turn.I never thought much of one of my sisters friends, Kathy. Kathy was with us in
band & theatre. I didnt realize it at the time, but not only did she take auto shop every year
for 4 years, but she was the 1st girl in auto shop at our school. She broke a number of other
gender barriers (like my sister, the 1st woman engineer with the City of Richmond). Kathy
hasnt made any reunions, but has managed to stay busy. Shes become quite adept at building
race cars!
She married another racing mechanic and their kids are getting into it as well.
20w50 runs in the veins of that family, for sure.
She didnt make a deal of it. During conversation she referred to auto shop.
I asked "You took AUTO shop?"
"Yeah, all 4 years. I was the 1st girl in the class"
At this point, I was stammering & hyperventilating, and she was having a ball watching the
reaction.
"You are a wrench head?" I finally managed to sputter, well into shock.
Clearly, she was enjoying having been underestimated in HS.
This weekend, at lunch, I will tell my sister that she should have made time to go.
And then Ill tell HER the story and watch HER sputter.
No doubt about it, I should NOT underestimate my sisters friends.
I think this is a bad idea because people are starting to die off and every 10 years just
isnt often enough.
Fortunately, the Fine Arts (theatre & music) have an annual gathering with people from
many different classes. Saturday, the day before the Dipsea,we met at out old haunt
LaVals Pizza in Berkeley.
Life has a habit of giving you a well deserved "wedgie" sometimes. Its usually well deserved.
It was my turn.I never thought much of one of my sisters friends, Kathy. Kathy was with us in
band & theatre. I didnt realize it at the time, but not only did she take auto shop every year
for 4 years, but she was the 1st girl in auto shop at our school. She broke a number of other
gender barriers (like my sister, the 1st woman engineer with the City of Richmond). Kathy
hasnt made any reunions, but has managed to stay busy. Shes become quite adept at building
race cars!
She married another racing mechanic and their kids are getting into it as well.
20w50 runs in the veins of that family, for sure.
She didnt make a deal of it. During conversation she referred to auto shop.
I asked "You took AUTO shop?"
"Yeah, all 4 years. I was the 1st girl in the class"
At this point, I was stammering & hyperventilating, and she was having a ball watching the
reaction.
"You are a wrench head?" I finally managed to sputter, well into shock.
Clearly, she was enjoying having been underestimated in HS.
This weekend, at lunch, I will tell my sister that she should have made time to go.
And then Ill tell HER the story and watch HER sputter.
No doubt about it, I should NOT underestimate my sisters friends.
