Nov. 11, seems like it comes around real fast now, year to year.
This year, I was asked by my granddaughter to speak to an assembly at her high school. Which I agreed to. She gave me a list of speaking topics and told me I had seven minutes. I can be a pretty chatty guy, so seven minutes didn't seem like much time. I wrote some talking points on the back of the instructions to keep with me.
Mrs. Merkt and I went out to the high school today for the assembly. It's a private Catholic high school but it's a pretty big deal in this county. In my experience, private schools tend to result in higher quality output, if for no other reason than people pay out of pocket money to go there. So they have motivated kids in this school. Not kids who are there because the law says they have to be.
Anyway, it was a nice assembly. They started off with a flag detail done by the Eagle Scouts and the senior Girl Scouts (I don't know what they are called), followed by the national anthem which was sung in beautiful harmony by a small choir with the band playing in the background. They had a slide presentation accompanied by several students who did a recitation. Next, was a medley of the service songs played by the band. Following that, two veterans spoke. First was a former US Navy sailor. Second, I was up and I stayed within the prescribed seven minutes.
This was a nice thing that the school did and I'm happy that some places still conduct these kinds of assemblies.
This year, I was asked by my granddaughter to speak to an assembly at her high school. Which I agreed to. She gave me a list of speaking topics and told me I had seven minutes. I can be a pretty chatty guy, so seven minutes didn't seem like much time. I wrote some talking points on the back of the instructions to keep with me.
Mrs. Merkt and I went out to the high school today for the assembly. It's a private Catholic high school but it's a pretty big deal in this county. In my experience, private schools tend to result in higher quality output, if for no other reason than people pay out of pocket money to go there. So they have motivated kids in this school. Not kids who are there because the law says they have to be.
Anyway, it was a nice assembly. They started off with a flag detail done by the Eagle Scouts and the senior Girl Scouts (I don't know what they are called), followed by the national anthem which was sung in beautiful harmony by a small choir with the band playing in the background. They had a slide presentation accompanied by several students who did a recitation. Next, was a medley of the service songs played by the band. Following that, two veterans spoke. First was a former US Navy sailor. Second, I was up and I stayed within the prescribed seven minutes.
This was a nice thing that the school did and I'm happy that some places still conduct these kinds of assemblies.