I anticipated the grade 12 retreat would be a lot worse that it actually was. There were no bullshit false nostalgia instilling activities, no cheesy life lessons, and most importantly no interacting with people I do not know or care to know. (Ha ha I am so social, looking forward to seeing how I will make out next year going to school in a foreign land?).
Instead we just sat and listened to a motivational speaker who talked for hours about how he overcame meningitis, mentored Hilary Swank, and was the first person to run the Great Wall of China/ I thought he was an ok guy and pretty interesting, did not feel like 3 hours to me.
...Later today Joey sends me a link to the website of a man who was very similar to our speaker... Among various other similarities, he was also claiming to be the first man to run the Great Wall, they both raised money for cleft palate surgeries and O YA, they have the same name , but are CLEARLY not the same person?!! As I dig deeper through this very professionally done site I realize that our speaker had shown us pictures this guy had uploaded? huh? Did my school hire a conman who just read the real David Grier's book, (ya hes publishedDdD ... So who am I putting my money on actually exists as who they say they are?)?
WhAT
IS
THIS
I don't know anyone in Victoria, but I am more than down with 50hours-of-sunlight Decembers!? Keeping in touch with people is going to be a chore and I probably won't after a while, I will try to see everyone when I come back for Summer I guess. I know I shouldn't count my chickens before they hatch but whatever. It will kind of be cool not knowing anyone.. I can go for walks by myself and listen to music and never stop and chat?
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