LC classmates share common experience

Emily Calkins
Lewis and Clark High School

I was excited when my English teacher offered me this opportunity -- a chance to write about LC's Class of 2003.

Now I am at a loss.

How can I describe 720 days in the lives of 400 students in only 300 words?

Three hundred -- hardly enough words to describe my own high school experience, much less that of my all classmates.

We are a class of athletes, artists, political activists, intellectuals, cheerleaders, debaters and musicians.

Many of us are more than one of these things. We are hardworking and -- let's face it -- some of us are slackers. We were touted as one of the most promising classes to pass through LC in some years, and we believe we can do anything.

We have studied and procrastinated, succeeded and failed. We danced (or tried), laughed, teased, bickered and cried.

Although none of our experiences has been typical, together we represent every aspect of high school life.

As different as we are, we manage to get along, even enjoy our differences, and there are some experiences we all share.

We began in a high school that was under “Con-Chuck-tion” but didn't mind because, for once, the upperclassmen were as lost as we were.

We watched the Twin Towers collapse over and over again on TV in the early weeks of our junior year.

We won the Rubber Chicken twice -- our freshman and senior years -- and this year had the added thrill of winning the boys game, a feat LC hadn't achieved in five years.

We are the first class in a generation to graduate during a time of war.

From triumphs in the Arena, to crisis in our country, we have faced a multitude of experiences in four years.

Most importantly, we have faced them together.

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