Saturday, May 31, 2014

The Graduate

Can't believe this day has finally arrived.  Years of hard work went into getting to this point. 

The ceremony was great.  Each kid was able to say a few words after being handed the diploma and just prior to turning the tassel, and Charlie told how opportunity for the deaf in China was non-existent, but that here he really had the opportunity to do anything.  It was very touching.  

The thingies on the mortarboard, by the way, are karate kickers.  Each of the graduates decorated the cap in some way, so of course his had to be karate-related.

 
Charlie's the first one in the back row.