1—Well, obviously, because now we’re going to get a fancy new building
2—There is still a place for old students to visit the few of us who are still there
3—There is still a place they can go to get transcripts, etc. if they need them for school or work
4—The lunch truck—even though Antonia and Steve are gone and Gabriel is long gone
5—All the students who, since 2005, have graduated with an AA degree, a year or two of college, or just simply graduated ready for college
6—All the students who would have got beaten down and/or shaken down at their home school. (I won’t name them but they know who they are)
7—It’s fun to go to a school in which the students know more about what is going on than the teachers, a place where we’re not always sure what the schedule is or which room our class is going to meet
8—All the ironies of Middle College and all the laughs, though not nearly as many without Charlap
9—All the crazy angry goofy freshmen
10—The sophomoric sophomores—wearing their immaturity like a badge of honor
11—The juniors seizing their moment—taking over the school, plotting to take over the world
12—The seniors thinking school is already over, remembering it’s not and turning in reams of last minute work, chasing after me as I turn out of the school driveway and tossing their papers into the open window of my car
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