After 16 years we officially don't have any kids in public school. Carter has graduated from high school and has successfully made it into the Engineering program at UBC. This program is one of the hardest to get into in BC with a high average percentage of the more complex classes. Carter had already been accepted into Douglas and BCIT and despite tight deadlines for accepting those acceptances, he purposely held out for the UBC acceptance. They accept through various rounds and it was the second to last one where he got the word. He starts in September and will be living on campus.
The graduation process includes a few key events such as the Dry Grad which Kerry worked on all year as co-chair followed by the graduation ceremony at the Bell Centre. The ceremony consists of a few speeches followed by a few hours of kids walking across the stage. Some of the speeches were from scratch but I think the valedictorian used AI for his. It was the classic one with the number of seasons in their lives so far and the number remaining. It sounded good but would have been more memorable if it had a more personal touch. Par for the course now that AI is dominating our society.
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