Traditions
It’s freshman year
as I walk into the Blake Upper School. As I walk around, I realize that for
some reason there are two open lounges on the first floor. So what do I do? I
go and sit down in one of these leather chairs. However, I had not realized
that these chairs were more than just any other chairs. They were a part of
senior tradition known as the senior lounge. Next thing I knew, I was told to
get out of the chair and go to my own lounge on the third floor. What a great
welcome to the Upper School.
There are many
traditions that are known at Blake. What I have realized though is most of
these traditions revolve around the senior class. For example, they get the
railing at the homecoming game, they get the most convenient lounge, and they
have a chant they say at the beginning of every assembly. Being a senior this
year I can say that I have been looking forward to this year for as long as I
have remembered. What I was wondering
was: what makes tradition associated with authority at Blake? I believe that
there is not one answer to this question. Perhaps it has to do with the long
wait that the seniors have to endure in order to feel this sense of authority
that comes with traditions, or maybe we seniors have a sense of invincibility
because of the fact that we are the “leaders” of the high school.
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