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August 27, 2024
June 26, 2023
Polytechnic High School shield - 1957
photo by Styrous®
WOW! I was rummaging through old boxes and came across my old Poly High shield. The memories that flooded through my mind were asounding!
I can't believe it's been sixty-eight years, around this time of year, since I ended my
first year at Polytechnic High School in San Francisco, California! I was revved up* and ready for a luxurious summer vacation.
My previous summer vacations had been in elementary school and the summers had stretched out for what seemed like forever! I was ready for THAT! But a strange thing happened to me that year.
The summer went by in a flash! The next thing I knew I was getting ready for the fall semester. I remember being stunned that summer was over. What happened? Where did the time go?
After that year, I NEVER had a summer that lingered anywhere near like they did when I was a kid (the one exception was a week I thought would never end in Midland, TX) A new perception of my world, my existence had been born.
The shield is the same material as my Polytechnic High School
pennant,
black and dark red felt (my favorite color combination). I bought the pennant during my first year there. It also brought a flood of memories when I found it a few years ago (link below)!
Polytechnic High School pennant - 1956
detail photo byStyrous®
It's strange! I'm just now realizing, while holding my shield in my hand, when the end of my childhood innocence took place.
All hail to Polytechnic!
*Dictionary.com:
The verb rev is an abbreviation for revolution, alluding to the rate of rotation of an engine. The idiom dates from about 1920 and has been used figuratively since the mid-1900s.
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Styrous® ~ Monday, June 26, 2023
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