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Benjamin Killeit
Madeleine Simpson King
First of all I would like to thank my parents. They made my last-minute switch to VES possible so I could enjoy the better part of my senior year in this community. All the way across the Atlantic Ocean you gave me the strength I needed and motivated me to go on because the work is worth it. I would also like to thank Mr. Bruno Schiefer, without whom I would probably still be stuck in South Carolina counting golf balls. Also Mr. Smith, my advisor, who was presented to me as kind of complicated but turned out to be very supportive and probably the most straightforward person I have met. Also a great deal of thanks to all my coaches, Mrs. Bright, Mrs. Spurlock, and of course Mr. McCormick, who alias Mac or MacDaddy was not only a "coach" but also great teacher. Thanks also to Mr. McLeod who even sacrificed some of his free time to take me fishing and with whom I could crack a red bull any time of the day, to Big Rfor the great vacation in Wyoming, and to Mr. Hopkins, whom I could usually convince that the sixth rewrite of my paper wasn't all that bad and, finally, thank you to the German crew (Aachen, Muenchen, Koeln and two thirds Stuttgart), including one of my best friends Stilios, who introduced me to basketball, and of course Malek, who introduced me to the]ett community and showed me what one person can do with a computer. Last but not least I want to give thanks to Thomas, who made my day at least half at dozen times a day with his "Hey, Beeaaan"
40 year old woman.. .is that Burberry?...Martha Stewart...Am I pregnant. ..Byron Bice...Guys, we need to be like cottage cheese...easy mae...belize...Lew...how do you pronounce Hermes?...Orlando Bloom'syour cousin...never have I ever. ..Ed Lane...Apple Tush...2 bodies in the trunk.. .photographer...80's Rap...Girls just wanna have fun...are you a new student. ..frolicking...fake tan...hitting the ref on the head.. .I'm gonna die!? (from the deoderant) ...what is porn...Eskimo...Analogue watch...PDA in the halls...Virgin Eyes...O'Charleys Double Date...I saw a monkey once...the dog's blind! Poor dog!. .. Brownie batter blizzard
First of all, I would like to thank all of my friends at VES for helping me survivehighschool! Icouldnothavedoneitwithoutya'll! Tomybest friend Bryant. ..you mean the world to me and I hope that the separation in college won't be too bad because life seriously will be weird without you there everyday! To my ultra close friends: LT, C:S, MT, MI, ON, RLR, JL, MM, Cf, and ]D... (if I forgot anyone I really don't mean to), thankyouforputtingupwithmyhypercrazymomentsandfor alwaysbeingsuchamazingpeople! Iamgoingtomissyouguys,butthe rest of high school (college for some) is going to be so much fun! I just hopewecansharesomeofthosetimestogether! To·theverybestcoach intheworld:BigR,youmadeVESamazing! Thankyouforsupporting meincross-countrydespitemylackofrunningability! Youmadeevery day of cross-country more and more exciting, and I looked forward to going! To my family: mom and dad, I know that I have been difficult at times, but I hope that we can move past that, and hopefully come to spend more time together, because I feel like I have missed out on spending time with you. Meg: thank you for always being there and for beingtheperfectrolemodel. EverytimesomethinggetshardItryto thinkabouthowyoumighthandleit,andthingsseemtogowell. Iam so proud of you and I love you! Goodbye VES . . . peace.
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