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Last Run

By Timothy Hollon The first bell rang as Dalat Seniors filed into their A-Block classes, still chatting and laughing about everything they had done over Christmas break. Stories were told in dramatic fashion, old inside jokes were brought up once again, and countless red shirts were donned for one last run. Then the second bell rang. And we Seniors returned to what we’ve been doing continuously for the last 14 years. School. Choir students once again went through their same warmups, Calculus students started working through their logarithms, and the Bible Students started with their usual questions and worked with their table groups.  And school just went back to normal. Our last first day of school was just another day. Another day, we just went through the motions; another day, we sat through each class just trying to get to the next block, and another day we spent all of D-Block figuring out what to order for lunch. It was normal. Yet, we can’t let this semester slip by. As fell...