The time between graduation from college and the dismissal of elementary school reminds me of waiting between connections of trains. While the dress up ceremony of graduation marks the passage of another year of teaching and releasing students to their journeys to the real world, the occasion also marks a respite from the hustle bustle of vacation trips.
One has a chance to adjust from the strict routine of grading to the luxury of reading books that have nothing to do with one's discipline.
What a luxury to stay up late and lose oneself to a mystery with Special Agent Pendergast or Sherlock Holmes! Suddenly one can be transported from a stuffy office with final essays to a big game hunt in Kenya with the turn of a page.
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