Memories

Students who attended the 1993 Valedictory Dinner were treated to a very amusing speech by teacher Jeff Sawade. Jeff had been a student at Concordia from 1971-1975, and his memories from those years remained quite vivid. This extract from his speech shows not only that times have changed, but also that some things remain the same.

 

Photo: 1995 Matriculation class

I remember my first day at Concordia, my new grey suit, my grandmother crying,
I remember incredibly short dresses on the girls,
I remember arguing with teachers about hair length,
I remember falling in love and out again in 3 days at the Year 10 camp,
I remember doing gymnastics on the parallel bars in the quadrangle on Open Day,
I remember the smell when we had to dissect rats in biology.