This past weekend, I attended my high school reunion, the exact number attached to said celebration shall be left out to protect the innocent.
All I will say, is that it was a round number, more than Miley Cyrus’ age. And less than the current U.S. debt ceiling ($16.7 trillion).
Aw, but who’s counting?
I went to Lowell High in San Francisco. Founded in 1856, it’s one of the best high schools—public or private—in the nation (No.43 in the U.S., No. 8 in California, according to U.S. News). In the Top 50, it’s also one of the largest high schools with 2,600 students (only Bronx High School of Science at 3,000 is larger).
But surprisingly it was more diverse in my day.
Take a gander at the breakdown on race and class. Asians are at 70 percent. Whites,14 percent, Latino, 8 percent. Two or more, 5 percent. Blacks, just 2 percent. American Indian, .01 percent.
Not many Native Americans, but to the school’s credit, it was the first to dump its use of the “Indian” mascot in the ‘70s.
