Mike,

Here are a few shots taken of the family Schmahl before, during and after KT’s party, graduation1 (Sunday, in the Comcast center) and the much smaller graduation cweremony (Monday, in the Student Union with the Language Dept). KT’s pink and blue cords represent the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. On Sunday, Senator Paul Sarbanes gave the main commencement talk (graduation1), and on Monday, the former ambassador to Romania gave the Language Dept talk. He asked the audience, “How many in the audience speak 2 languages?” About half the audience raised their hands. “How many in the audience speak 3 languages?” About 1/3 (including KT) raised their hands. “How many in the audience speak 4 languages?” At least 25 raised their hands. When he got to “How many in the audience speak 6 languages?”, only one person raised her hand–a mother of a graduate. Even including us monolingual ignoramuses, the average for the room was greater than 2.

rakkity