Today, I participated in a zoom meeting with classmates of the 1955 graduating class from Woodmere High School. What a wonderful time it was as so many of you were all reminiscing about the past but also updating people about what you have been doing from those days to the present. Richard Rubenstein was a fantastic host and gave everyone the opportunity to brag. All the ladies looked well and fit along with the guys. Even though all are in their eighties they spoke about still playing tennis, pickleball and such. What a great class that was and those still around remain diligent in what they like doing to this day. Some had minor problems connecting including oui, but were able to get into the conversation somehow. Modern technology!!! Should have paid more attention when my grandsons were trying to teach me how to do those things. I still remember them, trying to tell me how to get into the Internet. They told me that I had to start by opening windows, My reply to them was if I open my windows will that get me better reception because it was kind of cold with the windows open. It wasn’t long after that, though that I finally found out that they meant me opening the program windows on my computer and there I was finally into the Internet and just browsing away. That made me so enthusiastically competent. Listening to my classmates today brought back so many fun memories of growing up and a time when even though we are just finished World War II, it was so peaceful and exciting. Now when I start to look forward, It seems that everything will be so complicated and involved with things I have never heard of or done before. To all my classmates that shared this remarkable feet of zoom in the visit we had today I hope that some of you still keep in touch it sounds as if you do, And continue to reminisce about all those great days that we had.
Mr. President or may I call you Richard thank you for being the host and I hope you will be there to be the host of many more. let me know when you book is out, And I will do the same for when my book comes out.
As I have said, High school at times was a little challenging for me, Primarily, because I thought I knew everything there was to know and here I had teachers that were trying to teach me things that I thought I would never have any use for, Therefore, my study habits were quite different from what they should have been. Having said that perhaps it was just that I was having too much fun doing other things. Luckily, just before the final test in my final year, Several friends came to my rescue and forced tutored me so that I would graduate when I was supposed to. It was only after I was working for Scandinavian airlines that I realized that some college would become necessary for me to advance, Lucky for me, Scandinavian airlines had a program where they would pay for my college education. It was at that time they sent me off toMalmo, Sweden Where I was enrolled into the university of Lund To study the Swedish language. That paid off big time since I was newly married to a Swedish lady. After an intense course of five weeks, I returned back to the United States and enrolled in Night classes, studying business procedures and worked daytime for Scandinavian airlines. The best education came from the 40 years of working for Scandinavian airlines and getting the opportunity to travel around the world and experience the different cultures that exist throughout this world. That to me was worth more than having to spend days of my life in classrooms.
Once again, let me thank Richard Rubinstein for arranging this zoom with the former classmates of the 1955 class of Woodmere high school. I hope we can do it again soon
Vito
