The next night, I stood outside my high school’s gymnasium, wearing a tuxedo I rented from a tuxedo place in town earlier that day. Had to admit I felt a little awkward wearing that tuxedo, mostly because I rarely wore a tux. Luckily, Dad had taught me not only how to properly wear a tux, but even how to properly tie my tie. Apparently, Dad had had a lot of experience learning how to wear a tie back when he was my age and taught me how to do it in a way even I thought looked good.
People were streaming into the gym, mostly my fellow students, although there were also faculty with their spouses or partners and even some parents of the students from the surrounding community. There was a lot of excitement in the air tonight, which I could hear in the voices and behaviors of my fellow stude
