Jon wasgraduating with high honors in all of his classes. He was by the far thesmartest guy I knew. Sure, I got straight A’s as well but Jon was on ...whole other level. He was president of the science club and was alreadycoauthoring multiple research papers. Unfortunately being at an innercity school, his intelligence was not very appreciated. He wasconstantly bullied and harassed for being a nerd; his disability onlyexacerbated things. Despite all of that, Jon persevered and now had hispick for. We are not old enough to Captain our boat, although the classes for Captaincy are part of the curriculum he signed up to teach when mom hired him. Still, we watch stand, do helm duty and work in the engine room fixing things.But we are shellbacks and Royal Diamond shellbacks.We are members of the Order of the Blue Nose (Arctic Circle), Order of the Red Nose (Antarctic Circle), Order of the Ditch(Panama Canal), Order of the Golden Dragon (International Dateline), Order of the Lakes (Five Great. They all knew the confident stride of "Holly the Hatchet", and were wondering if they still had a job this Friday afternoon. She regularly turns confident men into cowering boys; as always, she makes a grand entrance. "Gentlemen, I'm already running late for my flight so I'm going to make this short. Congratulations, you've survived phase one. I believe everyone left here has the potential to become one of the leaders I need to transform this division. With your help, we have already moved up. Enakum moodagave irunthathu, en sunni viraithu jatiyil maati kondu irunthathu. Ena seiyalam endru yosithu kondu irunthom, sari eppo enge selalam endru ketan? Atharku aval arugil engavathu rooms irunthaal angu selalam endru sollinaal.Sari endru solli vittu room book seithu angu meeryai azhaithu sendren, athavathu aval thaan ennai azhaithu sendraal endrum sollaam.Avalin pin purathai parka aarambithen, iru suuthum perithaaga virinthu irunthathu. Merry intha vayathu varai epadi ooru aanai kuda.