It’s never too late to fix the mistakes of the past.
That’s what one longtime Coupeville resident hopes to achieve with an apology for youthful shenanigans.
The CHS grad, who has gone on to have a very positive impact on the community where they grew up and still live, has asked not to be identified, as they don’t want praise for their current actions.
In their words:
Around fifty years ago I made a bad decision.
That decision was to follow some peer pressure to enter the high school late one night.
We didn’t break into the school; we just knew a way in that wouldn’t damage anything.
Once inside we just ran around for a bit and then for some reason we decided to each take something as a reminder of our collective mischief.
My item was a tuning fork.
I am ashamed of my actions so long ago and offer my deepest apologies to the school, the faculty and the community that supported me through my education.
Since very shortly after that day I occasionally have been trying to think of a way to make my bad decision right.
I hope by coming forward with this it may help another vulnerable adolescent from bowing to peer pressure and making a bad decision that you may regret.
I am going to remain anonymous because previously I came forward to admit a mistake that I had made to someone and I ended up getting praise and good thoughts for admitting my errors.
I don’t want or deserve anything good out of this.
I just hope that this admission will help someone else from making a mistake they may regret.
The tuning fork has long ago disappeared so I can’t return it, so I have made a donation to a scholarship for CHS students.
Again, I sincerely apologize for my mistake.
Coupeville Sports 