{"id":3815,"date":"2011-05-28T23:18:22","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T23:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=3815"},"modified":"2011-05-29T23:53:07","modified_gmt":"2011-05-29T23:53:07","slug":"petur-breki-graduates-from-junior-college-mh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/petur-breki-graduates-from-junior-college-mh\/","title":{"rendered":"P\u00e9tur Breki Graduates From Junior College (MH)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My brother, P\u00e9tur Breki, graduated today from Menntask\u00f3linn \u00ed Hamrahl\u00ed\u00f0, a &#8216;Junior College&#8217; where students usually enter at 16 years old, graduate after 3-4 years, and can then enter University in their chosen field (no general subjects).<\/p>\n<p>If the setting seems familiar its because <a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/nokkvi-utskrifast-ur-mh\/\">his older brother graduated from the same school<\/a> some three years ago. \u00a0The ceremony took over two hours, and was mostly boring. \u00a0Thankfully, the school has a fantastic choir, and they did their best to infuse some life into the proceedings. \u00a0Sadly, there was no getting around reading up the names of roughly 190 students. \u00a0Good times!<\/p>\n<p>After the ceremony, we headed to Hulda&#8217;s place for a small gathering to celebrate P\u00e9tur&#8217;s\u00a0achievement. \u00a0The food was excellent, and a good time was had by all!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3816\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_5552.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3816\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3816\" title=\"IMG_5552\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_5552.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_5552.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_5552-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">P\u00e9tur gets his diploma from the principal.  Yay! \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3818\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_5591.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3818\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3818\" title=\"IMG_5591\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_5591.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_5591.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_5591-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">N\u00f6kkvi, mom, P\u00e9tur and Sign\u00fd after the ceremony.  Once you&#39;ve been a &#39;student&#39; (aka graduate) for one year, you can remove the white part, and use the black under-hat instead.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3819\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_5679.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3819\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3819\" title=\"IMG_5679\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_5679.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_5679.jpg 440w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_5679-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St\u00fadent P\u00e9tur Breki Bjarnason.  Yes, it was raining, but I expect he&#39;ll fix that himself in photoshop... \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3820\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_5702.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3820\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3820\" title=\"IMG_5702\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_5702.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_5702.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_5702-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The little family by the overflowing food table!!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Of course I took many many more photos, and 130 of those have now been uploaded to PicasaWeb in full resolution. \u00a0Click on the image below to access the PicasaWeb image website.<\/p>\n<p>Hjartanlega til hamingju P\u00e9tur! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<table class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"width: 194px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"height: 194px; background: url(https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/s\/c\/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/hrefnamarin\/20110528PeturStudent?authkey=Gv1sRgCKH18umr8NaL-gE&amp;feat=embedwebsite\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 1px 0 0 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-WHmQEOirWjs\/TeI5uNHM6OE\/AAAAAAAAPiY\/_vUO0gjKIPM\/s160-c\/20110528PeturStudent.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"><a style=\"color: #4d4d4d; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/hrefnamarin\/20110528PeturStudent?authkey=Gv1sRgCKH18umr8NaL-gE&amp;feat=embedwebsite\">2011-05-28 P\u00e9tur st\u00fadent<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My brother, P\u00e9tur Breki, graduated today from Menntask\u00f3linn \u00ed Hamrahl\u00ed\u00f0, a &#8216;Junior College&#8217; where students usually enter at 16 years old, graduate after 3-4 years, and can then enter University in their chosen field (no general subjects). 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