PULLING DOWN MY HIGH SCHOOL

　　My high school is under demolition now. This building was newly built 49 years ago when I was 14 years old. I learned lots of things in this school and I'm here now. Asbestos was used here and there and its demolition should be done extremely carefully. It seems to take a month. My house is located in the same neighborhood as my high school and I often take a walk in front of the school recalling about the passed 49 years. Many things happened, good things and bad things in a span of this period. The way I see it though, I've spent a good life. I'm looking to do anything I can do from now on.

(Vocabulary)
dismantle 〈機械など〉を分解する, 解体する;〈組織など〉を解体する;〈制度など〉を徐々に撤廃［廃止］する
pull down （家などを）取り壊す
demolition [C,U] (建物などの) 取り壊し, 解体
here and there あちこちに