�Looking at our whole class in the same place, maybe for the last time, I�m reminded of a quote by Pearl Buck: �The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, gener\ ation after generation.� That�s what I feel when I think about our class.�
�We are at our best when we break boundaries and challenge expectations. As long as we make that our goal, we will gain wisdom but remain young at heart.�
�When our class raised more than $25,000 for the Kwan Foundation�s malaria eradication program, we beat our projected numbers by almost 200 percent. That was only possible because we didn�t settle for easy, predictable r\ esults. We chose to excel.�
�The toughest challenge I personally took on at Morrison High wasn�t academic. It was working with our youth counseling center. It�s also the most valuable experience I had here, because it showed me something important.\ Every person in here had a �toughest challenge.� We all took on things when, if we�d been �prudent�, we�d have given up. But we persisted, and because we�re here, because we�ve all made it, we know we�ve won.�
�Of course, our real toughest challenges are coming up. I certainly hope they are, anyway: if our hardest, most interesting challenges were in high school, we�ve got a boring life ahead! That�s the most important takeawa\ y I hope you all get from today.�
�Putting prudence aside, going beyond what is easy and predictable, is what makes life worth living. �
Looking at our whole class in the same place, maybe for the last time, I�m reminded of a quote by Pearl Buck: �The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, genera\ tion after generation.� That�s what I feel when I think about our class.
We are at our best when we break boundaries and challenge expectations. As long as we make that our goal, we will gain wisdom but remain young at heart.
When our class raised more than $25,000 for the Kwan Foundation�s malaria eradication program, we beat our projected numbers by almost 200 percent. That was only possible because we didn�t settle for easy, predictable re\ sults. We chose to excel.
The toughest challenge I personally took on at Morrison High wasn�t academic. It was working with our youth counseling center. It�s also the most valuable experience I had here, because it showed me something important. \ Every person in here had a �toughest challenge.� We all took on things when, if we�d been �prudent�, we�d have given up. But we persisted, and because we�re here, because we�ve all made it, we know we�ve won.
Of course, our real toughest challenges are coming up. I certainly hope they are, anyway: if our hardest, most interesting challenges were in high school, we�ve got a boring life ahead! That�s the most important takeaway\ I hope you all get from today.
Putting prudence aside, going beyond what is easy and predictable, is what makes life worth living.
The toughest challenge I personally took on at Morrison High wasn�t academic. It was working with our youth counseling center. It�s also the most valuable experience I had here, because it showed me something important. \ Every person in here had a �toughest challenge.� We all took on things when, if we�d been �prudent,� we�d have given up. But we persisted, and because we�re here, because we�ve all made it, we know we�ve won.
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