Thank you. It’s an honor to be here to talk about these wonderful graduates. I’ll be brief and I’m only going to share from their own words. I’ve pulled a few quotes from the activities, projects, assessments, and work you’ve done over the past nine months. The wisdom and power of each of you shines through.
All of us are lucky to have spent time with you. To have learned from you. To have experienced the immense potential that each of you possess. Like all human beings, things are going to get rough, and I hope, I hope, I hope that you can remember some of these moments when that happens. These are your moments, your insights, and your thoughts.
CR:
“I connected to the world by first thinking what the world needs and then I try and change it.”
“I’m not an expert on anything for real, but J is, and J is, and T is.”
“Love who you love, it’s pretty simple.”
ES
I think this bit of writing is good advice not only about project work but about life. Here it is:
And our last senior:
“It’s important for projects to connect to the outside world because this is a project based school. I don’t know exactly what to say so I’ll leave this. Either way, we get real live skills out of the deal.”
“Why I do my best? I should do my best because it builds good work ethic and someone could look at what I’m doing and give feedback and how I could do better. It says that I always put forth maximum effort. It is okay to shut down though when you’re done and when you deserve downtime. You figure that out by looking at what you have done, what you could do, and look at the number of hours in the day. Everyone needs sleep.”
“Get more inspired to do the things that you set out to do. Go back to your previous inspirations, influences, and see what mattered.”
Our friend Aiden likes to say that our lives are conversations with folks important to us: some are with us, some are with us but no longer near us, and others have gone. Continue those conversations and stay close.
On behalf of all of us at the WS, thank you for your work, your ideas, your voice, your vision. You have come so far, we’re all waiting to see what you do next.
MC
