![]() You have spent twelve years becoming the person you are. Whatever else you do this year, make it a point to step outside yourself. Today I don’t have a single close friend left from that class. The one word which best describes my senior year is forgettable. I never went to my own graduation, and because of all of these reasons I have never been back for a class reunion. There really is a joy to be had in giving, and I didn’t discover this until much later in life.ġ0. I never volunteered for a community service project. ![]() I never developed leadership skills and for years was awkward in many social situations.ĩ. Because of this I missed a dozen opportunities to grow and explore different things. Outside of sports, I never joined a group or organization. For me, that would have changed everything.Ĩ. Because of this, I was unprepared for college, and nearly dropped out after my first semester. I never really challenged myself academically. Because of this, as the year went on fewer and fewer people were willing to go out of their way for me, or cut me a little slack when I most needed it.ħ. ![]() I never said thank you to a staff memb er who really went out of their way for me. Because of this I never realized or appreciated the talents and creativity of many of my classmates.Ħ. Because of this I helped to perpetuate racism and sexism.ĥ. I’m ashamed ot say that I told a few myself. ![]() I never stopped a friend from telling a racist or sexist joke. Because of htis, I missed my first opportunities to teach.Ĥ. I was a good student, but never once did I offer to help anyone who was struggling. I easily could have, but because I was a coward, my school was a terrible place for a large part of the student body, and less than it might have been for everyone else, myself included.ģ. I never once stopped a bully from making life difficult for a kid who had committed the unpardonable sin of being different. Looking back there were at least ten things that I didn’t do during my senior year, and wish the heck that I had.ġ.my senior year, I never made a friend outside of my own little clique: Because of this, it took me years to learn to accept and appreciate people who were different than me.Ģ. However, if you would indulge me for a minute or two I would like to share with you a few things which I did not learn until it was too late to do anything abou it. I understand that this morning is for classmates and friends and that a preachy old man can’t do much to improve the occasion. ![]()
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