Happy Commencement
Yesterday I woke up at 7:30 am to watch the Class of 2009 graduate via live webcast. The view from my macbook was limited and fuzzy, but with the help of the orchestra and my excitable imagination, I was able to get very worked up.
I don't know what it's like to graduate from a school you love. High school was interesting—I was glad I went, but it wasn't fun enough to miss—and middle school was so horrendous that I skipped the ceremony. When I started college, I think my worst fear was that it wouldn't be worth the drudgery it took to get there; that I'd only find more boredom and the daily exhaustion of dealing with people who view empathy as a moral disorder.
As I watched the parade of funny hats roll down the steps of the Gettell Ampitheater, I wondered what kind of wisdom I might say I've earned at MHC thus far. I thought about that secret fear...and how I didn't even notice when it went away.
So, seniors, the only (possibly preemptive) advice I, a lowly rising junior, have to offer you, is this: Seek inspiration. Resist boredom. As long as you keep challenging the hell out of yourself, none of this ever has to stop.
Labels: class of 2009, commencement, graduation, mount holyoke college
2 comments
Glad you saw the Commencement streaming online, Marianna. ;) But you'd better be there next year when I am graduating!
I love this.
I've got to figure out things. I need to graduate, unfortunately it won't be in 2011..
Anyway, I love the way this blog looks! Red is so you.
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