26 April 2006

Today at 2:15pm, I walked out of a classroom for the last time as a student. The next time I walk into class, I will be Mr. Cline, the rookie social studies teacher. A sad and rainy day reflected the mood of many seniors on campus today, the bittersweet last day of classes...

"In the world and at home, you have the oppertunity and the responsibility to make the choices which will determine the greatness of this nation...You live in the most privileged nation on earth. You are the most privileged citizens of that privileged nation; for you have been given the oppertunity to study and learn...You can use your enormous privilege and oppertunity to seek purely private pleasure and gain. But history will judge you, and as the years pass, you will judge yourself, on the extent to which you used your gifts to lighten and enrich the lives of your fellow man. In your hands, not with presidents and leaders, is the future of your world and the fulfillment of the best qualities of your own spirit"



-Robert F. Kennedy 1966