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Speak Out: What's Your Best Advice for Graduates?
Tell us what Marshall and Madison graduates should know as they step out on their own
We've all sat through graduation speeches (and other graduation-related remarks) that were painful.
Painful is a kind adjective.
My own high school principal, at a National Honor Society candle lighting, compared us all to geese and tadpoles. Not a flock of geese, or a family of toads -- just the animals themselves. I don't remember much about the speech other than students rolling their eyes and parents sneaking glances to see if the woman was serious.
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But more often than not, each of us also has that one piece of advice -- whether from a speech to a crowd or in a private note from a treasured advisor -- that sticks; words that are visited time and time again as you pass through life's phases. Words you keep.
What was the best graduation advice you've ever received? We'll compile a list for Vienna's graduates to keep and look to as they enter the world on their own.
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Here are some of the pieces of advice I've heard or been given:
- Never settle
- Invest time in yourself. Get to know yourself; it will probably surprise you. Be your own best friend, confidant and advocate. You may not be who you've always thought you'd be, and that's okay.
- "You are not special."
- Your parents are your friends. Call them. (You can probably guess who gave that to me ...)
What's the best graduation advice you've ever received?
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