The class of 2012 graduated from Newell-Fonda High School today. The song was sung, diplomas distributed, and the crowd adjourned to the parties.
Now what?
Where will they go? What will they become? Did we give them enough?
The principal announced that many of the students spent twelve or more years in our institution. Were these years a wise investment? Did we prepare them? Did we waste their time?
After they have forgotten the capitol of North Dakota and cosign, what will they remember? Will they be kind? Brave? Strong and generous?
Will they become leaders, parents, workers, caregivers?
Can they survive illness, bankruptcy, loss, and grief?
Did we teach them these things? Did they see them in us? Will they succeed because of us or in spite of us? What do we teach our children?
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