Tag: highschool
Learning as Sacred Exploration
Written 2/4/20 for Maeser students but hopefully applies to others. Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,Enwrought with golden and silver light,The blue and the dim and the dark clothsOf night and light and the half light,I would spread the cloths under your feet:But I, being poor, have only my dreams;I have spread my dreams under…
This is Not Philosophy
Valedictorian Speech for Maeser Prep Academy Class of 2017 I am honored to give this speech, I really am, almost as much as I am under-qualified to give it. My speech will be kind of like high school: the best part is when it’s finally over. Street philosopher and leader of the free world, Drake,…
Last Lecture
“Somebody once told me the definition of hell: On your last day on earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become.” — Anonymous What if a demon slithered up to you after your graduation, and forced you to relive all of highschool? No, not just the dances and the weekends, but every…
Moving Out
Never again will I have to bear the shrill of screams As some pitiful sibling endures a bath. The mess of a house tearing at the seams, The grateful hugs of a fragile sister. Nights cut short by a sharp curfew, Brothers wrestling as dirt flew, And you know no one will ever hurt you.…