Here's to all the members of the class of 2006
By Staff
Leada Gore, Editor
My niece Michelle is one of this year's many high school graduates. Michelle has her path pretty well planned out. She's earned a dance scholarship and hopes to study nursing. I told her I was impressed with her forethought, especially since the biggest thing on my mind when I graduated high school was what bathing suit I was going to wear on the beach that summer.
No matter how well prepared a student may be, it's a big jump from the confines of high school to college life. Suddenly, there isn't a teacher there to tell you to do your homework and often there's no attendance policy that requires you to show up to class at all. You may have been a big deal at your high school, only to find yourself one of the minnows in a sea of freshman.
It's with these thoughts in mind that I offer a few words of advice to our graduating seniors. I hope you all – even you, Michelle – will take them to heart:
I hope all graduates have a safe and happy summer. And I hope they have more on their minds than I did all those years ago. Bathing suits are important, but then again, so is life.
