Thursday, May 27, 2010

A Year Removed...

A new class graduated from Harvard's Graduate School of Education today. A year removed, I still work every day to "get to work." It's never easy - the pull toward the status quo never ceases - but we continue to make every effort to create change, to do something better, and to provide today's children with the opportunities they deserve.

Giving the speech at the HGSE Convocation Ceremony was a personal challenge: would I actually say what I thought needed to be said in front of such a large group? Could I speak effectively to such a large group? Would I pass out? 

A year out, there's only one question that remains: Did it matter?

Thanks, as always, for reading.
Mark
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1 comment:

  1. Ms. SaidiMay 30, 2010 at 2:10 PM

    It did. My father still to this day talks about your speech. Whenever someone talks about "waiting" my father starts singing that chorus and talks about how, as you told us, have to move to change it.

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