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FIELD NOTES

GRADING GRADUATIONS

B. Lee Coyne, ATMS

Every June is a special time of graduation. High schools
and colleges are key recipients for this honor. Speeches
are often considered a mainstay. This invites all of us to
pretend we are graduation speakers. Just what elements

shall we focus upon and what message shall we convey?
We hope to communicate a true message of hope to
the next generation. Yet we confront a hectic world slowly

coming out from a two-year pandemic. Covid-19 certainly
was an abrupt interruption to one and all. It tested our
capacities to yield our everyday routines and absorb new
norms we never expected. Our mental muscles were
supplied an unprecedented workout.

The political divide grew denser. Political leaders
were less prone to negotiate over controversies. Our
society at large fragmented. Crime skyrocketed.

Illegal drug abuse situations greatly
increased. Even suicides
set new records.
As a graduation
speaker, can you or I set forth

a positive perspective? Can we move
from the dark side of the moon to
lunar luminescence?

As it says in Genesis: Let there be
light. That is the message we hold
for the grown ups of tomorrow!

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