I was just invited to speak to the Freshmen at next year’s orientation. Of course I am accepting!
I have had a speech-topic in mind for a while now, one I riffed on in my 5th year application. I wanted to share my current first minute of text here:
Today you stand at the edge of a savanna. There may appear to be a clear path; someone may have told you there is a good, right path. They are wrong.
Standing in this edge-time, you may feel lost, pathless, perhaps alone. This is mostly right: there are no paths on the savanna. But you are not alone.
On this new plain, you come as a crowd, a community, a class. They will be your bellwethers and guiding stars and competition and friends. They will help you define your right path, choose what you mean by success.
Inspirational Quote:
You take your life in your own hands, and what happens?
A terrible thing: no one to blame.
–Erica Jong
