Good luck graduates
Every year at this time editorial opinion columns across the country are filled with advice to kids graduating from the local high school. I think there must be something in Journalism 101 that dictates this phenomenon. But then, since I never took Journalism 101 I wouldn't know that for a fact. Perhaps people in the newspaper world just feel this is something they should do. Graduations are milestones; we should be profound in our advice. I am not sure I do "profound."
But here is what I might offer our young people about to set sail into adulthood.
Have some fun, do some crazy things, but don't do stupid stuff. You know the difference.
Be responsible for your own behavior.
Come back and see us from time to time. You always will be a part of this community and we enjoy hearing where life's journey has taken our students.
I'm not sure that we are giving you the world that we hoped to pass on to you. You will have issues to face that our generation never dreamed would need to be addressed. You will no doubt be required to "think outside the box" and I hope we have prepared you for that.
But the best piece of advice is something I remember from a long-forgotten speaker at a graduation exercise many years ago: If you are thinking about doing something you won't be able to explain to your grandmother, don't do it.
Good luck graduates.
— SUSAN MARSHALL
