*Posted with the permission of my former student* Starting in 2005, I worked with the top students in the class on graduation speeches. Some have many ideas and need me to help winnow; others are overwhelmed by the thought of speaking in front of thousands of people and are stymied by what would be important enough to impart. My job in those cases was to coach them to find their topic, their voice, and the words needed to express their message. When this student’s lightbulb moment came—the subject of her foreign-born parents—there was no stopping her!
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