make decisions of every type. We may choose to dye our hair or even shave it all off, but what remains is still, you. The changes you make to your physical body, the friends you have or the mistakes you make, do not change what is inside. There is always you. So don't worry about the way people perceive you, just be who you want to be. Something else video games have taught me is how to be a part of a team. I've found in my many years of playing that the best teammate is the one who can actually talk to you, whether they're sitting next to you or talking to you through a headset, and the one who puts the team's needs before their own. Communication is key to strategize coordinated assaults on the other team's position. The inability to actually talk to your ally severely decreases the chance for success. Now if you can talk to your teammate AND they are generous, well then you have all of the ingredients necessary for the destruction of the other team. A helpful ally can help fend off attacks and donate equipment for the benefit of your team.
or less instilled in us during our High School career. However, sometimes your work will not be the most glamorous. Sometimes you won’t even receive credit for your work. When these things happen, do not fret.
escape into a world where I was free from worldly problems and my only concern was whether or not I could beat the next boss.
of you may just want to see a picture of a pet.
But before we can have a healthy experience in college, we have to Make sure when you get acknowledge those who to your college of choice have helped us along the way. Let's not forget to thank our friends for lifting us up when we were down. Let's “The changes you make to your physical not forget to thank our teachers for the body, the friends you have, or the mistakes hard work they've done to give us the you make, do not change what is inside. best preparation and education for college. There is always you. So don't worry about And finally, let's not forget to thank our parents for giving us the way people perceive you, just be who a base, for giving us a jumping off point you want to be.” that has prepared us for success. There are no "respawns" in life, so my challenge Someone is always looking that you find a place where for you, class of 2013, is up to you and your work you can get away from the Holland Hall has given us to not take a single day for will not go unrewarded. school work, away from experience in working in a granted. We all saw how worry and far away from group. Every group project fast high school went by, Lastly, video games allowed any kind of stress. Whether I've ever been a part of I so starting today I urge you me to take a break from my that place is listening to a have always hoped that I to make every day more busy schedule. They were certain song, isolation from would have someone who meaningful than the last. there to allow me to take everyone and everything was willing to be what the And finally I'll leave you my mind away from it all. or simply calling someone, team needed them to be. with the words of the great Simple as that sounds, it's it doesn't matter. Just find Speaking was a part of the Jedi Master Yoda himself, true. I would run upstairs it. Some of you may find grade, so the ability to speak when I was younger when "Do or do not. There is no comfort in calling a parent, to an audience was more try." Thank you. I had a bad day so I could others a friend, and some
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