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ABOVE: Graduates share the thrill of their brand-new diplomas. ABOVE RIGHT: Dean of Residential Life Jen Craig congratulates Hannah Anokye. RIGHT: Frankie Brown’14 hugs Alondria Cazad '12, left, and Elise Liu after the graduation exercises.
THE EXULTANT, OF THE POSSIBLE AROUND YOU …
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…keep a sharp eye and ear FOR ANY SIGN OF .
your question, are troubling to me. Knowledge is cumulative; therefore all tests, quizzes, and classes shall be as well.’ That he delivered these words with a glint of eye and faintly wry smile helped me to begin to…get it. He wasn’t talking about tests and quizzes. He was talking about how I was to take on all of it, in school and beyond. He eventually taught me how to eat grits in exacting terms. Frankenbach urged the graduates to “keep a sharp eye and ear for any sign of the exultant, of the possible around you, always, even at 4:17 in the afternoon, on a street corner or anywhere, in Memphis, San Fran, DC, Gnawbone, Indiana, or Lakeville, Connecticut.” TO SEE A VIDEO OF GRADUATION, OR READ THE REMARKS BY CHARLES FRANKENBACH OR THE SCHOOL PRESIDENTS, GO TO THE HOTCHKISS TODAY SECTION ON THE WEBSITE, WWW.HOTCHKISS.ORG.
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