Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011

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22 - Quadrangle Salutatorian speech Hyun Kue Jeong Hyun Kue Jeong amuses President of the Board Thomas Chandy Good Morning, distinguished guests, parents, staff, friends and my fellow graduating class of 2011, it is an honour for me today to have the opportunity to share my thoughts at this formal occasion. A few days ago, some of my friends told me about Ms Seefeldt’s expectations of the student speakers at the graduation. She has allegedly said, “the valedictorian has been working on her speech for about two weeks, but the salutatorian will probably make up his speech just five minutes before the actual ceremony.” Well. I wasn’t too sure about that, at least at first. As much as I would have loved to refute such an appalling and degrading supposition (joke, Ms Seefeldt), I must admit that she was right as I eventually ended up putting off my preparation for this speech until yesterday night. Following the parents banquet yesterday which on a side note, gave an invaluable opportunity to hear from the perspective of parents, I was left baffled with the task of having to arrange the speech for the next morning. Although numerous questions were raised in my head due to complete lack of prior planning, the most fundamental among them was “what on earth am I even going to talk about?” As far as I was concerned, the Valedictorian speech had to do with the values of the Woodstock experience and I most certainly did not want to put all of you to sleep by discussing an identical matter in this joyful event. To be honest, I could have probably put together a usual generic speech without much difficulty saying stuff like the graduation is not the end but the new beginning and that this is a new chapter in our lives.. Whatever. But I am sure that we, who are no longer children but ladies and gentlemen, as Aman stated at the Baccalaureate, are already well aware of the presence of various challenges in the future. I instead hope to leave my friends with an advice that may prove to be helpful in addressing such challenges wherever you may find yourself. I had around two and a half hours of sleep last night, having not only to write this speech but also to finally prepare my gifts and pack all my belongings. The question is, am I going to learn from this experience and stop putting off the necessary work? For me the answer is probably NO. After all procrastination has always been a part of me, and it is now at the stage that it feels even wrong when I finish an assignment well before the due date. Nonetheless, I am willing to fix this issue eventually.; it may take consecutive days of all-nighters at college or failing in an assignment, but I am sure I will, in the near future, be motivated to take my work more seriously in a more demanding environment. I mean I didn’t do too badly here despite my tendency to be ‘laid back’; after all I am salutatorian, not a bad achievement you know. By saying all this however, I am not warning you merely against procrastinating since I know that there are many hard-working in our class who in fact deserve to be here instead of me. What I have been attempting to tell all of you is that you should learn or at least, like me, be willing to learn from your mistakes. Many of my friends tell me that I would have been able to achieve anything had I put the effort in. Although I highly doubt that, it’s still I think very much possible. Similarly, learning from mistakes will allow you to transform your faults into your strengths, and such will help us encounter the inevitable challenges in life that must be dealt with. And that was my last minute prepared speech and congratulations to our class of Luminescence and all those who helped us to get here for the long-waited graduation which looked like it was never going to come but eventually did. Thank You. The SAGE Program offers high school students the opportunity to travel and study abroad as a way to gain greater understanding of the world and themselves. Travel abroad becomes a transformative experience, which is carefully designed to allow participants to grow intellectually, socially, and emotionally. We challenge students to move beyond their comfort zone, to think more critically about the world and themselves, and to become engaged and responsible global citizens. “A year on the SAGE Program means many things. It means adventure, new friendships, high-quality education and a broader world view. Perhaps my only regret is that I couldn’t stay longer.” –Sherry Cohen, Washington, DC For more information, visit the SAGE website at www.sageprogram.org
Quadrangle - 23 Graduating Class of 2011 Front row: Nan Onkka, Greg Miller, Ajay Mark, Ray Husthwaite, Shonila Chander, James Rice, Amy Seefeldt, Andrzej Plonka Second row: Anum Hashmi, Lan Huong Dang, Kaanhari Singh, Jivika Mehra, Anah Iqbal, Yerim Park, Jaza Samuel, Abigail Jiang Ping Wood, Shreen Vaid, Eun Bit Park, Maari Watanabe, Shekinah Rachel Chandy, Neha Bali, Ji Eun Yang, Jae Eun Shim, Tariqa Farrell Tandon, Sonam Dickey Lama, Kritika Tara Deb, Reed Lauren Byg, Maynica Sachdev, Pema Yangchen Sadutshang, Anamika Sumit Bhatt, Chimey Dolkar, Penli Mongla Jamir Third row: Mina Zahin, Lalzirliani Chinzah, Devika Hastak, Sachika Mehra, Dharadipika Hopkins, Maria Asad-Dehghan, Seoyoung Kim, Nitisha Mohapatra, Sanghamitra Ghosh, Jeong Yeon Lim, Nayantara Shilpin Patel, Sonam Yangki Jattu, Makani Rose Nakasone, Ye Na Lee, Maren Tims Magill, Ashika Rachel Thanju, Rakchira Dalbot Shira, Shirly Susan Samuel Fourth row: Ngawang Dhonten, Benjamin Thapa, Arsh Bansal, Se Min Suh, Mohammed Salman Kanazawa, Sungeun Moon, Young Jin Lee, Aman Sethi, Harit Kohli, Karan Raj Kohli, Siddhant Gupta, Joseph R. Touthang, Sidharth Varma Datla, Rajiv More, Jocelyn Edmond Edouard Basseporte, Jeremy Sunil Arthur Back row: Daniel Rollins, Amit Minoo Lalvani, Shayan Nejad, Armaan Bindra, Bu Lee, Min Jae Park, Gitanjaya Dhakal, John Foster Latta Charles, Adnan Raul Valdes Bhattacharjea, Yeonwoong Lee, Hyun Kue Jeong, Yu Sung Eo, Imaan Singh Dhaliwal, Tenzing Namgay Dorji, Aditya Vikram Das, Anshuman Deora, Gaurav Kusum Adhikari, Atif Husain, Jai Nalwa Not pictured: Trishla Golechha, Aurnab Aziz Saleh
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