Words Of Wisdom For The Class Of 2007
Published: June 20th, 2007
By: Jessica Lewis

Words of wisdom for the class of 2007

It’s June, and this weekend hundreds of local high school seniors adorned in their caps and gowns will be graduating and deciding what to do with their new-found freedom. I am by no means full of wisdom, but as someone who went through the same thing not too terribly long ago, I’ve decided to honor these graduates with a few pearls of wisdom from someone a few years older.

• Keep your options open.

When I first left high school and started attending college, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. (In fact I only figured out the newspaper might be the way to go when I saw the job opening posted last year.) There were many different courses to pursue in college and I considered quite a few of them. I even considered being an economics major, but after realizing I couldn’t even balance my own check book, I decided that might not be the way to go, plus I hated the math courses – too many numbers and graphs and letters that stand for things, ugh. I took courses in earth science, astronomy, philosophy (which made my head hurt), calculus (which made me cry) and a million other topics before I realized what I liked and what made me want to crawl in a hole and hide, so let yourself explore a few things before you make any life changing decisions. You never know what might spark your interest.

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