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  graduation speech salutatorian: You Are Not Special and Other Encouragements David McCullough Jr, 2014-05-01 An inspirational and timely reflection on the way we bring up children that will resonate with parents everywhere. 'Longtime high school English teacher McCullough scores an A+ with this volume for teens and parents. Rich in literary references and poetic in cadence, the author also offers plenty of hilarious and pointed comments on teens and today's society.' - Publishers Weekly So you think you're special? Well, think again: you're not. David McCullough Jr, a US high-school English teacher, found himself suddenly famous in 2012 when his commencement address to graduating high-school seniors went viral on Youtube. the main theme of that speech, 'You're not special', seemed to hit a nerve and validate a sense among people worldwide that something is deeply and fundamentally wrong with the way children are being raised today. From infancy, he observed, children are taught to believe they are unique and special, deserving of every advantage, destined for success. Consequently they learn to work hard and distinguish themselves for the sake of status and material reward rather than for the benefit of others - the larger community; the world. Success is defined as something almost entirely selfish. there is little attention or time given to the pursuit of education for the sake of wisdom, or even real happiness. Drawing from his long career as an educator and experience as a father of teenage boys, McCullough will expand upon the ideas laid out in his radical twelve-minute speech and argue that we can do better - as parents and as teachers - than fostering in our children a sense of privilege and entitlement. Watch the speech at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lfxYhtf8o4 Or read it at: http://theswellesleyreport.com/2012/06/wellesley-high-grads-told-youre-not-special/
  graduation speech salutatorian: On the Land of My Father Bevelyn Charlene Exposé, 2014-02-10 This book evokes a time and place that is central to the American experience, a past to be remembered. This simple and direct narrative of family values and connections to the land is full of description. Land ownership bonded a black family to its white neighbors in segregated southern Mississippi in the 1940s. The author's father and brothers served in segregated armed forces to protect their country, and returned home to a segregated society. Working the land gave its workers identity, pride, and a feeling of competence. Education provided independence and freedom, and religion was the glue that held the family together.
  graduation speech salutatorian: The Least of These Kathleen Neely, 2019-05-31 The Tragedy of Strangers brought Him Face-to-face with His Past Journalist Scott Harrington sets out to write a documentary on the lives of three homeless men. He hopes to win a prestigious award and his father's respect. In the process, he uncovers stories of heartbreak, trauma, and rejection, causing him to revisit his own tragic past and the guilty secret that he holds. Claire Bassett has been searching for her husband who went missing a year ago. The attentions of another man cause her to question if she should continue to search or move on with her life. As Scott and Claire's stories overlap, will there be restoration or rejection?
  graduation speech salutatorian: DESTINED TO ACHIEVE Evelyn Parker Reives, 2013-06 T his book is about the William Carter Parker, Sr. and Vallie Tyson Simon Parker Family. The book depicts how this family maintaines their faith in God, have love for family, family roots, neighbors, surving in a diverse community and know the importance of a good education. Everyone has a dream and a story. There were stories told that captured the imagination of each child. In this book, you will discover that we were not able to run away from hard times. We always continued the chores until they were completed. We are a humble family. When you read this book from cover to cover, you will understand how this family understands life struggles, hard times and good times. Therefore, we are able to indure the hardships and enjoy our labor.
  graduation speech salutatorian: Love Between Enemies Molly E. Lee, 2018-01-08 Zoey Handler is ready to put an end to her decade-long rivalry with Gordon Meyers. They’ve traded top spot between valedictorian and salutatorian for years, but all that’s over now. Right? But after a crazy graduation speech prank gets out of hand, suddenly their rivalry turns into all-out war. Time to make peace with a little friendly payback. Step one? Make him believe they’re now friends. Step two? Show him the time of his life at an epic graduation party. Step three? Don’t fall for his tricks. Step four? Absolutely, positively, do not kiss him again. So what if he’s cute? (Okay, hot.) So what if he’s charming? (Heaven help her, tempting.) So what if he apologizes? (That has to be fake.) She knows the real Gordon. And no matter how much her heart begs her to stop, there’s no turning back. Disclaimer: This Entangled Teen Crush book contains one epic party, complete with every high-schoolers-gone-bad shenanigan, and two rivals who discover maybe they could be something much more...if only they’d stop fighting long enough to notice it. Each book in the Grad Night series is STANDALONE: * Love in the Friend Zone * Love Between Enemies * Love Beyond Opposites
  graduation speech salutatorian: What's with All That Stuff,Cacjohnson!#@! Jamala M. Johnson, 2012-04 Partly autobiographical,What´s with all that stuff,cacjohnson!#@! (A Shopper´s Guide to Better Shopping) a shopping guide with a twist that´s a very real,a very personal and a very sincere discussion with the author about stuff plus shopping tips she learned from family and friends at a very young age.While it becomes apparent that the author had a love for stuff and shopping at a young age, she digs deeper into the reasons that she attributes to loving stuff and shopping. Perhaps Men are from mars and Women are from venus but when it comes to shopping the author aver I shop;therefore,I am. Above all,the author quickly becomes a shoppers guide to better shopping with the assistance of some very familiar family habits including grocery shopping,back-to-school shopping & holiday shopping tips,ultimately,to expose what´s with all that stuff?
  graduation speech salutatorian: The Reading Teacher's Word-a-Day Edward B. Fry, 2008-04-15 From the best-selling author of The Reading Teacher’s Book of Lists comes this hands-on reference containing 180 challenging and engaging lessons—one for each day of the school year. The book is designed to expand the vocabularies of students in grades 6-12 and help them become excited about the life-long process of learning new words. It can be used equally well for in-class activities, self-study, tutoring, or homeschooling. The lessons contained in this book are perfect for “sponge activities”—five-minute lessons to start off or end each class period—or for a supplementary vocabulary lesson.
  graduation speech salutatorian: God is Faithful Johnny Hunt, 2015-11-10 Each year one devotional in the MyDailyTM series impacts literally hundreds of thousands of lives. This year, the focus is faithfulness—God’s faithfulness to us and our faithful response to Him. Johnny Hunt has been the general editor for seven MyDailyTM books, which have sold more than 340,000 units. Fifty Southern Baptist pastors have provided six devotions each to make up this 312 day devotional. Through Scripture, a devotional thought, and a prayer, trusted pastors communicate God’s faithfulness all year long. This book will be an encouraging devotional in particular for the parishioners of these congregations as well as others in the Southern Baptist denomination and for anyone who needs a reminder of God’s faithfulness day after day and how we show our love to Him through our faithfulness. The handsome leatherflex design is beautiful for any desk or nightstand.
  graduation speech salutatorian: Certain Trumpets Garry Wills, 2013-05-28 This “beautifully written and reasoned” (Booklist) narrative by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Garry Wills examines what constitutes meaningful leadership, and why it is so essential to society. What makes a leader? How do we identify effective leadership, and how should—and shouldn’t—that power be used? In Certain Trumpets, Garry Wills presents portraits of eminent leaders including FDR to Ross Perot, King David, Martha Graham, and many others, offering an illuminating lens for studying society and ourselves. Dividing these portraits into sixteen leadership categories ranging from military to charismatic, intellectual, rhetorical, and elected, Wills highlights what makes each of his subjects unique, crafting along the way a distinct and incisive definition of leadership as a reciprocal engagement between two contrasting wills that serves to mobilize us toward a common good, and explaining why leadership is so often a contentious and emotionally charged subject. “A stunningly literate and thoughtful examination of what makes a leader…[and] a welcome antidote to some of the more egregious ‘management style’ drivel,” (Kirkus Reviews), Certain Trumpets is an inspiring and edifying tour through the history of an indispensable social art.
  graduation speech salutatorian: The Teacher's Girl Aflyingwhale, 2025-03-08 Note to self: make sure Mr. Sex-on-a-stick on at the bar isn’t your new teacher before you shamelessly throw yourself at him. I can’t wait anymore, he said in between breaths. He looked down at me with those dark eyes and said, I have to have you now, Baby girl, you're so wet, he murmured to my ears. Baby girl...? Somehow that made me drip even more! Baby girl, you feel so fuc*ing good, he said through gritted teeth. After finding out her boyfriend cheated on her, a distraught Emma went to have a one night stand with a sexy stranger at a bar. Little did she know, the handsome devil turned out to be the new art teacher at her school. Will Emma survive the school year under the possessive watchful eyes of Mr. Hayes? And was their brief eventful encounter worth risking everything? Could love really grow in such a dark place? IF YOU LOVE A NAUGHTY TEACHER AND A FORBIDDEN ROMANCE, THEN GRAB THIS KINDLE MELTING STAND-ALONE, AGE GAP ROMANCE TODAY! GET READY TO SET YOUR SHEETS ON FIRE WITH THIS DELICIOUS STAND ALONE! NO CLIFF-HANGERS, NO CHEATING AND OF COURSE A HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
  graduation speech salutatorian: Congressional Record United States. Congress, 1972 The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
  graduation speech salutatorian: My Angel and Me Martha Manning, 2018-01-25 God communicates with me, protects me, and shows me His love through an angel, which He gave to me when I was born in Martinez, Georgia, in 1936. My story takes place in the small towns of Martinez and Evans, Georgia until I became seventeen years of age. After high school graduation, I married a Methodist minister and the South Carolina Methodist bishop sent us to churches in different areas of South Carolina. In this book, the reader will find out exactly how life was spent in each of these churches. When my husband died in 2006, I moved to Rock Hill, South Carolina, and that is where I live now. My angel has provided guidance and assistance to me throughout my entire life and this fact is illustrated in this book through actual experiences. As you see, my angel on the front of this book is wearing a tilted halo to show the world that life is not always perfect, but we can receive guidance to help us through all of life's situations. Three times I have seen my angel in person. Other times, I have felt the angel's presence and heard the words spoken by my angel. My angel lets me know that God is near me. Read this book to discover the three times my angel thought it was most important to visit me in person. As you read, I pray that you will be aware of your angel in your life guiding you. Remember, God is your Heavenly Father and His desire is to love you. Your faith will acknowledge the hand of God caring for you.
  graduation speech salutatorian: The Story of Mr. AntiSocial Michael Jean DuBois, 2018-12-27 I'm writing this book as a man in his upper thirties who is recounting about thirty years' worth of a lifelong struggle with being comfortable around people. That is, not knowing how to talk to people, not trusting people enough to be comfortable sharing my thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Being socially dysfunctional has led me to do and think a number of things that I'm not proud of. I'm highly critical of myself in this book and throughout my everyday life in general. I've always lamented that I wished I could be someone else. But in the end, I need to realize that I have to embrace who I am with all my flaws. I can only be me. I can't be anyone else, and I should not want that to be any other way.
  graduation speech salutatorian: Bruce Coville Hal Marcovitz, 2013-11 Author of the;Magic Shop;series and;The Unicorn Chronicles, Bruce Coville has captured the imaginations of young readers for more than 20 years with tales of talking toads, Shakespearean spouting skulls, and dragon hatchlings.
  graduation speech salutatorian: Wheat Del Newkirk, 2013-10-08 WHEAT is a true story of the memories of a boy who grew up on a small Indiana farm just as World War II began. Dawn to dark labor year round instilled in him, the middle of three sons of a hard driving conservative Lutheran, a work ethic he applied the remainder of his life. He continues to work hard, but now it means raising millions of dollars for community projects in Brown County, Indiana. Newkirk founded the Brown County Community Foundation in 1992, served as its volunteer CEO for five years, and through it helped bring into being the Brown County Community YMCA, the award winning Brown County Public Library and the Brown County Career Resource Center. Newkirk also was the founder of the Rotary Club of Brown County. WHEAT will be an inspiration to those who think new opportunities are illusions and fulfillment in everyday life not theirs to achieve.
  graduation speech salutatorian: Persecution David Limbaugh, 2003-09-25 In this New York Times bestseller, David Limbaugh exposes the liberal hypocrisy of promoting political correctness while discriminating against Christianity. From the elimination of school prayer to the eradication of the story of Christianity from history textbooks, this persuasive book shows that our social engineers inculcate hostility toward this religion and its values in the name of diversity, tolerance, and multiculturalism. Through court cases, case studies, and true stories, Limbaugh details the widespread assault on the religious liberties of Christians in America today and urges believers to fight back in order to restore their First Amendment right of religious freedom.
  graduation speech salutatorian: Memoirs -The Beginning of Life as I Remember Beverly Player, 2022-12-28 What would you do if the spirit of someone you knew, who is now deceased, came to you with a message? See what the author did. Are you aware that there is a cloud of witnesses that encompasses us? From early childhood, the author sought adventure and to know God on a personal level. She was adamant about finding both. In spite of growing up in a town with a population of just over one thousand, life still proved adventurous. From serving meals at her great-aunt's dinner parties to visiting relatives and friends near and far, the author acquired enough memories to last a lifetime.
  graduation speech salutatorian: Yet I Still Stand Steven Wayne, 2018-05-18 There are two things young Jonathan Anthony Russo loves: football and girls. These help him deal with his dysfunctional family: his mother, a drunk and cocaine user; his father, a wannabe gangster; and seven older sisters whom he despises. Hes been a fairly happy-go-lucky kid until hes raped and beaten at age ten. This tragedy affects the choices he makes in life. During his teenage years, Jonathan is broken, bruised, and berated at the hands of everyone he encounters. As he battles his past, he takes on the very demons he tried to run from. Choosing not to be a victim anymore, he leaves in his wake 234 dead bodies. Despite the blood on his hands, there is a possibility for redemption. Jonathan just wants to do whats right and protect himself and those he loves, no matter the cost. A coming-of-age story, Yet Still I Stand, offers insight into the mind of a mass murder while following the story of one boys struggles to overcome his violent, dysfunctional childhood.
  graduation speech salutatorian: The Everything New Teacher Book Melissa Kelly, 2010-04-18 Being a great teacher is more than lesson plans and seating charts. In this revised and expanded new edition of the classic bestseller, you learn what it takes to be the very best educator you can be, starting from day one in your new classroom! Filled with real-world life lessons from experienced teachers as well as practical tips and techniques, you'll gain the skill and confidence you need to create a successful learning environment for you and your students, including how to: Organize a classroom Create engaging lesson plans Set ground rules and use proper behavior management Deal with prejudice, controversy, and violence Work with colleagues and navigate the chain of command Incorporate mandatory test preparation within the curriculum Implement the latest educational theories In this book, veteran teacher Melissa Kelly provides you with the confidence you'll need to step into class and teach right from the start.
  graduation speech salutatorian: Here’S the Score Ronald James Newton, 2018-01-30 In 1939, a family of twelve siblings coming out of the depths of Great Depression poverty finds itself living in an abandoned town hall that once served as a basketball gymnasium in the small Colorado town of Mead. There, with basketball hoops hanging over their heads, an all-male set of triplets is born, marking the beginning of their destined journey toward leading Mead High School to basketball prominence. Growing up in the 40s and 50s, the triplets obsession with basketball is inspired and nurtured by their older siblings, schoolmates, teammates, and community members. Throughout their elementary, middle school, and early high school years, the triplets and two other brothers learn from teammates and coaches. They experience adulation and newspaper notoriety, causing their mother to constantly remind them to refrain from self-absorption and to work together. In 1956, the brothers participate in a historic event in the nations basketball history when they form and play as the starting five for Mead High. This story, told through the eyes of sixteenth-born and triplet Ronald James Newton, recounts his struggles in the classroom and on the basketball court and portrays his striving toward development of meaningful and satisfying relationships with classmates, family, and friends. The storys threads of spirituality and facing and rising above adversity are enveloped in the bonding relationships that small-town and small-school athletics provide and are crowned by Meads 57 state basketball championship victory.
  graduation speech salutatorian: Sea of Tranquillity Paul Russell, 2003-08-25 From Paul Russell, the award-winning author of The Coming Storm, comes the story of a splinted nuclear family - spanning from the optimistic time of the first moon shot to the bleak time of the early AIDS years. Astronaut Allen Cloud suffers severely from post-lunar depression, and dreams of returning to the far-off world in which he'd finally found peace. His wife's search for happiness takes her from the bottom of a bottle in middle America to Turkey, where she finds spiritual salvation. Their gay son Jonathan embarks on a journey of self-discovery, leading him from Houston to the sophisticated gay world of the East Coast. His acknowledgment of his sexual identity and pursuit of physical and spiritual fulfillment has its counterpoint in a repressed preacher's son, whose desires Jonathan awakens in high school and whose destiny Jonathan permanently alters. Told by a brilliant quartet of voices, Sea of Tranquillity demonstrates a spectrum of emotion that sweeps from razor-sharp wit to wrenching heartache, from anger and alienation to acceptance and reconciliation.
  graduation speech salutatorian: The Midnight Show Ken Knight, 2008-02-12 REMEMBER.... When staying up past midnight was done for a good reason? When ninjas and cyborgs were both heroes and villains? When vigilantes and secret agents made the plot thicken? When gratuitous nudity and violence ruled your TV time? When there was no such thing as political correctness??!! Take a trip back to the late nights of yesteryear as Author Ken Knight reviews the late night Guy-Flicks of the 1980s' Cable TV and Video entertainment,with a vengeance! Complete with un-cut commentary, celebrity interviews,and rare photos as well as twobrand new short-storiesany fan of the 1980's guy-flicks are sure to enjoy..... Welcome to THE MIDNIGHT SHOW
  graduation speech salutatorian: So You Want to Work in Sports K. P. Wee, 2022-09-10 In this book, industry-leading sports professionals—such as Ted Sobel, Fred Claire, Ari Kaplan, Debbie Antonelli, and Ann Meyers Drysdale—offer practical advice and tips for those wanting to pursue a career in sports, including marketing, publicity, broadcasting, journalism, management, scouting, analytics, and more.
  graduation speech salutatorian: Restless Pursuit: Discovering the Pathway to Purpose in Your Life Marlon T. Perkins Sr., 2019-06-19 Great masses of people awaken every day to a purpose no more inspiring than paying the bills, saving for a bigger house or boat, or desperately hoping that their retirement years won't be filled with the drudgery of a survival-based employment. For others still, they face a daily plight against starvation, disease, homelessness, or other harsh realities that simply eclipse any notion of personal value or self-actualization. Restless Pursuit: Discovering the Pathway to Purpose in Your Life offers a fresh, practical, and biblically-centered guide to understanding the timeless issue of meaning and purpose in life. Whether you find yourself struggling with picking the right college, making a career change, parenting, what life holds for you in retirement, or anything in between, all of these decisions require a strong foundation in your purpose. Read it and prepare for your own journey to begin, leading to a life you don't need a vacation from!
  graduation speech salutatorian: And the Blackbirds Sang Patricia J. Lengi, 2013-02 Hey, David, wait up a sec. Long golden-blonde hair hid Jillian's face as she bent over to tie a shoe. Okay, two more miles before we turn around. She wiped the sweat off her forehead, took a deep breath, and they resumed the long, seemingly effortless strides of distance runners. The dirt road curved up a hill, and Jillian looked forward to the view from the top. Dust spurted from their footsteps, and their breathing became harder as the road became steeper, but Jillian didn't notice because she was thinking back to the day, three years ago, when she had first discovered the other side of the hill. Leaving the Bennington City limits behind, Jillian had pedaled her bike as far as she could up the country road, then pushed it slowly, slowly up the steep incline, stopping twice to rest while wondering what lay ahead. Finally, the view from the top had enchanted her. Aspen leaves whirred in the warm breeze, and an old pine shaded her as she settled back against a nearby log. Wild roses and purple lupines filled the air with a sweet scent, and tiny white flowers carpeted the ground where she sat. The Blue Mountains, whose peaks she could glimpse from her bedroom window, were a backdrop for a white cottage nestling near the banks of a stream far below. Jill, are you in there? David grinned at her startled expression. I thought you must be at least on Mars. Oh, I'm sorry, David. I guess maybe I was lost in space. Actually, I was thinking about our run. I love going up this road and down the valley. Same here, but I'd rather think about winning at the state meet. Seriously, Jill, you have a great chance. I just hope to be in the top ten. Jillian wrinkled her nose but said nothing as they breasted the hill, and she drank in the familiar scene as they descended the gravelly road and picked up the pace. The stream tumbled and gurgled and muffled their footsteps as they neared the cottage. Mrs. Sheldon, watering chrysanthemums in window boxes, waved hesitantly across to them as they ran by. A blackbird sang among the reeds along the creek, and Jillian sighed. Do you know you always do that? David asked. Do what?
  graduation speech salutatorian: Eighth Grade Trudy L. Himes, 2003-08-01 There is no available information at this time. Will provide once available.
  graduation speech salutatorian: Snicklefritz Ellen Allbeck Maurer , 2016 Winifred Elizabeth (Manning) Allbeck--Snicklefritz as her papa nicknamed her--began her life in the dead of winter when the world was being torn apart by The Great War and devastated by the Spanish Flu, the worst pandemic in recorded history. Nearly 100 years later, she and her daughter, Ellen (Allbeck) Maurer, sat down to tell her intimate story--interwoven with grand changes taking place in American rural life. From kerosene lamps and one-room schools to the Great Depression, times changed-- and so did her life. School years were followed by long-distance loves--captured through letters presented within the book--and her world expanded to include a happy forty-four-year marriage to Frank, whose tale blends into hers. The secluded life of the farm girl of the early 1900s eventually blossomed into adventures in more than two dozen countries on three continents. page 4 of cover
  graduation speech salutatorian: The Papa Bear: A Memoir Gustave Prinsell, 2017-04-25 Born in 1922 in a poor section of Jersey City, New Jersey, to parents with only third grade educations, this is the life story of Gus Prinsell. In this autobiography, Gus starts by reflecting on his humble beginnings -- his earliest childhood memories are of poverty wrought by the Great Depression. His father was unemployed for a decade. Gus's parents never wavered in insisting that their children pursue an education. World War II started as he was entering his 20s, and he served his country in the US Navy. After becoming a born again Christian in the early 1940s and marrying Louise Bininger, he finished college and earned his medical doctor degree from Columbia University in 1952. From there, Gus went on to study surgery and tropical medicine. He then turned away from material gains and dedicated his life to medical missions in West Africa, where he moved with Louise and their four sons and opened the new Kamakwie Wesleyan Hospital in 1959. In 1964, Gus returned to the States where he served as a family physician in Western New York until his retirement. Gus still lives in Houghton, New York, with his wife of over 70 years, Louise. At the ages of 94 and 91, Gus and Louise now have seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Gus takes us through his life’s journey in his own words. Not only does he tell the story of his own life, but he effectively weaves in the stories of many of his family and friends. His trust in the Lord through faith has led Gus through his life of achievement. When asked to describe himself in one phrase, he defines himself as “a Christian missionary physician and humanitarian.” His life of dedication to God and mankind is an example for us all.
  graduation speech salutatorian: A Colored Child’s Belly Lakella L. Davenport, 2017-11-16 A Colored Child's Belly is a book about an African American or colored boy who transitions from childhood into adulthood. The book details specific life experiences he has as he gets older. It details his journey from boyhood into manhood. He does odd jobs for a man named Mr. Rimmey. Mr. Rimmey is a lawyer. He is the only one on the whole block that has a fireplace in his home. Rimmey serves as a guiding father figure for young Clarence. The book details Clarence's relationship with his friends, other people, his parents, his twin sisters, and Mr. Rimmey.
  graduation speech salutatorian: English the American Way: A Fun ESL Guide for College Students (Book + Audio) Sheila MacKechnie Murtha, Jane Airey O'Connor, 2016-11-17 [Includes] audio to practice speaking and listening until you're perfect--Cover.
  graduation speech salutatorian: The Storm on Our Shores Mark Obmascik, 2020-08-04 This “engrossing” (The Wall Street Journal) national bestseller and true “heartbreaking tale of tragedy and redemption” (Hampton Sides, bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers) reveals how a discovered diary—found during a brutal World War II battle—changed our war-torn society’s perceptions of Japan. May 1943. The Battle of Attu—called “The Forgotten Battle” by World War II veterans—was raging on the Aleutian island with an Arctic cold, impenetrable fog, and rocketing winds that combined to create some of the worst weather on Earth. Both American and Japanese forces tirelessly fought in a yearlong campaign, with both sides suffering thousands of casualties. Included in this number was a Japanese medic whose war diary would lead a Silver Star–winning American soldier to find solace for his own tortured soul. The doctor’s name was Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi, a Hiroshima native who had graduated from college and medical school in California. He loved America, but was called to enlist in the Imperial Army of his native Japan. Heartsick, wary of war, yet devoted to Japan, Tatsuguchi performed his duties and kept a diary of events as they unfolded—never knowing that it would be found by an American soldier named Dick Laird. Laird, a hardy, resilient underground coal miner, enlisted in the US Army to escape the crushing poverty of his native Appalachia. In a devastating mountainside attack in Alaska, Laird was forced to make a fateful decision, one that saved him and his comrades, but haunted him for years. Tatsuguchi’s diary was later translated and distributed among US soldiers. It showed the common humanity on both sides of the battle. But it also ignited fierce controversy that is still debated today. After forty years, Laird was determined to return it to the family and find peace with Tatsuguchi’s daughter, Laura Tatsuguchi Davis. Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Mark Obmascik “writes with tremendous grace about a forgotten part of our history, telling the same story from two opposing points of view—perhaps the only way warfare can truly be understood” (Helen Thorpe, author of Soldier Girls).
  graduation speech salutatorian: Smothered Autumn Chiklis, 2018-08-07 A humorous debut crossover young adult novel about what happens when entering the real world means moving back in with your mother, inspired by actress and celebrity Autumn Chiklis' real life. Eloise “Lou” Hansen is graduating from Columbia University summa cum laude, and she's ready to conquer the world. Just a few minor problems: she has no job, no prospects, and she’s moving back into her childhood bedroom. Lou is grimly determined to stick to a rigorous schedule to get a job and get out of her parents’ house. Shelly “Mama Shell” Hansen, on the other hand, is ecstatic, and just as determined to keep her at home. Who else will help her hide her latest binge-shopping purchases from her husband, go to SoulCycle with her, and hold her hand during Botox shots? Smothered is a hilarious roman à clef told via journal entries, text messages, emails, bills, receipts, tweets, doctor’s prescriptions, job applications and rejections, parking tickets, and pug pictures, chronicling the year that Lou moves back home after college. Told from Lou’s point-of-view, Smothered tells the story of two young(ish) women, just trying to get it right, and learning that just because we all grow up doesn’t mean we necessarily have to grow old. (After all, what is Juvaderm for?)
  graduation speech salutatorian: This Is Me Trying Racquel Marie, 2024-04-16 Perfect for fans of Nina LaCour, This is Me Trying is a profound and tender YA contemporary novel exploring grief, love, and guilt from author Racquel Marie. Growing up, Bryce, Beatriz, and Santiago were inseparable. But when Santiago moved away before high school, their friendship crumbled. Three years later, Bryce is gone, Beatriz is known as the dead boy’s girlfriend, and Santiago is back. The last thing Beatriz wants is to reunite with Santiago, who left all her messages unanswered while she drowned alone in grief over Bryce’s death by suicide. Even if she wasn’t angry, Santiago’s attempts to make amends are jeopardizing her plan to keep the world at arm’s length—equal parts protection and punishment—and she swore to never let anyone try that again. Santiago is surprised to find the once happy-go-lucky Bea is now the gothic town loner, though he’s unsurprised she wants nothing to do with him. But he can’t fix what he broke between them while still hiding what led him to cut her off in the first place, and it’s harder to run from his past when he isn’t states away anymore. Inevitably drawn back together by circumstance and history, Beatriz and Santiago navigate grief, love, mental illness, forgiveness, and what it means to try to build a future after unfathomable loss.
  graduation speech salutatorian: The Ocean's Edge Susan Thumm Paxton, 2025-01-17 Fifteen years ago, a night on the shores of the Outer Banks changed Claudia Mercer’s life forever. Now, haunted by questions she can’t let go, Claudia returns to the North Carolina coast to find her missing brother - and confront the ghosts of her past. When she crosses paths with CQ, a shadowy figure from that fateful night, Claudia uncovers a web of secrets that stretches across decades. CQ claims to know where her brother is, but his motives seem as murky as the storm-tossed waters. Soon, Claudia discovers that the answers she seeks may come with a deadly price. As a nor'easter approaches, Claudia must use all of her wit to untangle the web of lies. But can she find redemption and hope at the ocean’s edge, or will she be swept away by the secrets she uncovers? A gripping tale of suspense and second chances, Susan Thumm Paxton's THE OCEAN'S EDGE is perfect for fans of atmospheric mysteries and dark family dramas.
  graduation speech salutatorian: Speaking American Zevi Gutfreund, 2019-03-07 When Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Bilingual Education Act of 1968, language learning became a touchstone in the emerging culture wars. Nowhere was this more apparent than in Los Angeles, where elected officials from both political parties had supported the legislation, and where the most disruptive protests over it occurred. The city, with its diverse population of Latinos and Asian Americans, is the ideal locus for Zevi Gutfreund’s study of how language instruction informed the social construction of American citizenship. Combining the history of language instruction, school desegregation, and civil rights activism as it unfolded in Japanese American and Mexican American communities in L.A., this timely book clarifies the critical and evolving role of language instruction in twentieth-century American politics. Speaking American reveals how, for generations, language instruction offered a forum for Angelino educators to articulate their responses to policies that racialized access to citizenship—from the “national origins” immigration quotas of the Progressive Era through Congress’s removal of race from these quotas in 1965. Meanwhile, immigrant communities designed language experiments to counter efforts to limit their liberties. Gutfreund’s book is the first to place the experiences of Mexican Americans and Japanese Americans side by side as they navigated debates over Americanization programs, intercultural education, school desegregation, and bilingual education. In the process, the book shows, these language experiments helped Angelino immigrants introduce competing concepts of citizenship that were tied to their actions and deeds rather than to the English language itself. Complicating the usual top-down approach to the history of racial politics in education, Speaking American recognizes the ways in which immigrant and ethnic activists, as well as white progressives and conservatives, have been deeply invested in controlling public and private aspects of language instruction in Los Angeles. The book brings compelling analytic depth and breadth to its examination of the social and political landscape in a city still at the epicenter of American immigration politics.
  graduation speech salutatorian: Weekly Word Roots: 52 Quick Activities for Building Vocabulary ebook Timothy Rasinski, Nancy Padak, 2022-05-02 Develop student’s vocabulary with weekly lessons and activities on word roots. These 52 short lessons are based on holidays and special days throughout the year and will support building vocabulary by helping students see the power of Latin and Greek word roots for word learning. The vocabulary ranges from everyday words that come readily to mind to more challenging academic vocabulary that students must master for academic success.
  graduation speech salutatorian: Pissthisaway John Coffman, 2015-05-13 The story begins in 1790 with twenty-four Chinese railway workers and their families working on wooden rails in Germany. Follow them to the steel rails in Boston and then west to Ohio, where they become Indians; onto Indiana where, with the help of two white men, they develop one of the richest communities in southern Indiana by the mid 1800s. Find out how they influenced two modern American teenagers with special powers, even though the Indians had been dead for years. But most importantly, learn how the tribe and their lands came to be called Pissthisaway.
  graduation speech salutatorian: Life and Other Complications Heather Mullaly, 2021-07-05 “Mullaly executes the work with finesse, effectively balancing a believable young cast with high, real-world stakes . . .engrossing.”- Kirkus Reviews Seventeen-year-old Aly Bennett has been in love with her friend Luke for years. She hasn't told him how she feels for two reasons. 1) She's the girl with HIV. 2) She lied about how she got it. Aly never meant to lie. The words just slipped out on her first day of a support group for kids living with life-threatening conditions. It was the day she met Luke and Caroline, who would become her best friends and the closest thing she has to a family. After so many years, Aly doesn’t know how to tell her friends the truth. So she paints and she runs and she tries not to think about the future she can’t have. But when a Boston prosecutor asks Aly to testify in a trial—and her relationship with Luke intensifies—things become complicated. If she testifies, Luke and Caroline will learn the truth—that Aly has been lying to them for most of a decade. If she doesn’t, a monster could go free, again.
  graduation speech salutatorian: 10 Truths and a Dare Ashley Elston, 2021-05-04 It's Senior Party Week, that magical in-between time after classes have ended but before graduation, chock-full of gimmicky theme parties, last-minute bonding, and family traditions. Olivia couldn't be more ready. Class salutatorian and confident in her future at LSU, she's poised to sail through to the next phase of her life. But when the tiny hiccup of an unsigned off-campus P.E. form puts Olivia in danger of not graduating at all, she has one week to set things straight without tipping off her very big and very nosy extended family. Volunteering to help at a local golf tournament should do it, but since Olivia's mom equipped her phone with a tracking app, there'll be no hiding the fact that she's at the golf course instead of all the graduation parties happening at the same time. Unless, that is, she can convince the Fab Four--her ride-or-die cousins and best friends Sophie, Charlie, and Wes--to trade phones with her as they go through the motions of playing Olivia for the week. Sure, Olivia's sudden passion for golf is met with some suspicion. And sure, her grasp of the rules is a little shaky. And yes, okay, a very cute, very off-limits boy keeps popping up in her orbit. But she is focused! She has a schedule and a plan! Nothing can possibly go wrong . . . right?
  graduation speech salutatorian: Deskbook Encyclopedia of American School Law , 2004
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