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Each of our lives has been touched, one way or another, by all, some, a few, or even just that one teacher you will never forget.

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Boys, you become men when you treat others with respect. Nothing is owed to you.

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It’s the year of lasts. It’s full of things we won’t miss at all, and things we’ll probably miss a lot more than we expect once we’re out of here.

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I saw love in the classroom. It was love—pure love—that didn’t see a sex or race or gender. Love that didn’t label itself as one thing, but rather nestled into the hearts of people and connected them as they were. As people.

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I know how to love people, even when they’re unlovable.

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You made it. Time to commemorate what seems like both the longest and shortest four years of your life with some very grown-up gifts that will help you get into the mindset that, yeah, you’re kinda an adult now.

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For those of you who don’t know what a furry is (I certainly didn’t before I had them as students), allow me to explain. According to Wikipedia, “Furry Lifestylers” refers to a group of people who have “important emotional/spiritual connections with an animal or animals, real, fictional or symbolic.”

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Allow yourself to breathe, to recuperate, to believe that you can do it no matter how hard it is.

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That Girl Who Never Went Through An Awkward Phase And Was Prettier At The Age Of 12 Than You Are Currently ended up going to SMU for college and somehow got even prettier (what the fuck?).

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Expect to be tired. Very. Very. Tired.