“Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away!
– Dr. Seuss, “Oh the Places You’ll Go.”
June is graduation season and on Cape Cod, the area’s high schools are sending seniors out into the world just about every weekend.
This week seniors at Nauset Regional High, Dennis-Yarmouth and Sandwich High will don those neatly pressed caps and gowns, march through the hallowed halls of their school, walk across a stage, receive a document that in fancy Latin words says: “You did it!,” and head out into the great abyss that is, “the real world.”
Graduation is also a time when any last-minute gift shopper (and full disclosure, I include myself in that group) will make a split-second decision — a picture frame, a bouquet of flowers, or a copy of Dr. Seuss’ “Oh The Places You’ll Go” — for the perfect grad gift.
While the latter is truly filled with some great advice for recent grads, in today’s ever-changing world, the wise words of our beloved Dr. Seuss may not be enough.
Here’s what recent grads have said is the best advice they can give the Class of 2016:
Show Up
Though I did just say try to relax when you have loads to do, another really important thing to remember is to show up. Even if you’re not expected to be there, someone important will notice that you were and remember that. From work meetings and classes to a friend’s ballgame or music recital, it just shows that you care. A little of that goes an awfully long way.
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