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Thank you all for being here today.

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This year has gone by so quickly

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that... it is really hard to believe that this day is actually here.

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I still haven’t even processed the “being a senior” thing.

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I suppose time flies when you’re having fun,

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 or are stuck inside for a bit.

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Sackett has changed a lot since my freshman year.

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A new A/B day schedule was implemented,

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the walls got a new coat of paint,

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the flooring in the hallways were replaced,

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and I’m sure there are countless more things that I could list.

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But nothing here ever felt different,

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with any of those changes, 

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because what makes Sackett, well... Sackett,

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isn’t what is in the building,

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it’s who is in the building.

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I have no doubt that my experience at Sackett

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would be what it is without all of you.

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I’m going to miss this place.

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I’m going to miss seeing all of you each day.

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I’m going to miss the morning greetings,

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and the conversations, both on and off topic, that we have.

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I’m going to miss all the other little things,

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because each and every one made a positive impact on my learning,

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my day,

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and ultimately my life.

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I just won’t miss the commute, because that was a lot sometimes.

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I often wonder things like

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“If things had gone differently years ago,

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where would I have ended up?”  

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Thinking about questions like that

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always lead me to the same conclusion.

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The answers really don’t matter at all.

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Because I was meant to be here,

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I was meant to spend the last four years in this building,

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and I was meant to speak in front of all of you today.

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I leave Sackett not knowing what’s next.

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And if I’m being completely honest,

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I’m okay with that.

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I’m going to go where life takes me.

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I’m going to explore new places I haven’t had the chance to yet,

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take chances when I can,

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and experience things I haven’t had the chance to experience yet.

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To say all of you, in some way,

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have changed my life would be an understatement.

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Thank you for everything you have done for me.