Back in high school, my school was so small that everyone in the school was required to attend the graduation ceremony, (excepting, of course, those who had very good reasons to not be present.) The reason being was that because the school was so small, if only the parents of the graduating Seniors and the teachers attended, the gymnasium would be considerably empty. So, they had the rest of the students attend.
It was either 9th or 10th grade that I remember the most (aside from my own graduation in 2009). I can't recall who the commencement speaker was, but I remember his message, and it's something that I hold close to me to this day.
He talked about an old Native American tale about an elder talking to a younger boy about how inside each person, there are two wolves fighting: one representing all the good aspects of someone, and one representing all the negative aspects. The boy asks, "Who will win?" And the elder replies with "The one you feed."
While I remember other commencement speeches, this one stuck with me the most.
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