A Promise to Graduates with “No Promise”

During these weeks of graduation, you are probably seeing lots of commencement speeches hit the web. They are filled with advice about how young people can fulfill their dreams, discover what they want to do next and achieve their potential. This weekend, there was an op-ed in the NY Times that offered a different perspective,
 reaching out to the high school underperformers. The kids who may have been voted least likely to succeed. The ones who showed little or no promise.  

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