Journal of Student Research 2018

Becoming the Change and changing the World When I die, I don’t expect I’ll have left much behind. Not books of “very important work,” not great pieces of art, or quotes that inspire students to write powerful essays. But if there is just a short list of things I don’t leave behind, that will be enough. If there is a little less suffering, or a little less cruelty, that would be an abundance. If I can do something to encourage just a fraction more generosity, it will feel like alchemy. If I can make one choice that speaks hope to the hopeless, or comfort to the broken, it will change the world. I can’t tell you on paper what kind of difference a generous and encompassing liberal arts education brings, but I will try for the rest of my life to show you with my actions. Let my life tell that story. Let my essay be written on the world.

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