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Contrary to what your u9 soccer trophy suggests, your glowing seventh grade report card, despite every assurance of a certain corpulent purple dinosaur, that nice Mister Rogers and your batty Aunt Sylvia, no matter how often your maternal caped crusader has swooped in to save you… you’re nothing special.

You’re not special, teacher tells Wellesley High graduates

Great speech - too-rare honesty delivered to an audience who needs to hear it (even though it probably flew right over their heads)

h/t @MelWebster

Source: Boston.com

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