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Senior Dinner Address Seth Karpinski Upper School science teacher Seth Karpinski was chosen by the Senior Class as this year's Rice Award winner. He delivered the Senior Dinner Address on July 31, in which he explored the importance of appreciating the little moments that happen while we aren't looking.
There are some elephants in the room that we should probably get out of the way. First, I have a wireless mic; I've never felt more like Justin Timberlake, and I really like it. Second, look around you. This is the weirdest thing I've ever been a part of. Number three, this is the one I really want to address: you had a choice of who you picked to stand up here.... Among your choices: a PhD in Material Science from Columbia University, a Division One Lacrosse national champion, acclaimed actors, poets, artists, and a multi-time nominated Grammy musician. And yet, I'm standing in front of you. What is going on right now? I, Seth Karpinski, am best known for this: My crowning accomplishment is that I abandoned David Ben Ezra at a California Chipotle Mexican Grill. This is who you chose to bestow wisdom to you. What I want to talk to you about today is processes. A process is a series of actions or steps taken to achieve a particular end. And all of these processes have these things called by-products. The by-products are not really what you're going for, but they happen along the way. I want to talk to you about two different processes in my life: a process that happened in 2020, and a process that happened in 2000. Let’s start with the present day. To understand this story, I have to introduce you to some characters. These are two of the most important people in my life. I want to talk about recent accomplishments of these people that I met in college. The first person is
Hardy. Hardy lives in Colorado and he's working on starting a grassroots revolution. [sidenote: Do you guys know what SUP is? Stand-up paddle boarders]. Hardy wants to get 20 to 30 stand-up paddle boarders all paddling at the lake at the same time, and the name of this club is SUP Bro. He wants to name a standup paddle board club SUP Bro, and the only rule of SUP Bro is that the only thing you can say as you paddle along is “SUP, Bro?” This is someone who is important to me. The other person is Greer. Greer's most recent accomplishment is he participated in the Toboggan National Championship. You've heard of it, right? You know the one in Camden, Maine, that no one has ever heard of. That’s what he's doing right now. Greer is the kind of person who is extremely athletic and good at everything he does, without even trying. Greer made the 2008 national team for rowing.
