CLASS OF 2022
VALEDICTORIAN & SALUTATORIAN
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wins Jingyi “Jason” Sang and Jingan “Jerry” Sang of Shanghai, China were named valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively. Both delivered a speech, expressing gratitude to family, teachers and others, reflecting on the memories of time spent with friends and acknowledging the impact of the TFS experience.
Excerpt from valedictorian Jingyi “Jason” Sang’s speech:
VALEDICTORIAN
JINGYI “JASON” SANG
“I would like to thank the administration, teachers, boarding staff members, and students for making the past four years wonderful. I would like to personally thank my family for their support, Ms. Bly for her help on my SAT, Mr. Greiving for all of our insightful conversations, Ms. Harris for her love and effort towards math club, Coach Heyl for his conundrums, Ms. Huebner for her excellent teaching in chemistry, Ms. Walden for her literature recommendations, and all the teachers for teaching me. I would like you all to know that in this speech I will give no advice. There are many other people who can provide better advice--people who are older, more educated, and more experienced than I. I don’t feel it would be worth your time to hear the ruminations of a teenager about your future. Maybe when I’m old, and hopefully, rich and famous, I’ll be worthy of giving advice. However, I am happy to share a few thoughts…”
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Excerpt from salutatorian Jingan “Jerry” Sang’s speech:
SALUTATORIAN
JINGAN “JERRY” SANG 8 • ON CAMPUS MAGAZINE
“Your efforts will not betray you. Although sometimes your journey will take you in different directions, the experiences you have gained from your efforts will pay off. We all understand that every goal we set may not be achieved, but the fact that we will consistently give our best efforts will allow us to look back someday and be proud of our perseverance. Author Les Brown once said: “Shoot for the moon. If you miss it, you will still land among the stars.” He meant that though our journey may not take us down the planned path, that’s okay. If the person’s lack of ability causes all the misfortunes in the world, then the hard work we put forth will never fail us. We are all destined for great things, only how we achieve them will differ.”
