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“Surviving means you have not only come fly. I hope that the experiences of this academic
through the catastrophe but you're still year have left you with an attitude of
relatively intact; thriving is about learning An ability to comprehend and work with confidence and not one of fearfulness.
and growing as a result of the event.” complex facts and data has always been part Confidence that you can tackle hard
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (basketball legend) of an essential toolkit for a useful life that a problems, and that hiding from them is
Bridge House College education confers. never the best course; Confidence that given
his year, when I say I am delighted to a careful examination of the available facts
be writing this speech, I mean it. If You'll leave this College able to evaluate and a thoughtful calculation of relative
Tyou're like me, you're happy to be at data knowing whether it is significant or risks, you can overcome even the biggest
an occasion such as this, especially after the unimportant. I hope that the education you obstacles and be the masters of your fates
year we have all been through. I had hoped have received here will enable you to and your futures.
that we would be at The Muson Centre as is evaluate options critically and holistically.
customary, celebrating your achievements You are leaving here ready for leadership.
as only Bridge House College does. In the not-too-distant future, many Your academic records say so. The history of
Regardless, this is much better than the decisions will be yours to make. In BHC graduates says so. The character you
virtual version we were forced to have in businesses you start, in causes in which you demonstrated this last year, clearly says so.
2020 … it signifies a step on the path back to feel called to enlist, or in the families you We know that you will tackle leadership
normal living. I believe I echo the thoughts will form. Wherever they are, the very challenges as they present themselves to
of School Leaders the world over in saying essence of your coming leadership roles will you. You're talking with you the tools to
that graduation in 2021 is truly a victory in lie in making hard choices. After weighing weigh and balance alternatives and
every sense of the word. all the options, the competing priorities and priorities, as well as assess relative risks. All
Mrs. Ayoola As we've never held our Annual Prize Giving the uncertainties that even the biggest you'll need is the courage to act on the
databases cannot eliminate, we will look to
Akinyeye and Speech Day like this, a couple of things you to choose. conclusions you reach.
may be less than perfect. However well it Now I urge you to take that readiness into a
goes, like everything about your year at Another quality you will need to be the world crying for direction and boldness,
Principal leader you can be is the willingness to take
Bridge House, it will be one for the history where the biggest risk of all is that we stop
books. For all the trouble and downsides, risks. Not reckless ones, but the risks that taking risks at all.
there can be some real value in living remain after you have considered all the
through a time like this. evidence. Don't let the risk of failure deter You've got strong roots and your wings are
you from fulfilling the responsibility mature; now it's time to fly!
I remain steadfast in my belief that a good entrusted to you. Remember to Fail Fast,
education encourages the growth of strong Fail Quickly and Fail Forward; after all, FAIL I salute the Class of 2021!
roots while conferring wings with which to is a 'First Attempt At Learning'.
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