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As you walk across the stage all 13 years of colorful memories flood your mind
A memory wave of playgrounds, concerts, field days and field trips almost knock you over
you look around at the people that you have known for years and may never see again
In just a quick hour, all will start a new adventure down their own path
many will journey to a university
some will drop out
some will grow to become doctors and lawyers
But your adventure begins elsewhere.
Starting down your path of new beginnings
you find your purpose
your adventure begins at work.
As your name gets called you instantly snap out of the haze you were in
after the deepest breath possible, the final steps on this page are taken
the toss of your red cap turns the page to the next chapter
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With lines from "Mind the (Green Skills) Gap" by Thabo Molelekwa and Ashraf Hendricks, a Pulitzer Center reporting project.