The Class of June 2010 Gets Ready for Graduation
By Brendan O.
For most Family Foundation School graduates, the last six months at the school are often the most exciting, scary, and stressful part of their stay.
They are often filled with worry and anxiety, along with anticipation and exhilaration, and, for some of us, a bit of sadness. Preparing to leave the school has left me and most of my fellow Class of 2010 grads with many mixed emotions.
The school sets up what we call exit groups between the graduates and their parents within their last six months.
The exit groups are intended for the families to work everything out before the graduates depart from here and prepare them for returning home. Exit groups alleviate some of the worry and anxiety and get both the graduate and their family ready for life after The Family School.
The graduates are asked to write an “exit letter” at the beginning of the semester. In these letters they describe how life was at home, how they want life to be when they return home, and how they have changed here.
They also tell their parents their plans and expectations for when they go home. The parents are also asked to write these letters, but basically in the opposite direction.
They write about how their son or daughter acted at home, what life was like for them, and what their hopes and expectations are for when their child returns.
Most of us who are graduating from here are exceptionally grateful for what we have been given.
At home most of us were crazy, inconsiderate, selfish and cared about no one but ourselves. Most of us were also abusing drugs and alcohol.
Throughout our stay here we learn how to become real men and women, and to genuinely care about ourselves and others.
We have learned to live principled lives and by the time we leave here we have many of the tools we need to live successfully.
