Huron High School graduation
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HURON — Thanking a busy waitress, holding the door open for the people coming up behind or picking up a toy dropped by one of a stressed mother’s kids riding in a shopping cart may not seem like a big deal, but “sometimes little things mean a lot,” Huron High School chemistry teacher Jim Musil said in his address to 2018 graduating seniors on Sunday.
As the 132 young men and women prepared to receive their diplomas and move on to the next stage of their lives, Musil, a HHS teacher since 1986, said they will realize down the road that many of the things they’ve heard their dad tell them as they were growing up will prove to be true.
“You will say, ‘dad, I remember when you said this, or you did that,’” he said. While their father may not remember it as being so important, it certainly will turn out to be to their son or daughter.
“The little things you do, the things you say that you don’t think are important to anybody else, maybe they will be and maybe they are,” Musil said.
In her remarks for the graduates, senior class president Caitlyn McNeil said “this is the time to make mistakes. This is the time to find out who you are and who you want to be.”
Now leaving after four years of high school, they will be on their own, responsible for their own actions and moving on with their lives, she said.
“Step out of your comfort zone,” she said.
Musil said there was a time not all that long ago when the graduates were brought home from the hospital by proud parents.
PHOTO BY MIKE CARROLL OF THE PLAINSMAN
Members of the Huron High School graduating class of 2018 join the Concert Choir performing during commencement ceremonies Sunday afternoon.