Many reviewers have compared this work to Tom Hanks's Big, wherein a young boy wishes he were 'big,' and the wish is granted. And when a shooting star streaks through the blackness, turning night into day. And if you're ever distressed, cast your eyes to the summer sky when the stars are strung across the velvety night. Because in the end, none of us have very long on this Earth.
We start to worry, thinking, 'What am I gonna do? Where am I gonna be in 10 years?' But I say to you, 'Hey, look at me!' Please, don't worry so much. You know, as we come to the end of this phase of our life, we find ourselves trying to remember the good times and trying to forget the bad times, and we find ourselves thinking about the future. I don't have very much time these days so I'll make it quick.
Lawrence Woodruff: Ladies and gentleman, it is my honor to introduce this year's valedictorian, Jack Charles Powell.
