Open Letter to the 2010 Graduates of MRVNHS

March 29, 2010

Dear (Name of Graduate),

Time is really beyond our control. For a moment, it was only part of June but now the School Year is over and it is today that you will savor the taste of the fruits of your sweat and sacrifice.

Graduation connotes various meaning. For most of you, it means success. it may be a form of relief since toilsome tasks and rigorous trainings are over. Furthermore, it may also be a milestone.

Looking back, for a short span of time that we have been together, I believe we had bittersweet memories. I think you will agree if I will say that for you having me as your English teacher is totally having a hard nut to crack. Remember the first time you need to deliver a speech, explain a quotation, perform a play, tell a story, reveal your love story, have a jigsaw puzzle, conduct and defend a research, etcetera?

For a couple of times, you considered those as head-cracking tasks... You might be familiar with the seed germination process. The seed coat has to open up so that the embryo would be able to come out and eventually become a seedling. That process is never easy. The point that I'd like to drive at is that like a seed, you have to grow and develop. The choice to grow is within you.

What I'd like to ask from you is not admiration but an application of what you have learned. The real test is not in the classroom. The real test is the test of LIFE.

As you leave the portals of MRVNHS, let this formula be your guide:
HARDWORK + PRAYER = SUCCESS.

Congratulations and Godspeed!

Sincerely,
Ma'am Reah

True Happiness

"Happiness is a state of mind. It is peace of the spirit, a deep contentment arising from the conviction that what we have is sufficient for our needs, that we envy no one, that we don't seriously exchange places with anyone. It is a feeling of appreciation, of value for our separate & individual blessings. We draw it from ourselves-we do not draw it from others. It is a truism that the more we find happiness in material things the more that it eludes us. True happiness is seen on what we do to others, not how we have used others for our own advantage."

Kelly Blue Book