Moving On

I distinctly remember coming to school yesterday with the finest of intentions. Knowing that it would be my last class day, but gleefully anticipating that my students would be blissfully unaware, much like normal students would be, of that eventuality, I prepared a series of painstakingly crafted final day lectures which, in my hubris, I hoped to rival the best of the Last Lecture Series.

Instead, a cold, almost supernaturally lonely walk from Security Bank to the UA&P campus forced me to reevaluate my intentions. I've always believed that my strength as an educator was not as a creator, in the sense that good friends such as Palanca award-winning writers Joachim Antonio and Christian Vallez are, but as a professional appreciator. To make another infuriating late 20th century pop culture reference (an act which I suspect pleases yours truly rather than my hapless students), I've yet to reach the rarefied heights that were scaled by Rob Gordon (though some prefer Rob Fleming) in High Fidelity, either the movie or the excellent book by Nick Hornby.

Thus, in lieu of ending my classes with a whiz-bang lecture of frightfully pretentious proportions, allow me, instead, to share with you a truly inspiring lecture by someone who deserves to be heard for the last time, Professor Randy Pausch:

If the player above takes too long, kindly read Moving On.

Photo Credits:

Picture of High Fidelity comes courtesy of Wikipedia.