Ladies and gentlemen of Atlanta Public Schools, thank you so much for allowing me to address you today. I know you're probably confused that I'm calling this event a "commencement", since you all know that such a thing traditionally happens at the end of the school year.
But to commence doing something means to begin it. So it's actually quite appropriate, if unusual, to refer to the commencement of a school year.
But this is not just another school year. This is a new day. This is a golden opportunity for you to make history. You have it within your power, right now, to take control of Atlanta Public Schools and change it, dramatically and permanently. You only have to do one thing. It's easy. It's simple. And it's what you went into education to do in the first place: Change the world.
Tell the truth.
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