What are we doing to prepare the coming generation to take our place?
I had the high honor recently of attending the commencement of the Florida Community College at Jacksonville class of 2003. My reason for being there was to see my niece, Ms. Angela M. (Angie) Miller receive her Associate in Arts degree.
This commencement was a real celebration of the determination of the human spirit. The youngest graduate was 18 and the oldest, 76. Angie, 24, has been beating the odds all her life, beginning with her birth. Weighing in at three pounds, she had to struggle for months just to stay alive. She did, and has since led a successful life in spite of various disabilities associated with cerebral palsy.