The Exmined Life: Speeches on Life, Literature, and Faith
At the end of each year, juniors write speeches and deliver them to the Northfield community during morning convocations. Selected graduates also write speeches, which are delivered during the spring convocation ceremony.Sound Craftsman
by Ashton Burchfield (class of 2009)
I hope that I can, through devotion to my work, become the person, artisan, teacher, or husband who works, crafts, instructs, or loves not for personal gain, but for the sake of whatever or whomever I am working for.
New Country
by Emma Love (class of 2006)
"Enter the new country.” My dad repeated that phrase to me over and over before I left home for my first long period, in the summer of 2004. I was heading to Pennsylvania for a large summer intensive, a ballet-world training camp.The Road Taken
by Scott Watson (class of 2007)
All great discoveries find their roots in smaller decisions. The decision of the Wright Brothers’ father to give to them a small flying toy in childhood ultimately led to machine-powered flight. James Watson’s decision to study zoology ultimately led to the discovery of the structure of DNA. On a smaller level, a decision made by my fourth grade teacher to institute a reading contest led to my love of reading.
