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Sanfelli Marius Michael C. Hortelano

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EDUCATION is a legacy, GRADUATION is our success.  After hard days of long labor, our day has finally come. Truly, EDUCATION is our only treasure that can not be stolen away from us.  Once knowledge is acquired, it becomes a built-in coterminous asset.

teachers, fellow graduates, distinguished guests, parents, relatives, friends, ladies and gentlemen, good morning.

In the beginning, our parents had a mission; a sacred mission.  A mission for wisdom and knowledge for their beloved children.  We the children for whom that sacred mission is addressed, went through the years from nursery up to the day where we are joined which is today.  Working for that mission, initially our minds were empty but with the concerted efforts of our parents and the mentors whom we honor so very much, our minds were opened, for knowledge started to set in. 

And since knowledge embrace in knowing good and evil, we the children are tasked to screen good from evil in order for the good thing to perpetually nourish ourselves for better personal development.  In the process of screening, it requires the application of wisdom because no matter how knowledgeable we are, if wisdom is nil in our hearts and mind, the mission to which our parents were striving for will be put to nothing. 

Fear in the lord is wisdom. If knowledge is guided with wisdom; evil is nowhere to be found in the community.  Corruption which seems to be the life blood in the community today will be eradicated.  It is a challenge for us children as future generation who will soon take the place of those who are in governance to do what is good and to reject what is evil.

Today is the beginning of our academic pursuit for higher learning and accomplishment. What we have witnessed today is a job well done for all of us which is a preparatory step to the next level of the mission to which our parents and teachers are working for.  Our success which we owe from our parents and mentors is a living legacy which we deeply cherish in our hearts.  Congratulations!