“Share the knowledge, share the love” – Farewell to the Seniors

A year ago, they were just like us. Juniors, that is. Relieved that the year had passed, half wondering how it went by so fast. A year later, both juniors and seniors find themselves in the exact same place again asking – what lies ahead?

Somehow, the seniors (although we’re no longer seniors) feel that this year’s batch of juniors have it so much better than we did at the beginning. For one, there’s College Green and the endless memories living together creates. Secondly, there’s the school’s constant improvement or, at the very least, attempts to improve upon the past. Hopefully, the PAE won’t be as anxiety-filled an experience for them as it was for us. Lastly, there’s us, of course. Without the seniors, what would the juniors have to look forward to?

Modesty aside and truth be told, the MPP juniors and seniors are much more than any football rivalry or cultish clique. Ours is a symbiotic relationship, believe it or not. Each one needing the other to keep sane, to laugh, and to remain grounded when the stress levels climb. What would life in the LKY School be like without group work at the icebox or midnight foosball games at the Multi-Purpose Hall? For whom would we keep stacks of our old readings and our cheat sheets if not to ‘share the knowledge and share the love’? Yes, without each other, we are just students individually earning our Masters degrees.

Together, we are a community of scholars. Indeed, you juniors (or should we now call you seniors) have it so much better than we did at the beginning. You had tea with Lee and coffee with Kofi. For us, the super seniors, we leave the school knowing that the MPP program is in good hands. Your farewell dinner and political fashion show blew us away! Imagine what more great ideas you will come up with!

To the new seniors: thank you and make this coming school year a blast!

- by Zak Yuson (MPP 08/10)