Congratulations to the first batch of Grade 12 graduates and to the graduating classes of Grade 6 and Grade 10.
우리는 여러분을 자랑스럽게 여길것입니다.
We are very proud of you. You are very special. You have a great future ahead of you.
Those of you who have just finished Grade 6 can look forward to more years of learning and fun at MITIS International School, the foremost international school in Alabang. You have experienced what it means to be a MITIS student. You know how good education is in our school. You can be assured that the education you receive in the future will be as good and even better.
Those of you who have just finished Grade 10 can now seriously consider what you really want to be when you join the working world. When you were younger, you dreamed of becoming many things. But now, when you have only two more years to prepare for higher education, you need to decide in which field you can do the most good.
Those of you who have just finished Grade 12 belong to a special group. Your names will forever be inscribed in the history of MITIS as the first full graduates of the school. Your names will be held in high esteem by those coming after you. You will be the models for generations to come that will study in MITIS.
여러분은 MITIS에서 공부할 차세대 학생들의 모델입니다.
Because you are the first, you have very important responsibilities. You must live up to the name of your school. You must make sure that the school will always be proud of you. Wherever you go tomorrow, whether you will go a university far from Alabang or far from the Philippines or Korea, whether you will study some more or already go into business – be sure that you will be a model alumnus of MITIS.
The world is at your feet. You can do anything you want to do, because MITIS has prepared you well for life. Whatever you decide to do tomorrow, there is one thing you must always remember. Remember that you are privileged, that you have been given blessings that very few people anywhere in the world have received.
You are what you are because you have a mission to fulfill on earth. What that mission is, you will find out soon enough. One thing is sure: you are not on earth just for your own sake. You are here for the sake of others. You are a MITIS graduate because you are ready to serve others.
The knowledge that you now hold, the skills that you now have, are in you because you need them to fulfill your mission in life.
변화를가져올 수 있습니다.
Make your life worthwhile. Make a difference in the lives of those you will meet. Make a difference in the world. You have an international perspective. Make use of that. See the world as a whole. We are one world, no matter where we were born, where we grew up, where we now live.
Remain creative. Re-create the world. Change the world you live in. Change the world so it becomes a much better place to live in.
세상을 바꿀 주역이 되십시오.
You are true MITIS graduates, with the MITIS spirit of service. You are true MITIS citizens of the world. The world is yours to change. Change it for the better.
Thank you.
고맙습니다.
Note: Former Philippine Undersecretary of Education ISAGANI R. CRUZ (Ph.D. English, University of Maryland ) is currently a Professor Emeritus and a University Fellow. He writes plays, essays, biographies, and short stories in Filipino and English, for which he has won numerous national and international awards, including the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards in Literature Hall of Fame and the Southeast Asian Writers (SEAWRITE) Award. He has written or edited more than thirty books. He has been a professor or a visiting fellow at various universities in the Philippines , the United States , Iran , Japan , Taiwan , and the United Kingdom , including the University of Oxford . Dr. Isagani R. Cruz is a member of the MITIS Advisory Board.
