Late Night Thoughts with Lu

Once, a long time ago, Mr. Anthony began senior school assemblies reading from the Book of Awesome. It was a book about the simple and the brilliant. Amidst the sometimes frenzied busy days, it was relieving to hear small pockets of joyful appreciation of tiny things. It was like he was saying, “Slow down, breathe,…

Usually held at a nearby eatery or right here on campus, alumni gatherings can be fraught with apprehensive anticipation coupled with genuine shared joy and connection. I marvel at the obvious changes in identity shaped by occupation and family. This person is a mother or father now, or that person is an engineer or librarian….

By: Mr. Lu Imagine if you were accepted for everything you applied for. Every college, you get in. Every job, you get an offer. Every sports team, you make. Every artistic event, you get a role. Every organization welcomes you. Heck, imagine if every person you meet accepts you as a friend. It may seem…

Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla was asked about how one of his players had to deal with unfair criticism. Mazzulla interrupted the interviewer. “Gets to deal with,” he said. “He gets to deal with it. It’s the ultimate compliment…. This is what you asked for.” In our own way, we too have the privilege of…

Midyear doldrums and the tedium and the sameness coupled with drab and dark days makes it feel like a lengthy stretch of grind and a stiff and uncomfortable load. Assignments and projects and tests and the never ending this and that makes us long for those uninterrupted and undemanding moments. And soon we’re caught only…

It started earlier and more immediately than I ever expected. It was the first day of school with a streaming sun spilling warmth and goodness recklessly about on a glorious day on a placid and ever optimistic campus. It happened before the first assembly, before the first bell, before the first anything. Maverick strolled into…

They ask me every year, as the graduation ceremony looms mere days away, as the finality of it all becomes immediate and real, as the things-to-do list sits oddly empty, as the tethers and ties wisp and unfurl until the last tenuous string comes loose and there’s really nothing more here except the wide open…

The musical Hadestown tells the story of the young couple Eurydice and Orpheus. Through a variety of circumstances, Eurydice lands in Hadestown, and Orpheus makes the long, treacherous journey to rescue her. After some heartfelt pleas and argument, Orpheus convinces Hades to let them go. Hades reluctantly agrees but gives one condition. Orpheus must lead…

Psychology students would very well understand Maslow’s hierarchy. And though we may not verbalize it enough, we all know how fortunate we are that our primary concerns lay atop it. We’re thankful our safety and basic needs are met, and our greatest challenges lie with love, belonging, esteem, and living to our full potential. Without…