This Waterford community has a very special message for their Leaving Cert students
Each of you has a place where you can thrive naturally. This is not always a classroom. Stock Image.
Congratulations to all our students on their exam results.
Some of you may be delighted to receive enough points to follow the course you have chosen!
Some may be disappointed that even after doing your best, you have not reached your goal. Just remember, you can still follow your dream, and there are lots of opportunities out there and alternative ways of achieving that dream.
Remember that "everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live it's whole life believing it is stupid,"- Albert Einstein.
After all, exam scores, while important, are not the whole story.
They do not measure your creativity, kindness, resilience, humour, or unique talents that each of you carries. Each of you has a place where you can thrive naturally.
This is not always a classroom.
For some, it is study and scholarship. For others, it is art, music, sport, dance, leadership or compassion.
No exam grade can measure the fullness of your soul. May each one of you know you are unique.
Your results may open one door, but they will never close the doors intended for you.
What matters most is not your grades but the gifts you bring to life!
May you believe in yourself and your ability and know that your true genius is already shining.
Wishing each of you all the good fortune in the world.
