Comments from BOCES Students in Watertown

Recently, I had the opportunity to speak to transition students in Watertown.  I drove from a snow storm in Pennsylvania to Lake Effect snow in Upstate New York. Unlike the cold snow, I received a very warm welcome!  I want to thank Charlie Merrick and Susan Ambrose for inviting me.
Here are some of the comments:

• The speaker made me accept myself for who I am and that it’s okay to be different.
• Very inspirational.
• He was very inspirational and dedicated and made me think of what I can do after high school.
• How are the professors in college?
• Very inspirational and helpful.
• It was very touching.
• Very inspirational and moving.
• Awesome speaker.
• Very inspiring, great speaker!
• Wonderful job, very inspiring and great message for my students.
• Very inspirational.
• Thanks for talking to us students about your family and telling stories.
• I have always had problems talking about my problems and he was very inspirational.
• He’s a real cool guy, after what I heard from him nothing is impossible for me to accomplish.
• He made me understand that no matter what you go through you can always get through it.
• It was REAL, very inspirational, felt motivated.
• Awesome and inspirational.
• I nearly started crying, it was very inspiring.
• He was a cool person.
• The presentation was great, it showed me that it’s okay to be yourself and I’ve learned a lot!
• That he went and graduated from college puts it into perspective that anyone can do it if they put their mind to it.
• He helped me realize that anyone can do what they want.