The Opinion contributing author Megan Stack has a present for highschool graduates who struggled academically or who really feel like life is passing them by. On this audio essay, Stack lays out an optimistic imaginative and prescient for the late bloomers and poor performers, arguing that this stage of life doesn’t need to outline an individual’s future and that there are various paths to happiness and success.
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