Man, I am relieved!

La Habra High School, Heritage of the Americas, Awards Banquet

I wasn't worried, but if I was, I'm not anymore. I had the pleasure of attending an awards banquet for the College-prep Magnet Program at La Habra High School.

I saw, firsthand, college-bound high school seniors and underclassmen (and women) just as good if not better, ready and eager to fill their places. I can tell you that if these young people are representative of their peers across the country and across the world, we're in good hands...if we don't screw it up too bad.

It makes me wonder what our world's leaders were like when they were high school seniors.

I saw athletes, writers, musicians, students talented in science and math, award winning students, academic and athletic-scholarship-winning students.

I hope the entrepreneurs are represented as strongly (even if not recognized by the existing acknowledgment system).

What will become of most of these talented people? They'll vie for jobs, of course. Who will be the most significant (on the world stage, not among their families)? I predict it will be the politicians and the entrepreneurs.

I think I will look into a way to predict who will be the politicians and the entrepreneurs when they are in high school. Then I'll invest in them!

What happened to your entrepreneurial spirit? If you could reawaken it, would you? Would you re-invent the wheel or stand on the shoulders of giants and be the reason a good-thing becomes great?

MSS