Benjamin Patrick Vecchiarelli
La Salle College High School
Up to this point, we have had structure. We have had teachers who corrected us. Coaches who demanded effort. Brothers who held us accountable. A sign in every classroom that reminds us, “Boys will be boys, but La Salle boys will be gentlemen.”
But as we step out into the real world, that structure will fade. No one in college will know what the graduate profile says. No one in the workplace will point to a sign on the wall and tell us how to act.
From here on out, La Salle is not simply where we went to high school. It …
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Benjamin Patrick Vecchiarelli
La Salle College High School
Up to this point, we have had structure. We have had teachers who corrected us. Coaches who demanded effort. Brothers who held us accountable. A sign in every classroom that reminds us, “Boys will be boys, but La Salle boys will be gentlemen.”
But as we step out into the real world, that structure will fade. No one in college will know what the graduate profile says. No one in the workplace will point to a sign on the wall and tell us how to act.
From here on out, La Salle is not simply where we went to high school. It is a standard we must choose to carry.
The question is not just whether we learned to be men of intellect and faith and men of service and integrity. The question is whether we will carry those pillars forward when it becomes harder.
