now i know your first choice today was alice walker-guess how i know!-known for the color purple. instead you got me-known for the color of my hair! alice walkers book has a special resonance here. at wellesley, each class is known by a special color. for four years the class of 90 has worn the color purple. today you meet on severance green to say goodbye to all of that, to begin a new and very personal journey, to search for your own true colors.
in the world that awaits you, beyond the shores of lake waban, no one can say what your true colors will be. but this i do know: you have a first class education from a first class school. and so you need not, probably cannot, live a \paint-by-numbers\ life. decisions are not irrevocable. choices do come back. and as you set off from wellesley, i hope that many of you will consider making three very special choices.
the first is to believe in something larger than yourself, to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time. i chose literacy because i honestly believe that if more people could read, write, and comprehend, we would be that much closer to solving so many of the problems that plague our nation and our society.
and early on i made another choice which i hope youll make as well. whether you are talking about education, career, or service, youre talking about life-and life really must have joy. its supposed to be fun!
one of the reasons i made the most important decision of my life, to marry george bush, is because he made me laugh. its true, sometimes weve laughed through our tears. but that shared laughter has been one of our strongest bonds. find the joy in life, because as ferris bueller said on his day off, \life moves pretty fast; and ya dont stop and look around once in a while, ya gonna miss it!\
(i am not going to tell you ya clapped more for ferris than ya clapped for george.)
the third choice that must not be missed is to cherish your human connections: your relationships with family and friends. for several years, youve had impressed upon you the importance to your career of dedication and hard work. and, of course, thats true. but as important as your obligations as a doctor a lawyer a business leader will be you are a
which of the following best describes the authors exigence in the passage?
a the pressure on the author to \get involved in some of the big ideas of our time\ (paragraph 3, sentence 1)
b growing indifference toward he problems that plague our nation and our society\ (paragraph 3, sentence 2)
c the fact that the audience \clapped more for ferris\ than they did at the mention of president bush (paragraph 6, sentence 1)
d the question of how to lead a meaningful life \in a transitional period\ (paragraph 9, sentence 1)

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now i know your first choice today was alice walker-guess how i know!-known for the color purple. instead you got me-known for the color of my hair! alice walkers book has a special resonance here. at wellesley, each class is known by a special color. for four years the class of 90 has worn the color purple. today you meet on severance green to say goodbye to all of that, to begin a new and very personal journey, to search for your own true colors.
in the world that awaits you, beyond the shores of lake waban, no one can say what your true colors will be. but this i do know: you have a first class education from a first class school. and so you need not, probably cannot, live a \paint-by-numbers\ life. decisions are not irrevocable. choices do come back. and as you set off from wellesley, i hope that many of you will consider making three very special choices.
the first is to believe in something larger than yourself, to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time. i chose literacy because i honestly believe that if more people could read, write, and comprehend, we would be that much closer to solving so many of the problems that plague our nation and our society.
and early on i made another choice which i hope youll make as well. whether you are talking about education, career, or service, youre talking about life-and life really must have joy. its supposed to be fun!
one of the reasons i made the most important decision of my life, to marry george bush, is because he made me laugh. its true, sometimes weve laughed through our tears. but that shared laughter has been one of our strongest bonds. find the joy in life, because as ferris bueller said on his day off, \life moves pretty fast; and ya dont stop and look around once in a while, ya gonna miss it!\
(i am not going to tell you ya clapped more for ferris than ya clapped for george.)
the third choice that must not be missed is to cherish your human connections: your relationships with family and friends. for several years, youve had impressed upon you the importance to your career of dedication and hard work. and, of course, thats true. but as important as your obligations as a doctor a lawyer a business leader will be you are a
which of the following best describes the authors exigence in the passage?
a the pressure on the author to \get involved in some of the big ideas of our time\ (paragraph 3, sentence 1)
b growing indifference toward 	he problems that plague our nation and our society\ (paragraph 3, sentence 2)
c the fact that the audience \clapped more for ferris\ than they did at the mention of president bush (paragraph 6, sentence 1)
d the question of how to lead a meaningful life \in a transitional period\ (paragraph 9, sentence 1)

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# Brief Explanations:
The author is discussing the choices students will make after leaving Wellesley, including finding one's "true colors" and making decisions about life. The passage emphasizes the search for a meaningful life, especially in a transitional period (leaving college). Option D directly addresses this existential question of leading a meaningful life during a transitional time.
# Answer:
D. The question of how to lead a meaningful life “in a transitional period” (paragraph 9, sentence 1)

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