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(And now we would like to introduce Dietrich Schmitz ...
here to remind us a little bit where we come from.)
Well, hello, everyone ...
and welcome to the first day of school this year.
Glad we have such a lovely day to do it on ...
and I am so glad to see all of you. This is actually one of the best ...
days of the year for me because I get to see all of your bright, shiny faces ..
and see how you've grown and hear about your learning that's happened.
You know, this, uh, when my family first came here to West Seattle ...
120 years ago, West Seattle was quite a different place.
Did you know that their house didn't have any electricity?
There was no running water?
And actually to get to West Seattle, there wasn't even a bridge yet.
The best way to get here was via boat.
So things have changed quite a bit over that time ...
and even since back when the school was opened ...
there weren't even iPods or iPads.
(No computers?) Nope. No home computers. There were only ...
really giant ones that you couldn't put in your pocket.
So you can see how the world has changed quite a bit even since this school opened ...
and in the coming 50 years ...
the world's going to change quite a bit, too ...
and the reason it's going to change and improve is because of all of you guys, and all of the studies ...
you're going to be doing and the things that you're interested in, and the things that you decide to create ...
and make in the world.
So you guys, being here, are going to be a part of how the world's going to change ...
like it has in the past, and how now we have things like iPads.
So you guys, stay interested, find things that you love ...
and study them, and enjoy your school this year, and do really well.
OK? Good job.