Resilience

Persisting. Adapting. Staying True.

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In this Issue

Resilience
The capacity to bounce back

The arc of a life demands coping skills. Most of us confront, in due course, the need to start over, or change course, or reassess goals.

This Milton Magazine looks at the unpredictable pathways several alumni have followed. Individuals have told us how they sized up their opportunities, made choices, and ultimately affected a broader community. A person’s full potential and impact often emerge only over many years, maturation and commitment.

Still, students we interview can already tell stories involving perseverance, patience, and faith in themselves. They have already learned to stay the course, even during the short span of high school.

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Mike Godwin has worn uniforms three seasons each year—football, hockey and baseball...

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Arthur Ullian ’57 tries to compress a sprawling tale into a simple, linear chronology....

Daring, Decade by Decade

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On Happiness

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On Making Things

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