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【正文】 rch standards. But this study39。s 83? Dad replied that 83 was his target because he started to see his friends that age fail. For my dad, the dream was that if he made it to 83, he would go out at the top of his game. But then he paused and he reflected and said though he wished he had those five more years, he never lost sight of the 71 years he gained by having been spared at the age of 7. All told, he felt he had won the lottery of life. This is, of course, an intensely personal story. It is one that I e back to with some regularity—not only because of its centrality to my own life, but also because, like any good story, it holds new meaning in new moments. And at this moment, I think of my father39。s extended family had perished, alongside six million European Jews. For my father, the motivating force in his life was trying to make sense of this good fortune in escaping to Canada on the eve of the Holocaust, being educated, and having such a full and meaningful life. Indeed, in the hours before he passed away at the age of 78, he told me that when he learned he had a terminal illness, his first reaction was, not surprisingly, one of disappointment. He told me he had hoped to live to 83. Dad, I asked, what39。s path to a university education was not straightforward, nor was it assured. You see, my father came to Canada as a 7yearold boy with his parents and two older siblings. They arrived from Warsaw, Poland, as Jewish refugees in March 1939, just months before Hitler invaded the country. As was true of so many Jewish families, including my wife Joanne39。ll confess, I look forward to graduation every year as a moment to celebrate the many successes of our students. Your transformation from timid firstyears sneaking Chipotle into Brody to proud seniors striding in, burritos aloft, midbite. Your persistence in offloading your Iggy tickets to this day! And your domination of meme wars with an unnamed
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