Note: You will only see this box once. We would like to invite you to sign up for the completely free Apples4theteacher.com Newsletter! Join our other 453,817 readers. Subscribers are automatically registered to receive free teaching resources including lesson plan ideas, printables and more . Stay informed of all our new resources as they're developed...we have some exciting features coming in 2012! P.S.. To officially become a newsletter subscriber, be sure to confirm your subscription by responding to the email we send you. Graduation Poem Graduation Poetry and Recitals by Edgar A. Guest It is said that if you hold a stick in front of the foremost sheep in a flock that files down a trail in the mountains, he will jump it--and that every sheep thereafter will jump when he reaches the spot, even if the stick be removed. So are many people mere unthinking imitators, blind to facts and opportunities about them. The air was not part of the domain of humanity till the Wright brothers made themselves birdmen. The Things That Haven't Been Done Before The things that haven't been done before, Those are the things to try; Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore At the rim of the far-flung sky, And his heart was bold and his faith was strong As he ventured in dangers new, And he paid no heed to the jeering throng Or the fears of the doubting crew. The many will follow the beaten track With guideposts on the way, They live