The future is in great hands!
Just as you give-up hope on a generation of device glued gamers and YouTubers… then comes along Jake! A well-rounded individual of brilliance and a touch of class! I’m sure Jake is not the sole representative of his generation. Jake’s particular circumstances may be extraordinary. It is hard to view this video other than through a lens reflecting his situation, but that is precisely what we should not do. The speech was written much earlier and would always have portrayed the same messages. Listening to Jake, one couldn’t help but think that this was not simply a young man who had collected some great quotations and cobbled together a speech. It was a young man who truly believed in the core messages that he was presenting and lives by them. He did not come across as a know-all, arrogant teenager that we are all too familiar with. He appeared considered, consultative and deeply respectful of the environment he was in – the school and it’s rich heritage, the old boys, the teachers and...