{"id":3464,"date":"2016-05-23T12:36:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T07:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swatisani.net\/blog\/?p=3464"},"modified":"2016-05-23T12:40:32","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T07:10:32","slug":"aasim-graduates-uwc-mahindra-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swatisani.net\/blog\/2016\/05\/23\/aasim-graduates-uwc-mahindra-college\/","title":{"rendered":"From a boy to a man. Aasim graduates from UWC Mahindra College"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two years back, in August 2014, we sent our boy, Aasim to a UWC<\/a>. Two days back, on May 21, 2016, he\u00a0completed his IB and graduated from MUWCI (United World College, Mahindra College, India).<\/p>\n

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Aasim at MUWCI: August 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While we saw him changing during his time at MUWCI, and we had expected that he would, it was a pleasure watching him interact with his peers and teachers as a grown up. We sent a boy to this school, and he returned to us as an educated man. \u00a0A man who aspires to make a difference to the world we live in, \u00a0a man who perhaps may.<\/p>\n

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Aasim graduates from MUWCI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As parents, we will always dote on him, and fuss about him because he will always be our little kid. But the world he is going to step into, he won’t be a kid, and as an adult, we feel reasonably sure that he is ready to face the challenges that life would throw at him.<\/p>\n

The graduation ceremony was a beautifully and thoughtfully organised. The performances by the students moved us as did the speeches given at the occasion. Aasim was the first in line to get his certificate. Here’s a short video that I took.<\/p>\n