FS Cooperating School

Calauag National High School,
home of hospitable cooperating teachers.

THE RHODORA

The Rhodora

In May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes,

I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods ,

Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook,

To please the desert and the sluggish brook.

The purple petals , fallen in the pool

Made the black water with their beauty gay;

Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool,

And court the flower that cheapens his array.

Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky,

Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,

Then Beauty is its own excuse for being :

Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose!

I never thought to ask , I never knew:

But, in my simple ignorance , suppose

The self-same Power that brought me there brought you .

-RALPH WALDO EMERSON

The Sacrifice of Life

The succession of life begins with a positive outlook in life

A friend told me, that if you want to achieve lofty dreams you have to sacrifice something, even if that is personal or things like you need to give up that will cause nothingness to that SOMETHING you want...

To continue a Legacy is to give up what you need to give-up, and later on you will realize, it's worth the sacrifice.