{"id":22513,"date":"2019-01-28T12:12:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T17:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=22513"},"modified":"2019-02-18T12:01:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T17:01:32","slug":"bakers-beat-a-final-farewell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2019\/01\/28\/bakers-beat-a-final-farewell\/","title":{"rendered":"Baker’s Beat: A Final Farewell"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0Sinclair community and dear Clarion readers, as my fingers type this article, I do so with a heavy heart and a mind full of beloved memories. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0When I first came to Sinclair I had clear trepidation about going to a community college. There has always been a stigma about community colleges in society and in my mind. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0However, I am proud to say that I have never been so happy to be proven wrong! The friends and mentors I have met here are some of the best people I could have ever imagined to meet. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0I have done more things here in my year and a half than in my entire life so far. I look back on proudly being the Sinclair Tartan mascot, shaking hands, creating smiles and laughter with my funny mascot walk and dance in that hot, hot suit. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0I hold my time helping students as a Student Ambassador in high regard, where I learned how to lead from a boss that was an incredible communicator. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0I joined a brotherhood that showed me paths into my future that I never thought possible, through traveling to cities and meeting with others like me who are driven and committed to the success of all who were around them. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0I have gained two mentors in that same brotherhood, that I am going to make a part of my life until the day I cease drawing breath into my body. They have become more than mentors, they are my friends, role models and on many occasions parents. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0I love them so much in ways that I\u2019m unable to put into words because there are none to explain my feelings for those two champions of the underserved and sometimes forgotten. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0I smile when I remember the influential speakers and guest visitors I have had the pleasure of meeting, whose encouraging words still ring in my head to this day. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The friends I’ve made have helped shaped me into someone who cares for other people more than I care for myself, because I discovered that when they’re happy, I’m happy and vice versa. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0At Sinclair I\u2019ve become a better public speaker and presenter than I ever thought I would be. I\u2019m now able to address rooms filled with people without hesitation. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0In addition, I’ve honed my craft of the written word at this very establishment, The Clarion.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Finally, I have succeeded in obtaining a degree that is going to further propel me into a career in which I can use all the skills and values I’ve learned here at Sinclair, to try and make the world a better place for the next generation. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0As I sit here typing what is my very last article for the Clarion, I just want to let all who have read my words and have considered my opinions that it has been an honor to write for you. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Thank you for your kind words of \u201cgood job\u201d in the many hallways of this institution. It has been a true pleasure and an honor and I will absolutely miss writing for you. Thank you and I value you all. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Now it\u2019s time for those of us who are graduating to move on to the next adventure; always forward, never backward. We can do this because we are Sinclair Tartans and the heroes of our own story.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Justin A. Baker<\/strong>
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