""Each of you is here to teach as you learn," said Garber, an economist, physician, and healthcare policy expert to the students, faculty, and others gathered at Tercentenary Theatre. "You are here to share your experience and perspective so that our community can be one in which all people are welcomed, all ideas are given due consideration, and all beliefs are treated with respect.""
"Garber told the class they share two qualities: All are exceptional students, and all are "capable of making interesting and unusual decisions, not always the ones that others would make." That kind of openness and creativity springs from a certain mindset, he said: "You reject 'either/or.' You are the kind of 'both/and' people that this institution has nurtured, empowered, and celebrated throughout its long history.""
Harvard offers almost limitless opportunities to experiment and explore intellectual pursuits and interests. The most valuable and enduring resource is fellow students. Each student is expected to teach while learning by sharing experience and perspective so the community welcomes all people, gives due consideration to all ideas, and treats all beliefs with respect. Students share two qualities: exceptional academic ability and capacity to make interesting, unusual decisions. Openness and creativity arise from rejecting 'either/or' thinking and embracing a 'both/and' mindset nurtured, empowered, and celebrated throughout the institution's long history. Convocation formally welcomes first-years and communicates university values, history, and traditions.
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