{"id":124956,"date":"2019-05-31T10:56:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T14:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=124956"},"modified":"2021-08-13T11:59:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T15:59:03","slug":"video-claire-naughton-19-delivers-senior-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/31\/video-claire-naughton-19-delivers-senior-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: &#8216;It&#8217;s OK to struggle,&#8217; says senior speaker Claire Naughton \u201919"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An environmental studies major, Claire Naughton &#8217;19 of Darien, Conn., delivered this year&#8217;s Senior Address at Commencement.<\/p>\n<p>As she prepared for her address, Naughton reflected on her time at Bates. Moments of failure are the best moments to learn, she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve really tried over these four years to live authentically, because you can\u2019t always expect to be perfect, and it\u2019s OK to be not OK at times. It\u2019s OK to struggle and grow through your struggles.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #009779;\"><em>Video by Theophil Syslo<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Claire Naughton | Voices from the Class of 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NWzY2Wx2-LQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In her address, Naughton invoked the Icarus myth from Greek mythology.<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s well-known that the story, about Icarus flying too close to the sun, offers a caution against hubris, the lesser-known part of the myth is that Icarus was also told not to fly too low and let the ocean wet his feathers.<\/p>\n<p>For Naughton and her classmates, &#8220;our doubts and fears drag us down&#8221; toward the ocean. \u201cIt\u2019s time to believe in yourself and your victories and failures,&#8221; she said. It\u2019s time to feel the heat of the sun on your back. It\u2019s time to jump.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #009779;\"><em>Senior address by Claire Naughton \u201919 on May 26, 2019<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Senior Address | Claire R. 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