b'THE ELLESMERIAN8The one lesson that emerges is the need to keep trying. No miracles. No perfection. No millennium. No apocalypse.He finishes with a quote from the book of Deuteronomy (and in a Woodard school I am sure I am safe in referring to the bible):. . . I have set before the life and death, the blessing and thecurse; therefore choose life.Choosing life is all about optimism, and I hope that is something that we inculcate in all our College pupils.I wish every success to our leavers and really hope that they stay in touch. To everyone else I look forward to seeing you again in September when things will be a lot more close to normal. Whatever you do with it, do have a good summer: I think we have all earned a break.'