Chapel Talk, 2001 September 9/ Tad Roach

Headmaster Tad Roach discusses the significance of historian Professor Joseph Ellis's fabrication of military service: "Professor Ellis wanted the badge of honor of being a war veteran and ironically risked his reputation and identity as a scholar in the process. What costs will we bear if we make up stories about ourselves? Let us try to live authentic lives. To live an authentic life, you have to learn to be honest with yourself and others. You have to stop acting and start living."