Can You Pass the Graduation Test?   As we talked about his
situation and the decisions he had made earlier in his life that
led to his questionable standing in the Church, he said, “Oh, I
knew that what I was doing was wrong, and I was sure that one
day I would put things back in order and go on a mission.”
As I listened to the impressive addresses on this occasion, I
found myself framing in my own mind the things I would have
liked to say to this group of young people. I knew that most of
them were Latter-day Saints. I knew they came from families
where there was a shared pride in their accomplishments. I also
knew about the experiences some of these young people had
planned for themselves in the hours and days immediately
following the graduation service. I found myself wanting to
plead with this graduating class, not about the glorious,
obscure years of the dim future when they would hopefully
accomplish so much for mankind, but about the here and now. I
wanted to say to them, “I am not so much concer