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Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino told a gathering of top Boston College scholars that “education is the most important thing we can do in our society” and urged the undergraduates to use their own academic skills to help others do well in school.
Menino, who has been Boston’s mayor for the past 17 years, spoke on Feb. 9 at a gathering of students from the University’s Presidential Scholars Program, which enrolls undergraduates chosen on the basis of academic excellence, demonstrated leadership ability and significant community service involvement.
“Our children’s future depends on their ability to have a chance to improve their education,” Menino told the group. “Our city’s future also depends on that. Great cities need great economic diversity and great public schools to build it.
“We, as a city, have to work with [our children] to give them opportunities,” Menino said. “I take it as my obligation.”