. . . i decided to give them imaginary gifts: each student would receive confetti, a tape recorder, a photograph and a mirror—symbols and metaphors to take with them through life. i hoped that most of the students were going to enroll in college. the confetti would be for their private celebrations, those solitary moments when they had passed a test that worried them, finished a difficult paper at 2 a.m., found a summer internship. sometimes, even when no one else is around, it’s important to celebrate when we have struggled and succeeded—to sprinkle a little confetti on our own heads. –"the leader in the mirror," pat mora what symbol does mora describe in the second paragraph? what does this symbol represent?