What is the main idea of this paragraph? Now we get the advice part of the speech. If I can succeed in conveying only one piece of wisdom today, it is this: the students who get the most out of their MIT education get to know at least one member of the faculty. I urge you to make that one of your goals for your time at MIT; perhaps you'll make it a goal of your freshman year. Some of you may find it surprising that this is a very easy assignment: you will meet faculty who teach your classes, and I encourage you to accept their invitation to talk with them in office hours. You will discover countless other avenues, inside and outside of classes, to meet with faculty.