It's that time of the year. Here is my one minute commencement
address:
"Okay, folks. I know you've got your degrees because you're sitting
there crowded
together wearing those sweaty medieval robes and silly looking hats. You don't
really
want to hear me, do you? You're not really interested in reflecting, are you?
And,
you've had your fill of advice, haven't you? You just want to go out and
celebrate your
survival. So, I'm going to make sure that you will have had to put up with me
for about a
minute. Literally! Clock me! I'm just going to say this: the most important
aspect of
your education is not what happened in the classroom, in the dorm or apartment,
in the
sorority or fraternity house, in the field house, in the theater wing, or in
any campus or
off-campus nook and cranny. Your education really has been all about what
happened inside
you. These years of getting an education are really about experiencing the
growing pains
of growing up. In fact, you're about to find out that is what your life, and
all life,
will always be about."
"That's it. Didn't believe me, did you? Now let's get out of here and
party."
Make it a good day.
--Louis--
Louis Schmier http://www.therandomthoughts.com
Department of History
http://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.org
Valdosta State University
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