The Last Word: My Commencement address
It's a little presumptuous of me to write a speech for Commencement since I'm only a graduate this year. But I have perused dozens of Convocation speeches throughout the last four years, so I like to think I’ve got a little expertise. (If you do only one thing I suggest here, read “Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young” by Mary Schmich. Or watch “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)” by Baz Luhrmann. They’re the same thing.) Anyway, here is the speech I would give if I were speaking at Commencement.