GRADUATES: Action is more important than words....but words are more important than nothing. Here are 13 minutes of funny, serious, true words than can help you, if you occasionally think of them.
The two professor-administrators at the front, who probably invited him, get his dark entertaining humor and agree. The professor in the back is probably bored and thinks he's a jerk. You can make your own decision. (The English is clear and non-academic.)
The problem is that at graduation ceremonies, students are thinking about partying, their dates, supportive and non-supportive families, no job, the terrifyng future, being hot or cold, holding on to their caps in the wind, eating, texting, boredom, and having a good night's sleep, hopefully with someone.
Still, the Graduation Speech Ritual is one of civilization's more useful inventions, too often unused.
http://www.upworthy.com/behold-the-bluntest-funniest-and-deadliest-graduation-speech-in-the-history-of-the-known-universe?g=2&c=upw1
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