10 Things Your Commencement Speaker Won't Tell You

[annasdad]

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<p>Personal favorite:</p>

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3. Don’t make the world worse. I know that I’m supposed to tell you to aspire to great things. But I’m going to lower the bar here: Just don’t use your prodigious talents to mess things up. Too many smart people are doing that already. And if you really want to cause social mayhem, it helps to have an Ivy League degree. You are smart and motivated and creative. Everyone will tell you that you can change the world. They are right, but remember that “changing the world” also can include things like skirting financial regulations and selling unhealthy foods to increasingly obese children. I am not asking you to cure cancer. I am just asking you not to spread it.

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[bookreader]

<p>I really like that quote.</p>

[mathmom]

<p>Best graduation commence speech I heard was Carnegie Mellon 2011: [url=&lt;a href=“2011 CMU commencement address - YouTube”&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvno2ZjIe5o]2011</a> CMU commencement address - YouTube<a href=“Aron%20Ralston%20he%20of%20127%20hours”>/url</a></p>

<p>In short, “Health insurance, sharp knife, no urine, no cry and may your boulders be your blessings as well.”</p>