Brief Speech By Humbling Himself

He starts his speech by telling stories about his biological mother who wants to put him to adoption hoping that Steve will get into college. Steve effectively using pathos in describing his difficulty and struggling that he faced in college by saying that, “It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms. I returned Coke bottles for the five-cent deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the seven miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple.” He attempt to tell the students to always follow our own hearts and guts in order to reach the passion that we have even though we sometimes have to take risks, “I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK.

Within Steve Jobs’ Commencement Address, the rhetorical tool Ethos is used. Jobs began by saying, “I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation.” Steve Jobs is using ethos to allow the audience to question his credentials to be giving the speech by revealing to them that he did not graduate from college himself. Speaking at a University and

I'll be changing my job next year…and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume. But I also want to be recognized as the guy who got Steve Ballmer to drop out of business school. I'm a bad influence. That's why I was invited to speak at your graduation. If I had spoken at your orientation, fewer of you might be here today. I applaud the graduates today for taking a much more direct route to your degrees. For my part, I'm just happy that the Crimson has called me "Harvard's most successful dropout." I guess that makes me valedictorian of my own special class…I did the best of everyone who failed.” These were part of the manuscript I found from networkworld.com.

Neil Gaiman is a renowned British author, screenwriter, comic book creator as well as a voice actor. Using his position as a professional who never attended a university, he uses his experience to pass the fire of excellence to the new graduates. As tradition entails, a commencement address is often used to mark the beginning of something new. The commencement speaker, in this case, having never achieved university education, uses his freedom to address the audience, unlike other formal speeches to relate well with the graduates and pass the intended message.

David Sedaris’s commencement speech was an entirely different tone and told in a different way but still hold some of the same themes. When Sedaris’s parents wanted him to go to college for patricide he didn’t

One student in particular was unable to attend the speech, but she claims to have experienced college life herself. College is different than highschool in many ways. The professors are more laid back, unless students are frequently tardy, and overall it’s a more enjoyable experience for many people. Many students enjoy the face that college doesn’t consist of sitting in classrooms eight hours a day. The classes are more spaced out, and they don’t have to be taken all at once. Several students at Gary Highschool say that they look forward to living in dorms and having the chance to make lifelong friends. Soon enough these same students will get to experience the "opposite end of the spectrum(knight)" and what living that life is like. The students are very excited to grow as people and further their

Famous actors, musicians, politicians, artists and authors are often called upon to deliver commencement addresses at prestigious places of higher learning. It doesn't take Nobel-Prize-winning social scientists or psychologists, or speech professors to predict what these elite guest speakers will say on such occasions such as these. The speaker will tell the graduating class to aim high, never give up, make the most of opportunities, and do as our forbearers did: pull yourselves up by the bootstraps. But when Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks showed up at Vassar College to present the commencement address, his presentation avoided those clichés and platitudes. Hanks was refreshing original and yet remarkably pragmatic. This paper critiques Hanks' themes, examines his rhetorical techniques, and editorially analyzes his purpose.

On June 12, 2005 Steve Jobs had to deliver the commencement speech for the 114th graduating class at Stanford University. Steve Jobs ironically never graduated college, he dropped out after attending Reed college for six months. However, Steve at the time of his death still had an estimated net worth of $10.1 billion and currently, if he were still alive, he would have an estimated net worth of roughly $19 billion. Even though Jobs had no college education, he was for obvious reasons, a highly accomplished man. Jobs had the task of speaking to some of the smartest intellectuals in the country. He went at this task by telling the graduates three stories.

The speech is made by an American writer and universe professor, George Saunders. In his speech he talks about how we have become so unkind and that we are aware of this situation, but it’s not always enough. He tries to convince the graduates to include kindness in their journey to success, because it will bring the far in life. The commencement speaker tries to persuade the graduates to take action, instead of restraining from any problems. He uses relatable examples of his life, to make the George Saunders seem reliable and trustworthy, by making it relating for the graduates. Being a professor, you are automatically granted reliability, but even more because he is an adult and have been through it

In his graduation speech to the graduating class at University High School in, William Faulkner addresses how he believes the graduates can change the world and seek a better future by removing their fears. He employs powerful language and word choice as well as a direct conversation to create a personal connection with his audience.

It began with President Obama’s exciting statement about making his journey from the White House to Rutgers State University, then coming to his close he continued rousing the crowd up in light of being handed their diplomas. He continually had their attention on the words that came out of his mouth, which threw their emotions in the palm of his hand. President Obama mentioned a few of the top moments the graduates we apart of that they all should be honored to share. “This is a place where you 3D-print prosthetic hands for children, and devise rooftop wind arrays that can power entire office buildings with, clean, renewable energy.” President Obama then touched the hearts of everyone by recognizing the major events this generation been through.

In a commencement speech delivered at Harvard University, Tingle (2010) advises that education is a tool used to help others thrive. He supports his assertion by utilizing anecdote that led a connection with the audience, informal language that made the speech concise and personal experience that exemplifies (x) success, can be achieved by helping one another. Tingle delivers the commencement speech for the graduates to use their education out in the real world by supporting and helping others. In his speech, (x) he employs a farcical tone to grasp the overall audience’s attention and then transitions to an academic tone for the graduates as his primary audience.

After graduating from high school, Jobs attended Reed College in Oregon. However, he found the classes boring and soon dropped out, taking a job with video game maker Atari. Jobs became more and more interested in philosophy. He quit his job and took a trip to India to find "enlightenment." He spent seven months traveling around India and studying the religion of Zen Buddhism. Upon his return to California, he went back to work for

When attending a typical graduation ceremony, it is not unusual to hear people speak to inspire the newest members of the tough labor market. Words of encouragement and loving what you do in life are often the baseline of these graduation speeches. But according to Carl McCoy,author of “Dear Grads, Don’t Do What You Love,” this advice may not be best suited for the occasion. With his own experiences in mind, McCoy explains why he believes these speeches may need a more timeless makeover.

The commencement addresses that go viral are always more encouraging than they are motivational. The speakers recognize a specific concern—like needing to get a job or facing an uncertain future—and discuss ways it can be overcome. They don’t offer some vague challenge like “surmounting an obstacle” or “seizing upon your dreams” or “surmounting your dreams by seizing upon an