Commencement speech

Commencement speeches are useless. I know I’m making a commencement speech right now but really, these few minutes don’t mean anything. You’re not going to change what’s already happened. I bet at least once, you’ve been sitting in this audience, listening to someone on stage say something sappy, and you look out, and your eyes glaze over, and you think “wow..... high school”. In your head, memories are flying past and it's just a montage of the “high school experience”. Did you guys know we had

Some people have asked to read the commencement address I delivered this morning to the 2013 graduates of Butler University. So here it is. My own commencement speaker, who shall remain nameless, began with a lame joke about how these speeches only come in two varieties: Short and bad. This raised my expectations, and then he went onto speak for 26 minutes, so I’m just going to tell you now: 12 minutes flat, 11:45 if you don’t laugh. Congratulations to all of you here today, and I do mean all of

Anzac Commencement Speech Good afternoon everybody, Good Afternoon esteemed guests who had gathered here today to commemorate Vietnam Veteran’s Day here at the ANZAC cottage. Thank you for inviting me here to witness such lovely gathering. What a beautiful day to celebrate, what a wonderful place to be. In light of recent events, myself, along with another 31 lucky students across the vicinity of Western Australia had the privilege to become student ambassadors and represent our state for the 100th

modern culture? In George Saunders commencement address, he tries to make awareness around this topic to the graduates attending the graduation ceremony. He does that because he himself experienced something that he regrets deeply, but he does not regret anything else he has done. The speech itself contains a lot of relatability, and acts fatherly towards the graduates. The speech is made by an American writer and universe professor, George Saunders. In his speech he talks about how we have become

William McRaven giving the commencement speech at my high school, I would have felt honored. Due to his distinguished service record and the fact that he was a member of the Navy SEALs, the advice that he could have given to my class would be extremely valuable. With his experiences, the information passed onto us would be relatable to almost anything. So I would have been ecstatic if Admiral McRaven would have given the speech at my high school graduation. Through his speech, Admiral McRaven expressed

Ellen DeGeneres Commencement Speech at Tulane Rona L. Cauguiran West Coast University On May 16, 2009, Ellen DeGeneres delivered a Commencement speech at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. The purpose of this speech was to guide the graduates of Tulane University into the new world, and just give them advice about their future. DeGeneres’s speech was about her personal experiences about growing up and just her personal struggle in life. Also, it was about finding the purpose

and chair at Princeton University, gave a commencement speech at Wellesley college on May 28, 2004 in front of an audience of more than 500. In this speech, she talked about her concerns regarding the future of our planet, the importance of maturity, and taking control of one’s destiny. This essay will analyze the central themes of the speech, and attempt to make sense of the deeper meaning behind some of the language utilized here. Overall, Morrison’s speech reveals her deep sense of frustration with

In Steve Jobs's commencement speech he depicts how life should be lived in order to be satisfied at the end of one's time. He achieves this by telling a story of when he found out that he had pancreatic cancer. Jobs explains to the audience how one should live each day like it is their last because one day it will be their last, and people want to end up happy with life, rather than disappointed. His message is that people should all live life their the fullest. For example, when Jobs tells his

live the right moment and to run out from the thoughts for the future.But in contrast to what Horace said, Oprah Winfrey’s “Commencement address” strongly support the need to be hopeful for tomorrow, where she addresses her audience, the graduates for being an inspiration for others by changing our lives and fate through our hard work. The inspirations she spread through her speech clearly depict the significance of hope she holds in her which change her life from a black Mississippi girl, to the titles

ENGL101 Final May 15, 2012 Invention Conan O’Brien gave his commencement speech at Dartmouth in 2011, congratulating the graduating class and imparting a few words of wisdom.During his speech, he appealed mostly to pathos and ethos, being as this was a commencement speech, there wasn’t very much need to appeal to logos using stats or facts. He used pathos to appeal to the graduating students by telling about his falling out with NBC and how he came back to fame with his talk show on TBS. He