graduation – The Paragraph Stacker

Grads: Remember the parable of the iced tea

To the class of 2023, Be kind. That’s the only advice I have. Everything else is clutter. I graduated from high school 30 years ago, college 26 years ago, and graduate school last year. I think I am done graduating from schools, at least formally. But life surprises you. For example, I went to theContinue reading “Grads: Remember the parable of the iced tea”

Graduation doesn’t live up to the hype, so go find your own good stuff and enjoy that

Dear Class of 2022, There’s nothing I can type in these paragraphs that will surpass Taylor Swift’s terrific commencement speech for New York University earlier this month. Look it up on YouTube. That’s how you give a commencement speech. Kurt Vonnegut gave great commencement speeches. They put a book together of his speeches called, “IfContinue reading “Graduation doesn’t live up to the hype, so go find your own good stuff and enjoy that”