Blunt Commencement Speech: "You are not special."

[crapstang]

Schools making longer school years and warding everyone with "you are the best" awards...and all of the kids are just as dumb or dumber. Only those who actually WANT to succeed will do so. No matter how hard the government schools try to shove information down kids' throats, they will only take in as much as they want

[Jimbo]

Here it is....

http://m.dump.com/graduationspeech/

That was great. It was wonderful to hear those words spoken aloud in front of a large crowd, rather than in the small groups where people have been resurrecting these ideas. It makes me feel that people of conviction and principle might eventually stop tolerating the endless siege of reality television and politically correct governance.

[Vertnut]

The problem comes when those kids hit the "real world", and figure out that they aren't special to anyone other than mommy and daddy.

[diablo rojo]

The problem comes when those kids hit the "real world", and figure out that they aren't special to anyone other than mommy and daddy.

They are the 99%

[line-em-up]

Here it is....

http://m.dump.com/graduationspeech/

I think Al bundy wrote that. At least the "you're not special" part.

[ceyko]

They are the 99%

Yeah, most of us figure it out, shrug and drive on. Seems a lot of younger folks are whining a lot lately.

[jdgregory84]

Tyler Durden at his finest.