Commencement Address

The reading I enjoyed most this week was the Commencement Address by John Stewart. I thought his piece was not the typical speech you here at graduation it had a little bit of a twist. He stressed that the real world is very flawed which is very true.  The most inspiring part of his speech was when he reassured the graduates that no matter what happens in their new lives they are smart and sharp enough to find solutions to their challenges. I really enjoyed this piece because it made me reflect on my graduation. At my graduation I was honored to give a speech because I was vice president of the class. My class lost two students to death both my car accidents, one our senior year and one our sophomore year. The president and myself gave a speech that we not only conquered high school we learned coping skills and real life challenges. High school isn’t meant to be perfect and sometimes you learn skills out of it that you never would before. John Stewarts speech to me was excellent and very though provoking and honest.