One Father's Attempt At A Commencement Address To His Graduate
For many years I have long admired the wisdom, the advice, the unique visions of the world and the future offered by so many wonderful people during commencement speeches year in and year out. Indeed, some offer standard clichés and slogans, but some offer such profound insight into the world which we live and advice on how to succeed in it that I wonder, why don’t we hear these speeches more often? Why stop with graduations? Good, solid, practical life advice should always be welcome in our society. Indeed our world actually surrounds us with some great ‘learning moments’ but in the hustle and bustle of our lives, sometimes we don’t even realize it. Everyone had help. Einstein would not have been Einstein without his parents helping to make sure he went to school and got an education. Einstein had teachers, peers, friends, and they all played a part in shaping the man who would forever alter the world of science. Wisdom can come from a teacher, a friend, a p