Jun 15 2019
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Though I very much wish Sasha Obama could stay eight years old forever because that would mean we were in a time…
Jun 13 2019
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A California valedictorian used her commencement speech to call out the indifference of authority figures that is…
May 28 2018
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Valedictorian Not About to Let School Stop Him from Delivering 'Confrontational' Commencement Speech
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A high school valedictorian in Kentucky was barred from delivering his commencement address on Friday, after the…
May 8 2017
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In 2011, former Jersey Shore star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi collected $32,000 for a speaking engagement at Rutgers…
May 2 2016
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On Saturday, April 30, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg delivered the commencement address at the…
Jun 4 2015
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In Mississippi, if you cheer at a graduation, you might catch a charge.
Jun 1 2015
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If you’ve ever sat through a valedictorian’s speech (in high school or college), you know that while their five…
May 18 2015
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“Brothers; brothers from other mothers; sisters; roommates; ‘roommates’; meemaws and papaws; Aunt Ronnys; Uncle…
May 18 2015
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On Friday, Mellody Hobson delivered USC’s commencement address during a downpour and asked the graduates to remember…
Jun 16 2014
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After a North Carolina high school student was sent home in tears on the last day of her senior year for wearing a…
May 31 2014
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Rachel Jeantel, the close friend who was on the phone with Travon Martin moments before he was shot and killed by George Zimmerman has graduated from high school! A key witness in Zimmerman's trial, her entire identity as a 19-year-old black woman was heavily scrutinized by the media who took jabs at her attitude,… Read more
May 21 2014
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A high school in Florida is charging parents $200 for "premium" seats with a better view of their child's…
May 12 2014
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On Thursday, Megan Sugg graduated almost a month early from Glen Burnie High School in Maryland. The occasion, which…
Jun 4 2013
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High schoolers at graduation tend to do all kinds of things to decorate their mortarboards. The words "Hi Mom" are…
Jun 2 2013
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Like cicadas, law school graduates working as bartenders, feral cats prowling the abandoned alleyways of Detroit,…
May 21 2013
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I graduated from college four years ago. I know four years probably seems like an infinitesimal blip to many readers…
May 19 2013
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Other than George Washington, George Washington Carver, Washington Irving, or Martha Washington, who’d be the best…
Jun 12 2012
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Here's a commencement speech by David McCullough Jr., an English teacher at a Massachusetts high school, who took…
May 21 2012
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"My fellow honorary degree recipients who I am so proud to be in the company of — we have an architect, and a…
May 16 2012
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It's the time of year when the internet is deluged with condescending lists of "advice for graduates"—stuff like…