Commencement speech

  • Fleeing from the Real World

    SOME THOUGHTS ON THE REAL WORLD BY ONE WHO GLIMPSED IT AND FLED Bill Watterson Creator of Calvin & Hobbes Commencement Speech to the Graduating Class of 1990 at Kenyon College I have a recurring dream about Kenyon. In it,… Continue reading

    Fleeing from the Real World
  • “What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness.”

    A wonderful graduation speech from George Saunders to the Syracuse University Class of 2013. Down through the ages, a traditional form has evolved for this type of speech, which is: Some old fart, his best years behind him, who, over… Continue reading

    “What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness.”