Graduation Day: The Best Of America's Commencement Speeches
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (594 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0688160336 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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This unique anthology will be well cherished long after graduation day.. By turns playful and profound, Graduation Day includes speeches from Jodi Foster, Russell Baker, Alice Walker, Robert Redford, Bill Clinton, Ann Richards, Toni Morrison, and others. Published just in time for graduation day, this inspiring collection of commencement addresses celebrates the value of education, and its crucial place in the weaving of our social fabric
Dan Rather's refrain to the audience at Austin is the opaque slogan "The time to be a Texan is now." (Do Texans have a choice?) Surprise is often a speech's most notable quality. Gilbert Taylor. Humorists Russell Baker and Garrison Keillor modestly advise graduates to get married and procreate. From Booklist In this collection of recent commencement speeches, all 35 orators query the purpose of a speech that most of them doubt their listeners will heed. Colgate alumni anticipating a serve-humanity oration from Andy Rooney probably should have known that this professional complainer would give them an anticomputer tirade, but new alumni of Pomona got what they expected from actor Patrick Stewart: dilations on Shakespeare and Star Trek. An eclectic collection for the commencement season. Mario Cuomo famously addressed the parents of the graduates, not the graduates, about teaching their kids ethics. Entertainers such as Jo
What a great idea! I laughed, I cried! There is so much in this book! Good advice, humor, perfect not just for grads but for kids just heading off to college who wonder just what they can expect. pretty motivating and inspirational. Great collection!. A Customer said Fun and inspiring. A funny and uplifting collection by interesting people. There were plenty of times I laughed out loud and felt inspired. I only wish I'd had one of these folks speak at my graduation!