Is 'Don't Ever Change' the Best You've Got?
Hopkinton High sends off its 2012 graduating class this weekend. Have any words of advice?
It's the season of graduations. Locally, Hopkinton High will celebrate its commencement tonight.
It can also be the season of overwrought speeches and cliched advice. Each year, valedictorians, class presidents, guest speakers and administrators are tasked with imparting wisdom onto a new class of graduates. It's a challenge to stay fresh, to say something that hasn't been said before.
That said, some advice is worth repeating. What's the best graduation/life advice you've ever received? What would you tell the graduates about what lies ahead?
To get us started, here's a list compiled of the "10 best graduation speeches of all time."
Add to it with your advice in the comments.
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Town of Natick High School
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Sean O'Donnell
11:43 am on Friday, June 1, 2012
For me the best adivce I can give as a recent college grad is DO change. College is all about change. Moving out of your parents' house for the first time, not having to be at school at 7 a.m., joining Greek life or a sports team that you weren't on in high school.
If you come back from your first year, heck if you come back from your first month, and you haven't changed then perhaps you should step outside of your comfort zone a little. It's amazing some of the things you'll find.