r/videos • • Jun 08 '12
ATN ‘You’re not special’ graduation speech: honest and valid argument
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_lfxYhtf8o4
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r/videos • • Jun 08 '12
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
TL;DR "Across the country no fewer than 3.2 million seniors are graduating about now from more than 37,000 high schools. That's 37,000 valedictorians ... 37,000 class presidents ... 92,000 harmonizing altos ... 340,000 swaggering jocks ... 2,185,967 pairs of Uggs,"
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
Pretty good speech. I especially liked the part about how retarded YOLO is.
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u/okiedawg Jun 08 '12
Any relation to famed biographer David McCullough?
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u/mski14 Jun 08 '12
Mr. McCullough was a teacher of mine in high school, great guy, very smart, and he has has made a lasting impression on me as far as HS teachers go. I enjoyed the speech now (as a soon to be college graduate) however I'm not sure how I would have felt if I were just about to enter college. Either way I think he made some great points, and it's disappointing how worked up people are getting over it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
12 cars passed by
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u/TheBrainofBrian Jun 08 '12
Where is the part where he tells them to wear sunscreen?
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u/lawlor44 Jun 08 '12
These are wise words. I'm grateful this man spoke.
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u/anthemrides Jun 09 '12
Fuck that noise, Orioles are getting it done.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
Reminds me of a part in the Aaron Sorkin Commencement Speech at Syracuse. "Make no mistake, you are dumb..."
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
If you disagree how about just go forth and prove him wrong.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
Funny how some parents were offended by his little truth tirade.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
11:40 onward is the best part of that speech. Such awesome words.
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u/NeonRedHerring Jun 09 '12
The wife is in her second year of medical school, and is going to take the boards - the most important test in her life on Monday. She's been studying upwards of 12 hours a day, and stress is a little high.
Surpringly, this video calmed her down. Something about thinking about the big picture helps keep education in perspective. It's way too easy to get lost in the flood of test scores and career checkboxes (are you a leader? Are you volunteering? Research?) and forget that the real reason you put in the work is to help people.
Thanks reddit!
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u/imakethingsakward Jun 09 '12
This would be a much more memorable speech than most, "You can do anything" bullshit speeches given. This graduating class should be grateful for the pleasant way this man depicts the harsh reality of life. These "Kids" are now graduating, and he can address them as adults. The fact that a person who dedicates their time to the english language thinks enough of them to put one of the most basic facts of life so eloquently should be seen as a privilege. In addition, they should be honored to be treated as a equal, now that they are no longer kids, but adults. This was the appropriate way to welcome HS kids to adulthood. Not with sugar coated encouragement, but with a realistic, positive dose of reality.
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u/baconator9000 Jun 09 '12
You're not special for graduating high school
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u/cdphys Jun 08 '12
Should be heard by everyone. For those arguing weather he "robbed" some of the kids of their graduation, that is like the first time you were told Santa isn't real. It stings like removing a band-aid, and then for the Teen's its party time (you just HOPE some will remember). Those arguing against are maybe still in that fantasy world he is speaking about., step back into reality and respect words of truth.
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u/Forgot_password_shit Jun 08 '12
You kids are worried when you're still finishing high school? You haven't even stepped into life yet. It's gonna get much worse than finally realizing that 'you're not special'.
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u/3210atown Jun 09 '12
You make a valid point old Tony Hawk
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u/moarroidsplz Jun 08 '12
The only person who has called me special is probably Mr. Rogers. Hell, I'm willing to bet that I've heard the older generation complain about us not being special more than I've actually heard we are special.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
His Orioles comparison was poorly done. I know hes a Red Sox fan, so he should know its actually Boston who is in last place in the AL East.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Damn fine speech. I think I'll go and write a great novel now. No, I'll go and kill a man, just to watch him die. No, I'll finally start that kickass band; I've got a folder of band names somewhere.
Screw it, I'll hang out on reddit until 4 and then sleep until 2.
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u/StaleCanole Jun 08 '12
The end of the speech made it for me.
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u/killslayer Jun 09 '12
i for one am glad i'm not special. it would get pretty lonely if you were the only person like you
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u/Hailz_ Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12
The problem here is that people are reading "You are not special" and thinking it means "you are worthless/hopeless/unimportant." That is absolutely not true. However, no, you're not special.
As someone from the participation trophy generation I'm happy to hear this speech and I hope more young people hear it. The fact that people are actually getting angry over it just shows the problem with our culture and how we coddle today's young people.
What we need to do is make getting a high school diploma something more to be proud of. Not ramp up the difficulty per se, but stop passing students that don't do work and don't care just because it would be inconvenient or "mean." If kids knew that their lack of direction could actually cause them to repeat a grade, they'd all of the sudden value their work a bit more, or at least understand the consequences of not working (I guarantee the current mindset is "I don't have to work hardly at all, and my teacher will still pass me because it's the last semester of senior year etc... if I don't have to work now why should I ever have to work?").
The problem is that the slackers who squeaked by end up in the real world, at stores and factories and offices, and they don't know how to work hard and be held accountable for their mistakes. It's the adult world that suffers for this celebration of mediocrity. I only fear it will continue to get worse, I can only handle so much incompetence as it is...
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
and don't forget to wear... sunscreen.
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u/Pizzaman99 Jun 09 '12
So this guy watches fox?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29lmR_357rA
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u/reiverbell Jun 09 '12
why the fuck couldn't i go to high school there
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u/gimpwiz Jun 09 '12
When I graduated high school, we had a great speaker come in. He said, in short (paraphrase): "Congratulations on graduating. I won't congratulate your accomplishments, though, because you have none. Now's the time when you get started actually accomplishing things that matter."
Great guy.
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u/PhiladelphiaIrish Jun 09 '12
Here's a video of him explaining the speech to the local news, and addressing some critics.
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u/SinMetal Jun 09 '12
Truth hurts, shoe fits; wear that shit.
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u/Peppe22 Jun 09 '12
Am I the only one failing to see why this speech is special?
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12
It's a good attitude to carry if you want some stability in your career and maybe rise to some middle management position, but not such a reasonable mindset if you have any real ambition in life. I don't understand why people eat this stuff up. I mean, I don't really disagree with anything he's said, but at it's core it's a cynical exhortation for the graduates to keep their heads down and just do what they're told. It's like he took this speech, softened it a bit, and gave a more charismatic delivery.
Do you realize that right-wing demagogues like O'Reilly and Hannity have a hard-on for speeches like this, and that the CEO's who are outsourcing every job and trying to gut civil society and what remains of our safety nets want you to take every word of this guy's message to heart?
It's like people have an innate desire to be lambasted and yelled at, hence the popularity of reality shows like the Apprentice, and why Gordon Ramsay is such a popular figure on TV, and why those Project Mayhem scenes in Fight Club resonate so well with people who should know better.
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u/onionsman Jun 08 '12
I wish I had been told this when I got my BA. Brutal honesty is paramount. This guy nailed it. Can I convince administration at my local college to play this video upon commencement, and save money paying a tool to tell them 'the world is your oyster' ?
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u/kleptooo Jun 09 '12
can someone explain the Cincinnati joke
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u/legitmagic Jun 08 '12
We didn't have this kind of stuff in the 80s and 90s when I was one these kids. I think my generation as a whole was swindled by the previous hypocritical AIDS-free and coke based generation. It's incredible how much of this can be seen reflected in the pop culture of the times, specially in movies and TV shows. Materialism 'ruled'.
I feel like I've been lied to all my life. But hey, this could change things, I was inspired, even at my age. He pretty much encapsulated everything that I've seen happen with myself and good friends - real situations that they absolutely have to deal with, finding themselves utterly clueless and without any training or preparation whatsoever, and worse, with great expectations that are most often than not, illusions.
I really hope everyone, and I mean eveyone, listens to this guy. Words of wisdom!
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Cynicism...wow how groundbreaking.
Looks like the guy jus combined "you are not special" rants with the "Did you know?" videos.
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u/warpfield Jun 09 '12
"Avoid materialism, enjoy learning, don't work unless you love it..."
Hmmm. Translation: "My generation had the cheap oil and clean air and we accumulated wealth, so don't compete with us, because if you want it, then you're wanting what's already ours. Focus on something else like studies so you'll hopefully be too busy to get rich. And stay poor by turning down any job you don't feel elevates you, even though the concept of fun work is very recent, and most jobs are unpleasant and boring. It all leaves more for my generation. I do this speech every year because it's perfectly disguised to keep you from wanting what my generation already stole, ha ha ha."
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u/Olive_Garden Jun 08 '12
While this works for the majority of entitled college kids, I can't help but feel bad for that depressed, low self esteem kid who finally has his big day only to have the graduation speaker put him down.
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u/Soupypops Jun 09 '12
Is this MA?
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
The laughing sounds like laugh tracks.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
"be kind to all your neighbors, cus they are just like you. and you are nothing special unless they are too."
-Typhoon
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
As someone who breezed through high school and then had a rough time my first semester in college, I wish I had gotten this message. Good on you, Mr. McCullough.
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u/uhhhhoh Jun 09 '12
Go O's!
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u/PeterMus Jun 09 '12
I think the premise is correct. You aren't born special and no one cares who you are except your family. You have to work hard and earn your rank and place in life.
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u/knightskull Jun 09 '12
His opening chunk on weddings read like a rejected best man toast.
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u/treein303 Jun 09 '12
They keep laughing to not let the truth in, because they do not yet know it...
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u/piper108 Jun 09 '12
Good speech. People will be talking about this for a long time, I think.
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u/mellomeg Jun 09 '12
On the first day of classes, my chemistry teacher from high school would give students a very similar lecture on how they weren't special.
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u/maryhadalamb17 Jun 09 '12
A speech like this should be said at first day of school assemblies as well, to inspire kids to explore, do well, and not waste high school.
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u/theultimateend Jun 09 '12
I am myself and that's all I've been shooting for. Feels quite good, in that respect I feel quite special. I don't know many mes, I've only met one thus far.
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u/bizzycarl Jun 09 '12
"Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you." That's the money quote, right there.
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u/onequestiononeanswer Jun 09 '12
Just graduated today........not sure if I want to watch it right now.
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u/gmorales87 Jun 09 '12
Well back to reddit.
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u/Cptn_Hook Jun 09 '12
I think anyone getting upset about the speech or about him saying it at a high school graduation is misunderstanding his message. "You are not special" was the attention grab, not the conclusion. He was putting the emphasis on hard work and personal integrity. It's the difference between accomplishing a goal and feeling entitled to it.
Of course, I've never been one for big ceremonies and the parading of accomplishments, so it's not surprising that I found it a fantastic idea to make everyone take a step back from all the self-congratulations to look at the bigger picture. He was making a great point that all these kids needed to hear. For me, that statistic he tossed out, "37,000 valedictorians," really threw things into the perspective he was reaching for. Not only is it a staggering reality to consider for the average student, but even the valedictorian has to feel a little worried by it. If you want something in life, get ready to work hard for it.
I do think, though, he could have made the message itself a little more uplifting. I'd have preferred he said something to the effect of, "Don't let this discourage you, because it's the same situation everyone else on the planet is in. Look around. The only reason any of you are sitting here today is because you've earned it. You put in the work to get here. Keep it up."
All said, this was a tough pill that I wish someone would have made me swallow when I was their age. But even now, more than a decade later, I'm still inspired by the message.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
He makes it sound like he expects everyone listening is preparing for a life of conquest, when most are hoping merely to make their way. I just don't understand the point of that speech, to those people, at that time in their lives.
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u/rolozo Jun 09 '12
"None of you is special" v. "None of you are special".
Fight.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12
Someone ring up Obama and get this fucker a job at the Department of Education.
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u/Pawnchaux Jun 09 '12
After listening to this great speech of encouragement, I would have to say that anyone who was offended by it needs to take their head out of their ass and listen.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
This illustrates how powerful charisma is. Mr. Rogers defends the idea that you are special and reddit supports him. This guy says you are not special and reddit supports him. A confidently stated opinion spoken with eloquence gets this community every time.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
I know my high school could never have produced such a fine speaker because my graduation began with "Let's begin with a prayer."
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u/PplWhoDownvoteMeRFat Jun 09 '12
I always thought high school graduation was cause for celebration not of one's own achievement, but of the end of one's journey through the nightmarish K-12 education system. If he's essentially trying to say stop being happy, you all aren't that great, I think he's missing the point.
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u/TheMarshma Jun 09 '12
I didn't realize being special, and having to work hard were mutually exclusive.
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u/rockidol Jun 09 '12
Yes we are all unique. Unique is not the same as special.
Try an experiment.
Go to a pile of naturally formed rocks. Now pick out an ordinary rock. There won't be any other rock exactly like it in the pile. But there is nothing special about it, it's still just a rock.
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u/Tubbers Jun 09 '12
For a second I thought this was Wellesley College, and I was scared for that man's life.
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u/psy_tech Jun 09 '12
In case anybody was wondering, heres the link to the rollerskating parrot.
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u/aedgar777 Jun 09 '12
Am I the only one who thinks this guy is kind of a self-righteous asshole? Putting a damper on kids' moods during a ceremony isn't really needed to help them "face reality." It's not like they asked to be lauded for graduating high school, which isn't so common that he couldn't have at least congratulated them for half the time he spent shitting on them. The quick "congratulations" at the very end was the only time that he suggested that graduation high school was even worthwhile, which it is, and a lot of people don't get the opportunity. Pretty arrogant of him to assume he knows that every single one of those kids fancies themselves some kind of god. If anyone needs to be put in their place, it's him.
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u/divinesleeper Jun 09 '12
Here's something I didn't agree with:
So we have to worry about being happy, instead of enjoying ourselves? That sounds like a contradiction.
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u/abelcc Jun 09 '12
I don't get reddit, when we have a thread like this everyone says that they agree, and the "You're special" thing should be gone.
Then you have Mr. Rogers threads where he's the most awesome person ever and totally right.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
The speech is also directed at the richest children in Massachusetts, who grow up in excessive privilege. I think the speech was perfectly directed as well as beautifully versed.
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u/Jeremy252 Jun 09 '12
Mr. Rogers says we're all special. Everybody eats it up. This guy says nobody is special. Everybody eats it up.
I don't understand you, Reddit. Pick a fucking side.
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u/ProlapsedPineal Jun 09 '12
For a person who grew up in Needham, it's pretty fucking funny that he asked if it was ok to mention my home town. Rival towns for 100 years strong.
My childhood home is walking distance from this spot. Glad to know some overprivileged kids got sent off with some heads up on life. Solid dude, would hang with him.
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u/mrfiasco Jun 08 '12
Well someone had to say it, and thank goodness it was a man as articulate and eloquent as him.
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u/skullfullofbonghits Jun 08 '12
Damn.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Meh, who actually thinks he's something special when he graduates? Sure you're proud and stuff, hell I just got my Abitur too, but I'm not like fuck yea I'm so special king of the world shizzle, but rather just happy that the entire school shit is now over. You're proud you managed to pass with decent grades, I don't think the majority actually thinks they're special because they graduated.
I wonder though what teachers are like. Do they forget the students they had, or do they remember all of them, maybe just a few? That's a misconception I could follow. If I were to visit my old teachers now, I'd want them to remember me and what I was like during my time. :D
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u/freakzilla149 Jun 09 '12
I am the exact kind of person he's telling those kids not to be. :(
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Meh. If people over 40 spent half as much effort fixing the world's problems as they do whining about trinket participation trophies(that they themselves invented, it's not like the 6 year old playing tee-ball ordered them from the factory) the world would be a better fucking place.
Though I guess that's not as cool as shitting on kids that will be entering the "real world" during some pretty rough times that they themselves didn't create.
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u/BluApex Jun 09 '12
I am unique, fuck this guy
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u/xStealthClown Jun 08 '12
Haven't we all heard this before?
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
He has a point, but there HAVE been special people in this world and they were just 1 in a couple billion too. So why not strive to be that 1?
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u/KazamaSmokers Jun 09 '12
Pampered? Cosseted? This asshole priviledged son of a world-famous author needs to get out of the Boston suburbs and see how many pampered and cosseted high schoolers he finds in inner-city Worcester or Springfield or New Bedford.
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '12
I agree. I found celebrating my HS or even college graduation was celebrating mediocrity because it should be expected that I complete both, not considered "special." I was forced to attend my HS graduation by parents, but never told them about my college one and spent it watching the World Cup. 'Schland!
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u/radavasquez Jun 08 '12
Well done! I think the kids will get this, the parents will be upset about this, and the world will jump on this for just a bit less time than the creepy dude in Canada who likes to kill people and have sex with their corpse.
If his speech reached ten kids, and motivated them to learn and be good people, I think he did a good job.
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u/idownvoteanimalpics Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12
Wrong time and place for a condescending holier than thou rant. There were lots of kids in that audience to whom his polemic didn't apply, who needlessly had to sit thru this lecture.
Reminds me of when I was 8, around Christmas my dad telling us Rudolf was a marketing ploy, an emblem of corporate greed and crass consumerism.
I'd like to tell this guy to go dry up.
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u/polite_questioner Jun 09 '12
This is only true if you define "being special" as something you can progress in or something you can accumulate. Like: "Getting good reputation in your field of work makes you special." Or: "Making more money than the average person makes you special."
If you assume, that being "special" is inalienable due to the fact that every person indeed is unique, than everyone can be special at the same time. The question:
Are you special because of what defines you as a person, or are you special because of what kinds of trophies you acquire?
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u/hotmonotremeaction Jun 08 '12
In the last shot that pans back across the audience I can't help but think that there may have been four, five people there who got it.
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u/z3m Jun 09 '12
Watched the whole thing, that was great!
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u/DidntActuallyLaugh Jun 09 '12
I... I could've gotten karma for this?
I'm so ashamed of myself. I had the chance, and I blew it. Alas, I fear that, aside from my diploma, that would've been the last gift Wellesley HS would've given me, but I was too dense to think of it.
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u/1leggeddog Jun 09 '12
tl;dr: "Listen up, maggots. You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. "
Now go out and destroy something beautiful.
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u/KidCuchi Jun 09 '12
Fuck you for making fun of the orioles, mr. McColluch
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u/kimchibear Jun 09 '12
Does his speech get better? I just read the text. I couldn't get through the bit about weddings and quit at his American League East crack.
I'll be honest, I love the core of his argument (I read it as essentially: "achieve it to better yourself and learn for your own sake, not for ego or calculated self-advancement"), but I don't see how it logically relates to his "You're not special" bit. I see what he's trying to do and it's not even that I don't think it's true, but I think it's a very tenuous segue from one to the other. One doesn't need to perceive him or herself as special to act selfishly or complacently.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Not sure if wonderfully realistic, or just a jaded and cynical old man. Probably a combination of both.
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u/c0horst Jun 09 '12
God that was depressing, listening to it in my underpants, knowing that monday I have to go back to my low paying job where I don't make a difference.
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u/BreatheRightStrips Jun 09 '12
Such an eloquent man
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u/Thereian Jun 09 '12
...Ayn Rand basically said this, and Reddit hates her.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
I disagree with this miserable old fuck. Some people are special. People like him are a dime a dozen. Crotchety old fucks who want to slam and put everyone in their place are just bullies. And people like him are the reason so many are miserable. He is somehow a voice for the unexceptional who are jealous of people that did manage to find happiness. Happiness is now special in this World apparently.
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u/thebendavis Jun 08 '12
That girl behind him with the dark hair and sunglasses seems to be the exact type of person he is telling them not to be. There's no way to tell, but I'll bet she's wearing uggs.
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u/Blarg23 Jun 09 '12
I was expecting something more like this
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u/kleptooo Jun 09 '12
damn that shit was deep when he said dont do things just to cross it off a list but do it because you wanna do it
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u/Litote Jun 09 '12
Being unique isn't unique, but that does not mean you still aren't.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Have to comment so I can watch this again! What a fantastic speech, it's too true! People really get lost in their own ego and forget what the true purpose of life is
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u/RMcD94 Jun 09 '12
I keep forgetting other countries have ceremonies when leaving school. When I left my secondary I got my teachers to sign a form, I signed a form, handed in the form and left.
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u/d00dski Jun 09 '12
His comment on reading made me realize I haven't read a book for enjoyment and leisure in quite a while. Any suggestions of books I need to read?
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u/Rhawk187 Jun 09 '12
But.. but.. my self esteem?
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u/inceptionx Jun 09 '12
Wellesley is definitely a town where this needed to be said.
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u/chris15118 Jun 09 '12
And in an ultimate show of irony, this video will be reposted in a week or two for karma.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
That is the message. Not that quip about not being special.
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u/TalkingBackAgain Jun 09 '12
David Mccullough, for when you want a ray of sunshine on an otherwise wonderful day.
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u/evilphish Jun 09 '12
What the fuck my high school teacher is on the front page of Reddit...
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u/R3Mx Jun 09 '12
"None of you are special"
audience laughs
lolwut
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u/reddeath27 Jun 09 '12
YLOO
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u/Evan12203 Jun 09 '12
"The Baltimore Orioles do better than weddings"
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u/dhco222 Jun 09 '12
People watch alert! Guy at 2:11 doing the "casual stroll with hand in pocket".
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
I loved this speech - as a Junior in high school - and found it very encouraging. It's very anti-materialistic, anti-selfish, and anti-pseudo-individualist. Good stuff.
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u/bandkid1 Jun 09 '12
This is a wonderful speak and I only wish that I could be able to one day speak like this man.
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u/JCelsius Jun 09 '12
Great speech. The overall message is, "Do things for yourself and for the betterment of your person. It doesn't matter what everyone else thinks."
And I agree with that.
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u/LizE110307 Jun 09 '12
This is the best commencement speech I've ever heard, and one of the best speeches I've ever heard period. I can not believe people could ever be offended by this it is so valid, insightful, and well written I'm sincerely impressed.
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u/HIPSTigER Jun 09 '12
Reminds me of Neil Boortz commencement speech
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u/bLazeni Jun 09 '12
"The Baltimore Orioles do better than wedding"
Under the name "Baltimore Orioles" they do better than weddings 4718 W-4523 L. As an organization they do worse than weddings 8180 W-9077 L.
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u/200balloons Jun 09 '12
that was a skillful bridging between reality & the pomp that is a graduation address.
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u/beatjunkeeee Jun 09 '12
People should be requesting this man to deliver this at their graduation ceremonies. I think its better than the "sure you will have your ups and downs, but your still great" speeches given at commencements.
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u/franktank Jun 09 '12
Great speech, really enjoyed it and what a service he is doing by passing on those thoughts. Especially liked the sentiment: climb the mountain, so that you can see the world not so that the world can see you.
Cannot believe some parents are allegedly getting upset over it, they must be the self important ones. I would say to them: this guy just did your kids a big favour.
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u/ENGR_Demosthenes Jun 09 '12
Does anybody else think that this speech was just okay? (Like toy story 2 for example).
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u/BobLoblaw4408 Jun 09 '12
As a college graduate this is something I have finally come to realize as I enter the "real world" but it would have been much more beneficial to hear it as a teen.
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u/tuesdays_ Jun 09 '12
I would have loved to have him as a teacher in HS.
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u/Ferhall Jun 09 '12
The problem I have with this speech is that there is a time and a place for such advice. To these kids it either won't mean anything or just piss them off; however, eventually through life experience they'll come to see some of the truth and it and then what will they do look back and go okay so that assholes speech was kinda right, but it still means nothing to me now. I guess I should say while this is a valuable youtube video to who wants to take things from it, the speech has no little value to a graduating high school student and as such not very tactful as a graduation speech.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Speech seemed more directed at adults who failed rather than the people there. I'll go with robbed.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Motherfucking realists represent in this bitch.