by Smitty (via Breitbart)
“We have come to love accolades more than genuine achievement.”
Gerard has a link to the transcript.
This one may need a beat, as has this rendition of probably the all-time greatest commencement speech:
"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler
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I heard this on the radio. I liked it. About time.
http://goo.gl/ZDIxX
One of the reports about the Wellseley speaker claimed many of the parents were upset by the speech. Heh – isn’t that really the problem?
Yeah, it is. And it’s not ironic, either — it’s exactly the point.
It is indeed the parents not the kids who create the problem.