Graduation Speeches

anxiety in your mind as a visual aspect of tonight. Remember it. Let the twitch in your ear awake your emotions. Listen carefully. It’s the sound of a gloomy day. What is usually a dismal tune is now replaced with the bittersweet melody of our graduation ceremony under the clouds. Ask yourself, when was the last time you realized the song, instead of the sight of a day? Capture the drizzle as an audio aspect of tonight. Remember it. Allow the pads of your fingers to feel

I consider Steve Jobs’ commencement speech at Stanford University in 2005 to be one of the most effective speeches. He uses mechanics of speech to craft a well-rounded speech that is crowned by his use of rhetorical devices. Jobs gives relevant and fundamental knowledge of his life and experiences with his rhetorical approach. In his speech to the Stanford’s graduation class, he tells different stories of love, loss, discovery and difficulty he faced in his life to encourage new graduates as they

ourselves, and seeing life in a tunnel vision. Is there any solution to this problem, or is it just part of our modern culture? In George Saunders commencement address, he tries to make awareness around this topic to the graduates attending the graduation ceremony. He does that because he himself experienced something that he regrets deeply, but he does not regret anything else he has done. The speech itself contains a lot of relatability, and acts fatherly towards the graduates. The speech is made

mainly known for his contributions in the technological world but along with that he is also recognized for his world-renowned presentations. Jobs’ simplicity in delivery and extensive use of rhetoric makes his speech effective and comparable to speeches of famous narrators. In this commencement speech, Jobs uses simplicity in the structure of his speech along with the use of rhetoric such as ethos and pathos besides usage of personal stories to make this speech effective in inspiring his audience

The speech that Drew Huston, the founder of Dropbox, gave at the graduation ceremony of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was motivating to me. Reading a story of a successful person like Huston always gives me energy to keep working or trying on whatever I am working on. Huston’s speech was motivating and that is what I paid mostly attention to. Houston starts his story when he was 21 only, deciding to create a new company with his cofounder Andrew Crick. Houston wants to start his story

Great Storytelling Lu Jia Delivered at a campus in California to an audience of a few thousands, yet it ended up inspiring tens of millions from both U.S. and worldwide; worshiped by Silicon Valley as the ultimate career talk, it also embodied other aspects of life - college, love, loss, and ultimately death. Short but smart, targeted yet universal, poignant and timeless – thus is Steve Jobs’ 2005 commencement address at Stanford. Some attribute its success to Jobs’ personal influence and charisma

low to maintain and very beneficial need to be formulated and implemented in schools. Great benefits, both economical and noneconomic, result from graduating high school and yet many gang affiliated students don’t seem to worry as much about graduation and have little knowledge about the

Victoria Lee was an important significant figure due to her intelligence and intellectual contributions to the community. She was always in love with school, had a passion for helping others, and had goals to make a difference. Empathetic ever since she took her first few breathes, many people gravitated towards her bright personality and good spirit. All she wanted most was to be the cause of someone else’s smiles and laughter. With a focused mindset and initiative, both helped her grow from her

Famed American author David Foster Wallace gave a commencement speech to Kenyon College’s graduating class of 2005. Most commencement speeches focus on graduates’ accomplishments as well as give general life advice. Wallace’s presentation follows this pattern at first, congratulating the students on getting their diplomas. However, most of his speech is dedicated to the idea of thinking beyond ourselves. Throughout the speech, Wallace argues we should live with empathy through his use of humor and

College Tuition Imagine college graduation day, walking down the aisle to receive a diploma that one has worked towards for their entire life. However, the moment is bittersweet because one’s education has put him/her into thousands of dollars in debt by the high tuition prices of colleges and loans to the government. Dehumanization by the totalitarian government in the book 1984 by George Orwell is similar to the dehumanization in modern society between the government and colleges onto the student