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Showing posts with label 2012-06 (Jun). Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2012-06 (Jun). Show all posts

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Wellesley High grads told: "You're not special"

[This essay was originally posted to "The Third Tale," a blog on Weebly. In transferring it I have updated and made corrections where necessary.]

Some common sense for graduates (despite the sensational headline). I have reposted this here because (a) the original cannot be accessed in China at this moment and (b) I like it. A lot.

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[Intro and text from the "Swellesley Report"]

We'd been hearing good things over the weekend about Wellesley High School English teacher David McCullough, Jr.'s faculty speech to the Class of 2012 last Friday. Here it is, in its entirety, courtesy of Mr. McCullough: