My brother Chris and I were very honored to deliver a commencement speech to Fowler High School’s graduating class this morning. (Check out these posts about it- here and here.) As I’ve been writing about the event here, I thought it would be nice to share our speech. Unlike everything else I’ve posted to my blog, this work is not my solely my creation. This was written by my brother and me. As you read this, you should remember that both Chris and I are very funny. Really. 😉
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Thoughts About Speaking
My brothers and I have been invited to speak at our high school’s graduation in a few weeks. I’m incredibly honored and really excited for the opportunity. Due to logistics and schedules (I’m the only one living in our hometown right now) it looks like only two of the four of us will be speaking. So Chris and I (you may remember him as the ill-fated test pilot in our Indoor Bobsledding adventure) have started chatting about the theme of the speech.
I believe that, generally speaking, people have to walk their own paths and learn through their own missteps. Otherwise, history would be the single most important important subject taught in school. Our history as a species would then be a series of single misfortunes that we as a people would never repeat. Clearly, this isn’t the case and we usually have to touch the stove to understand that it’s hot. You won’t ever touch the stove again but your kid brother next to you might to see what all the fuss was about. (I’m not saying that ever happened in our house…)
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