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Why Are Commencement Speeches So Bad?
No Fun
They’re either boring or snarky, and the motivation behind them usually has less to do with motivating graduates than with getting good PR for the school.
Nicolaus Mills
Published
Jun. 20 2015
12:01AM EDT
Mike Segar/Reuters
Nicolaus Mills
nmills@sarahlawrence.edu
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