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Old 06-13-2012, 01:11 AM   #35
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Originally Posted by krynski View Post
True. What I get from the speech, however, is that one should work towards future gains. I feel that sometimes, society makes everyone "special" in that one should have a sense of entitlement. In this way, it could be difficult to overcome obstacles. If one believes they are entitled to something they don't get, they don't work hard at other tasks/positions that they do get. I feel it takes hard work and time to truly becoming successful. Perhaps we do agree on that. Maybe we just interpreted the speech in different ways. I didn't interpret much negativity or uninspiring moments.
It wasn't negative, but I felt confused and pessimistic after watching this video. Perhaps it could be cause I had pre-conceived notions on what this should be, and I did read comments in this thread first, but I did not feel as though this was a good graduation speech at all. In another occasion, probably.

Yasa - hm I got that towards the last portion... perhaps it was cause I was still fretting over some of the first half of the speech. Who knows. JMO anyways, I'm probably wrong since some think this is a great speech.
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