You Are Not Special

06/19/2012

Las cosas claras y el chocolate espeso. (Ideas should be clear and chocolate thick.)
Spanish proverb

In what has become a very controversial high school commencement address, David McCullough, Jr. told graduates of Wellesley (MA) High School, "You are not special!" In pointing out the pointlessness of false accolades, easy awards, and honors, McCullough observed, for example:

"Climb the mountain, not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, to enjoy the air, to behold the view. Climb it to see the world, not for the world to see you."

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