learning my lines. . .
Realities And Questions Few Of Us Ever Imagined. . . .
By Walt Mueller, Posted 5/16/2012
It's commencement season. That means that a small army of "speakers" have been invited. . . one per institution of higher education. . . to address a gymnasium or stadium full of robed graduates and their parents. And every realistically aware one of those speakers knows that the task they've been given is challenging. For four or more years the uniformly attired and neatly rowed graduates have worked toward this moment. The moment can't come fast enough. To make it worse, they've got to sit still and wait just one more time. . . for the man or lady up front to say a few words and then sit down...
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