So far, we've heard from a published professor and a movie star on the commencement stage. With hope that you have the tolerance for one more graduation speech, I now give you a student.
Ty Ruddy was senior class president at Hillsdale College (photo) and he spoke at his commencement ceremony this month (president of the college, Larry Aarn, posted it on X). He acknowledged that learning will be a lifelong project which didn't stop with college.
Here are a few quotes:
"Some of us were presumptuous and arrogant when we came on campus. I know I was. I cringe at some of the conversations I found myself tangled up in."
"As much as Hillsdale has been an education in the classics, it has been an education in humility."
"Remember when we were freshmen, confident for all the wrong reasons. We were just padawans to Dr. Aarn's Yoda."
"It doesn't have to be philosophy and politics all the time. It is ok to stand at your fence and talk with your neighbors about the tomatoes."
from X post
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