[Borrowed from pundits and =
late-night TV. Where else can you get such =
advice?]
So, =
what’s it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but =
beyond that, I don’t recommend it.
The =
unfortunate, yet truly exciting thing about your life, is that there is =
no core curriculum. The entire place is an =
elective.
Before =
I went to college, I made a little money painting houses part-time. But =
after I became a college educated man, I got serious about a career and =
began painting houses full-time.
Wearing =
colorful Converse high-tops beneath your graduation robe is a great way =
to tell your classmates that this is just the first of many horrible =
decisions you plan to make with the rest of your =
life.
At =
commencement you wear your square-shaped mortarboards. My hope is that =
from time to time you will let your minds be bold, and wear =
sombreros.
You =
will never have more energy or enthusiasm, hair or brain cells than you =
have today.
A =
college diploma is just a big, fancy receipt.
Parents: Many of your children =
you haven’t seen in four years. Well, you are about to see them =
every day when they come out of the basement to tell you the Wi-Fi =
isn’t working.
Congratulations! You have now =
earned the of right to join the grownup world of working for a living, =
the chief privilege of which is setting your alarm for the crack of =
dawn, as opposed to the crack of noon.
You do =
not owe the previous generation anything. Thanks to us, you owe it to =
the Chinese.
~~
Dr Bob Griffin =
[email protected] www.grif.net =
"Jesus Knows Me, This I =
Love!"