Thursday, June 3, 2010

Commencement


Congratulations. Since I couldn’t be at every high school and college commencement this year, I wanted to send a message to all of the graduates in this country who are about to embark on the next chapter of your young and promising lives.


Click here to read the rest of the President's speech.


What is the message of this speech? How is the America graduates are facing today different from the America of the past? How have young Americans historically risen to the challenges of their times?

Research some other famous commencement speeches and then write your own. What advice will you give?