In 2005, author David Foster Wallace was asked to give the commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College. However, the resulting speech didn't become widely known until 3 years later, after his tragic death. It is, without a doubt, some of the best life advice we've ever come across, and perhaps the most simple and elegant explanation of the real value of education.
This video is built around an abridged version of the original audio recording, with the hopes that the core message of the speech could reach a wider audience who might not have otherwise been interested. However, we encourage everyone to seek out the full speech (because, in this case, the book is definitely better than the movie).
How do we call the sounds we make while speaking in English? Interjections, they are not real words but represent the sounds people make whwn talking to others.
Compare and contrast to the ones we make in Spanish.
Ellen Page, the star of the movie "Juno," announced that she was gay before an audience at a Human Rights Campaign event in Las Vegas.
The actress made the announcement in a moving and deeply personal speech delivered before
several hundred attendees at Human Rights Campaign's Time to Thrive, a conference to promote the
welfare of LGBT youth held at Bally's Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
The 26-year-old actress told the crowd "I’m here today because I am gay," adding "and because maybe I can make a difference. To help others have an easier and more hopeful time. Regardless, for me, I feel a personal obligation and a social responsibility." Page spoke of the pressures of a life in the spotlight, and the toll that celebrity can take on one's life. "It's weird because here I am, an actress,
representing -- at least in some sense -- an industry that places crushing
standards on all of us," Page said. "Not just young people, but
everyone.
