"Get up get up get up
No time to rest or run for cover
Get up get up get up
Before the road pulls you under
Sleeping on embers breathing in
rivers
Waking up shivering on summer’s
hottest night
Salt crusted sweat dries dust deep in
white lines
Dreaming that you’ll find it in the
nick of time
…
Took a long way to come here
Got a long way
Get up"
- Caitlin Canty, Get Up
This is the time of year to read clever and original graduation speeches given by politicians, academics, celebrities, unlikely quirky war and/or other gritty heroes. We share links on FB to nuggets of wisdom for the graduate that strike the right note between opportunity and terror. Between naïve hope and cynical despair. A good graduation speech is destined to be a TED Talk
My sound bite is this: Take
good notes. Your real education is about to begin.
Also: You have until August
to start repaying your student loans.
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