The convocation speech is going viral on social media, racking up over 5.6 million views on Facebook as of Friday morning.
Advertisement
For generations we have known of knowledge’s infinite power. I am a movement – an amalgam of memories America would care to forget my past, alone won’t allow me to sit still.
Are we not astronomers-looking for the next shooting star?
So climb and grab them.
To educate requires Galileo-like patience.
“I look each of my students in the eyes/ And see the same light that aligned Orion’s Belt/ And the pyramids of Giza/ I see the same twinkle/ That guided Harriet to freedom”.
More pointedly he later called schooling “an enslavement to your standardized assessments”.
At the core, none of us were meant to be common.
Leaving our mark as we crash into everything.
An indelible impact that shook up the world.
Without acknowledging night that surrounds them. “Injustice is telling them education is the key/ While you continue to change the locks.” .
The address encouraged the fellow future educators to see the individual potential of each student rather than deferring to standardized tests and strictly traditional education methods.
Watch another emotional moment as a West Point cadet achieves the American Dream in the BET video, above.
A lonely blossom in a briar patch of broken promises.
Advertisement
“My high school English teacher threatened to replace me on the program or come on the microphone when she found out that I was interested in doing a poem as a part of my remarks so I’m eternally grateful for being able to share this piece of myself in my most authentic voice with you this afternoon”. “No, sky is not the limit/ It is only the beginning/ Lift off”.
