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Ohio State Graduates Suffer Through ‘The Worst Commencement Address in the History of Commencement Addresses’

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Chris Pan's May 5 commencement address was dubbed by at least one social media observer

Chris Pan's May 5 commencement address was dubbed by at least one social media observer

Having been a university professor, I’ve been to a lot of commencement ceremonies.

With our campus in a poor, semi-rural area, it was especially moving to see students who were not only the first in their family to get a college degree, but the first to have even graduated from high school.

Sometimes it was boring, but it never got old. It was routine for me, but for some graduates and their families, it was an event of a lifetime.

Which makes what happened with the speaker at The Ohio State University’s recent spring commencement especially grievous.

You see, Chris Pan thought it was all about only him. Perhaps he hoped to promote himself as a professional speaker or guru.

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