Would it be weird for someone to listen to graduation speeches while she commuted, cleaned, or walked her goldendoodle? To regularly read transcripts of them, just for fun? Or to play her favorites so many times, she could almost recite them from memory?
I’m a sucker for those treacly orations, and I’m not alone: My students are always eager to work with them too. Here are my favorite ways to use commencement addresses in the classroom.
