'You're not special': The best grad speech ever?
A Boston-area English teacher reaped the social media whirlwind—and praise nationwide—by telling students they're just ordinary folks. Should other speakers use the same approach?
By Russell Working | Posted: June 14, 2012
Well, that went over well. No, seriously. You might think a commencement address would blow up in the face of a speaker who dares to tell graduates: "You are not special. You are not exceptional." But Boston-area English teacher David McCullough Jr. stirred up nationwide reaction —much of it positive—by telling students they're not as unique as our self-esteem-obsessed society would have them believe. "You see, if everyone is special, then no one is," McCu
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