Read the excerpt from david mccullough's commenceme
not special."
but do not get the idea you're anything special. because
you're not
the empirical evidence is everywhere, numbers even an
english teacher can't ignore. across the country no
fewer than 3.2 million seniors are graduating about now
from more than 37,000 high schools. that's 37,000
37,000 class 92,000
harmonizing 340,000 swaggering jocks
2,185,967 pairs of uggs. but why limit ourselves to high
school? after all, you're leaving it. so think about this:
if you're one in a million, on a planet of 6.8 billion that
means there are nearly 7,000 people just like you.
what evidence does mccullough use to support his argument that the
graduating class is not special?