Graduation Speech: Prime Time :: Graduation Speech, Commencement Address

The age of truth TV has arrived. T here(predicate)s a different show on every night of the week. And I hate to admit it, only once you get started on a series, it becomes pretty addictive. They should have a disclaimer when they roll the assign or something. straight dont deny it, I know youve each fall into the trap, too. You promise yourself youre only going to watch for ten minutes to catch out what all the craze is about, and 45 minutes later youre still watching, but wondering why you just wasted your prison term. That happened to me when Married By the States came out. I honestly think that was one of the worst reality shows still I didnt watch it religiously, but there were a few episodes that I got suckered into. So which show is your favorite? Lets take a look at our TV Guide. ... Its Monday night. You just got home from practice and finished dinner. Its 800, so... naturally you turn on the TV to channel 5, because its time for Fear Factor. We all could have been on an episode of Fear Factor. Four years ago we entered these halls as fearful freshmen. What were we afraid of? The typical rumors acquiring stuffed in a trash can or taped to the flagpole, or maybe getting lost in this huge campus, which we could now find our way almost blindfolded. From watching Fear Factor, weve learned that eating maggots and sheep eyeballs on a pizza pie wont obscure you. Apparently, living off of cafeteria food for four years wont kill you either. Weve been fearful of finals and failing our CEs, but we made it. All of us here tonight have conquered those fears. Hey, we may not walk away with $50,000, but hopefully a diploma will get us where we ask to go. So its Tuesday night and you just finished your homework. You need to relax, so you put together the TV on to channel 13 just in time to catch American Idol. You listen to the music and wait for your favorite bud rock star to perform. When the show is over, you cast your vote along with 24 million othe r Americans who want their own voice to be heard. Now theres a lesson here for all of us, Grads. It would seem that the American population gets much excited about voting after watching an hour of American Idol than they do about voting for President.