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- darkchild82, on 05/22/2009, -5/+46Love the speech, love the woman.
- boshhead, on 05/22/2009, -1/+38Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JccudODwwY
- wesleyzero, on 05/22/2009, -2/+36Every time a celebrity says, "I never went to college and I'm famous!" I can't help but think of the people that I went to high school with who didn't attend college and are having a hard time making a living.
- atlasdugged, on 05/22/2009, -2/+25Ellen Rocks
- iEATcatFOOD, on 05/22/2009, -0/+19Ellen is lulzy
- woahwoahwoah, on 05/22/2009, -3/+17How could you possibly say homosexuals are evil when you hear Ellen, such a sweet, successful woman who regularly donates to charity and brings joy to her audience? When they watch her show, sexuality is not on their minds. She's an individual, like the rest of us.
- ToolArmy, on 05/22/2009, -0/+13I was there getting my degree. Her and Harry Connick Jr. kept joking with each other, it was pretty funny. Harry had gotten an honorary Degree from Tulane just before Ellen came up there. Harry talked for a minute and teased Ellen about having something that she doesn't have.
After she was done dancing, President Cowen gave her a President's Medal and some other gifts. She kept teasing Harry with them. It was quite funny. If you want to see the part with her and Harry, here's the link to the full video on Tulane's site.
http://tulane.edu/grads/streaming.cfm - Chooxo, on 05/22/2009, -0/+13You're gonna be okay. Dum do doom doom doom: just dance.
- nemomarlin, on 05/22/2009, -0/+11That is an excellent speech.
- adjblair, on 05/22/2009, -1/+11Ellen is awesome. I hope she and Portia can stay married!
- cliffzdude, on 05/23/2009, -1/+9"She's an individual, like the rest of us."
Love the unintended irony. - RaptorChrist, on 05/22/2009, -7/+15Funny I think of my friends without jobs who went to school and have nothing but debt to show for it.
- inkswamp, on 05/22/2009, -0/+8Attending college is more an effect than a cause. If you're driven and smart, obviously you're more likely to go to college and more likely to succeed in life than someone who is lazy and stupid. College isn't like some magic key that opens up the door to eternal success. I saw too many aimless morons in college (there only at the behest of Mommy and Daddy) and have worked with too many over-educated idiots to believe that it works any kind of magic on people. Success in life has a lot more to do with how open you are to learning new things and how much self-discipline you have.
- UglyBunny, on 05/22/2009, -0/+8Somebody didn't get the irony...
- mimigins, on 05/22/2009, -0/+8Very funny and inspiring.
- MWeather, on 05/22/2009, -0/+7"When they watch her show, sexuality is not on their minds"
Unless Heidi Klum is on. - StayPuft85, on 05/22/2009, -0/+6thats why its funny.
- wesleyzero, on 05/22/2009, -0/+6I guess I'm lucky that my group of college friends have been all been able to find employ since we graduated.
- dumass4u, on 05/22/2009, -0/+5Great speech, I'm at work and I still had an audible chuckle at a couple of the things she said.
- cliffzdude, on 05/23/2009, -0/+4Many professions require advanced knowledge, and college is the right place to learn that knowledge. I personally prefer my lawyer attend law school, I prefer an accountant who has an accounting degree, and really I like having an architect who went to architecture school design my home. Hell, I'll even say I like it when a structural engineer is required he have an engineering degree, same for the electrical engineer who designed my workplace's electrical system. To discount the value of a college degree with a broad brush is a bit silly. Sure many of us went to school with skaters by, who are still slackers. They camped out away from the real world for six years. But we also went to school with go getters who learned a skill, and have advanced far with said knowledge - if you're old enough that is...
- JCEEZ, on 05/22/2009, -0/+4Its not so much as having a degree means your smarter. For an employer, seeing someone with a degree means that someone dedicated 4 years of their life doing something. When someone puts out a job posting, and gets like 1,123 resumes, it's a way to narrow down those odds.
- Maddoktor2, on 05/22/2009, -0/+4Live. Laugh. Dance.
- Chooxo, on 05/22/2009, -0/+4Ellen's got jokes.
- moocow1452, on 05/22/2009, -1/+4*Whoosh*
- seventoes, on 05/23/2009, -0/+3I don't like jokes either. They make me feel funny.
- inactive, on 05/22/2009, -2/+5It's terrible that our society looks at a degree as a necessity today, or that those with a degree are more intelligent than those without. Look at many professors out there. They are idiot savants. They are good at their specific field, but are arrogant, lacking social skills and any sort of grace. Math professors are often so absorbed in their left-brain thinking and never look outside their comfort zone, into the arts, music, or literature.
Being aimless is fine. Most people are right out of high school. But society should allow them decent jobs at that level. And I disagree with that whole idea that college is the place to experiment with your interests and find out your career or goals there. It's too costly and nothing of real interest happens for the first few years.
The university I went to had the largest library in the region, and was where I learned the most about what interested me.
If you couldn't figure out who you are from spending the majority of your life sitting in a classroom, then more school is not the answer. Get out there in the real world and learn something besides theory. - eclypse, on 05/23/2009, -0/+2I remember nothing about my school's commencement speech, and it was only 5 years ago. This I would remember, so I think it's a fine speech.
- soulonfire928, on 05/23/2009, -1/+3Oh are we stating what's common knowledge?!?! You're a moron.
- geoboy, on 05/23/2009, -0/+2FYI that's not the Tonight Show appearance she was talking about in her commencement speech.
- MateyO, on 05/23/2009, -0/+2She...._She_ and Harry Connick Jr. kept joking.
Man, don't they teach kids ANYTHING these days?
And get off my lawn! - museamongmen, on 05/23/2009, -0/+2Now I wanna hang out with Ellen :(
- MWeather, on 05/22/2009, -1/+2So you have a job and debt to show for it?
- lycao25, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1These days. People who "are having a hard time making a living" = Everyone
- mwerks, on 05/22/2009, -0/+1Ellen Degeneres On Tonight Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHFxfHYso6E - inkswamp, on 05/22/2009, -0/+1@tmcal: "It's terrible that our society looks at a degree as a necessity today, or that those with a degree are more intelligent than those without."
I agree wholeheartedly. In fact, I worry a lot that our society overvalues education at the expense of experience which, from what I've seen, is just as valid and important a source of knowledge. - TheCollective00, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1Yea, the only person who will tell you success isn't money and cars and houses and groupies and all that crap....already has those things.
- kaosethema, on 05/22/2009, -0/+1i will always have a crush on ellen.
- inkswamp, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1@JCEEZ
You're highlighting exactly what I'm pointing out is the problem. Why would an employer look at 4 years of college and value that more than someone who, say, has worked in a given field for 10 years? That *also* means someone dedicated their life to something for a long period of time. From what I've seen, employers (and our society as a whole) tend to overemphasize the importance of that 4 years of college versus the importance of experience. Do you know what that leads to? Corporate echelons filled with well-educated folks who step straight out of college into upper-level positions but have never worked a day in the businesses they oversee. Thus, the attitude we're seeing nowadays in many companies where employees are treated very badly (see Circuit City for a good example.)
@cliffzdude
None of what I'm writing is anti-college or higher ed. You're exaggerating my point. I agree that college is the place for higher learning and yes, I'd like my lawyer to have gone to college too. Let's frame it this way. All else being equal, would you prefer a lawyer with 8+ years of an educational background with 5 years experience or a lawyer with 4 years education and 20 years experience? The way our culture is moving, employers tend to favor the former in most professions which I think is to everyone's detriment. Experience is all too often downplayed compared to education. - elfrenj, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1Gia.
- considereddone, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1i wish my mascot were knockers. i love that she saw the rebound of her career when it fell initially. brave. brave.
- mulanita, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1It definitely was not the typical commencement speech, but those are so long, cheesy and soporific! This was funny. I agree it got deeply personal into her life and didn't have much to do with school, but what you need to know after graduating college is that real life and real jobs are not about your GPA or whether you were president of a club. It's about overcoming whatever adversity might face you and living the kind of life you want to lead.
- thesonofdarwin, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1She was just on the other week and stripped on the show. My DVR doesn't get much action during the day, but Ellen is always waiting in the evening.
- dsmann12, on 05/23/2009, -1/+1Are you serious? Tulane is among the best Universities in the country, and I'd rather listen to her and get 10 enjoyable minutes of laughter than a boring and lengthy speech of BS.
- ChadN, on 05/23/2009, -0/+0I got Carly Fiorina... I' would have much preferred Ellen D. (If nothing else, her talk was only 10 minutes)
- aceakm, on 05/23/2009, -1/+1Everybody Wears Sunscreen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7AzBIJoI - xivb4m, on 05/31/2009, -0/+0"Unless your in the woods and you see someone elses path, follow that" good sutff
- mulanita, on 05/23/2009, -0/+0Same here. But college was a great experience (mostly socially) but still...I'd do it again. I just would think twice about all the loans I took out.
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