By Michael D. Purzycki, Somerset.
On May 15, President Obama was scheduled to deliver the commencement address to the class of 2016 at Rutgers University. If it was like the commencement addresses that most people give, it encouraged graduates to aim high, pursue their passions, and believe that anything is achievable. If so, it may have been uplifting, but perhaps not too realistic.
I’ve always admired and respected President Obama, and I won’t try to compete with his oratorical skills. But in the hope of giving even a small amount of advice to people who are in the same position I was in seven years ago, I offer the class of 2016 the following suggestions as they move forward in their adult lives:
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