(The following, below, is an exactly quoted portion of the text of the speech entitled "Learn Not to Listen" that was written and publicly delivered in 2011 by former New York Times columnist and award-winning writer Anna Quindlen before graduating seniors and their families at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa.
Ms. Quindlen's cited speech comprises the opening chapter of the copyright-2015 New Press book entitled "The World is Waiting for You: Graduation Speeches to Live by from Activists, Writers, and Visionaries". That book was edited by Tara Grove and Isabel Ostrer. The book's publisher, The New Press, is based in New York City, New York, and in London, England.
The entire text of Ms. Quindlen's commencement-exercises speech at Grinnell College was previously copyrighted in 2011 by Ms. Quindlen, and was reprinted in the above-cited book with permission from ICM Partners.
The following continuously quoted text from a portion of Ms. Quindlen's cited speech comes from page 9 of the book "The World Is Waiting for You".)
"...In a culture where knowledge is moving at the speed of sound, there is nothing more valuable than a degree from a first-rate liberal arts college, and that is what you will get here today.
"One estimate is that the average American will have seven to ten jobs during her lifetime. If you can bring critical thinking----which is the basis of all you've learned here---to the table, you will be ready for work no matter what that work may be. We need that critical thinking at this moment. We need you to do it for us. If you have bright ideas about how to restore confidence in Wall Street, teach kids with disabilities, serve customers and clients and patients, get books into the hands of readers, or run schools that work, we are waiting breathlessly to hear them...."
The entire text of Ms. Quindlen's commencement-exercises speech at Grinnell College was previously copyrighted in 2011 by Ms. Quindlen, and was reprinted in the above-cited book with permission from ICM Partners.
The following continuously quoted text from a portion of Ms. Quindlen's cited speech comes from page 9 of the book "The World Is Waiting for You".)
"...In a culture where knowledge is moving at the speed of sound, there is nothing more valuable than a degree from a first-rate liberal arts college, and that is what you will get here today.
"One estimate is that the average American will have seven to ten jobs during her lifetime. If you can bring critical thinking----which is the basis of all you've learned here---to the table, you will be ready for work no matter what that work may be. We need that critical thinking at this moment. We need you to do it for us. If you have bright ideas about how to restore confidence in Wall Street, teach kids with disabilities, serve customers and clients and patients, get books into the hands of readers, or run schools that work, we are waiting breathlessly to hear them...."
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