Yesterday I was watching the commencement speech made by Charlie Day at this Alma Mater. Of the many things he said, few points stood out for me. Like many celebrities who have achieved success, fame in their life, he too was narrating his life story. The story of many failures, stumbling blocks, choices, and how how he took hims real calling – the voice in his head. Also, how his calling proved to be the best choice in his life.

One epiphany moment after listening to this speech is this question – are our colleges providing a commencement speech on their last day in college? Probably, the big league colleges like IIT’s or Symbiosis or Christ University, etc are bringing speakers to share generic advice to final year stuents.

My guess is that, most second-tier colleges like the ones in Trivandrum and rest of Kerala won’t be bothering with such an effort. Is it true? I need to find out? If they don’t have a speech ceremony, then don’t you think it’s an opportunity lost?

I’m sure if there’s a desire or steadfast intent, then the management or the students union can get hold of some alumni-student to share their success story.

If anyone who’s reading this post is associated with any college as a parent, student, teacher, management or college unions, then you can take it forward to make the last day a memorable one. Also, you can record the talk and if you think it’s useful for others and for the institution, then it could be share on YouTube. What do you say?

Let’s give people to share their story!