Jon Stewart, Commencement Address

Katherine Sarnie
Jon Stewart, Commencement Address

I enjoyed reading the article Jon Stewart, Commencement Address because I think we as college students can find a lot of insight from this article. After reading the article I began to wonder what is going to happen to a lot of college students after they graduate. Will the find a god job or be suffocated by debt and student loans? This article was really eye opening because it was blunt, Jon Stewart has no problem saying it how it is.

I found it most surprising that Jon Stewart states that when he went to college, he was nothing special. He states he was "less than five feet tall, yet my head was the same size it is now. Didn't really look like a head, it looked more like a container for a head". (Stewart 127). He then states how he lives in Hollywood as a star who goes to brunch with the cast of Friends. Jon Stewart basically says that we have the ability to be whoever we want to be. What we do in college does not define us, its who we are after college and what paths we decide to travel is what shapes us.

Jon Stewart's commencement address was convincing because it made me think about what will happen after college. I liked the way he basically said that we can be whoever we want to be and I agree with him when he says that college does not define us. I also agree with Jon Stewart when he states that we are all going to be OK in the end.