Commencement Speeches
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
- Every now and then I find myself falling down some sort of RUclips rabbit hole. Marble racing tournaments, Doug DeMuro car showcases, microphone reviews, all that good stuff. And my most recent obsession has been commencement speeches. There are so many good ones, and I felt like talking about what I think makes them so special. Enjoy!
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0:00 I Love Commencement Speeches
3:17 This Speaker Will Bring You To Tears
5:11 Living Without Regret
13:45 Finding Your Voice
Outro song: Timeflies - “Time of Your Life” 
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The absolute nerve on this guy to think it's even a possibility I don't remember this scarring encounter... I think it's time for us to use the Paul brothers as our inspiration and solve this in the ring
you already have one view guaranteed on that :)
I’ve been training for 15 years for this moment.
@@ScottCramer your ready Scott
SMH I see Scott has greatly scarred you. You are a brave hero, fighting through this struggle.
You’re the only REAL struggler here… god
The grumpy older brother story and the fact he feels bad about it still pretty much solidified that Scott is the most pure of heart person in the world.
The story made me tear up lol
That part hit me hard cause I lost my sister 2 years ago. I relate to those regrets A LOT.
That's what he wants you to think...
@@GregJCramer sup greg
he really is the best romcom boy
Being an older sibling is hard, man. You have so much influence over someone that you don’t fully understand because you’re also a kid who is learning how to care about other people, and decisions are often made without full appreciation for how they affect someone who looks up to you more than they really should. It’s the fact that you learn and grow that really matters.
As an older brother, this is so true.
Couldn’t have said it better myself. You don’t realize it at the time, but then as an adult you look back and wish you could have known then what you know NOW. But it doesn’t work like that. :(
I’m the oldest of 4 siblings. By the time the youngest came around I was much more mature, but my poor middle siblings really got the worst of me.
Thankfully, they’ve grown up too now and understand. It’s hard.
damn this comment made me tear up, I’ve had that feeling for a long time but have never been able to verbalize it like that
I'm a Older Brother this comment speaks to me.
I'm the oldest sister of two brothers but I don't relate to older sibling things. Maybe it's because I was never really that cool and they were much louder or that we were really close in age (I am only 3 years older than the youngest) so that it never really felt like I was that much older. Also we hung out with the same group of people most of the time. Ranging in age from slightly older than me to younger than my youngest brother
The fact that’s his biggest regret in life is the most wholesome thing I’ve come across in quite some time
Scott is the first example of a "comedian" who had like a really good childhood, super supportive parents, a tight knit family, and is still really funny.
Gus Johnson also maybe?
Bo Burnham
@@3eyedwonderkid is that the guy who like beat his gf or something like i remember drama w his gf
@@3eyedwonderkid Ooft.
@@3eyedwonderkidyou're not serious, are you??
I literally JUST auditioned to speak at graduation, Scott. This was great timing. Wish me luck y’all. UPDATE I GOT IT! This never happens to me. For once I’m not strugglin!
congrats!!!
Congrats man!
HECK YEEEAH 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
congrats!
Congratulations!!
I don’t ever comment on videos, like, ever, but I wanted to share my Covid-era graduation story. This is a really long story, so I’m so sorry ahead of time!
First, a little context: I come from a family that was very much not a “college family.” My dad never graduated high school, and my mom dropped out of community college to be a mom full time. My brother went to a university and graduated and became the only member of our family to get a college degree. It was sort of a running joke between my sister and I that our parents put him through it and then just went “okay, one graduate’s enough.”
But it never really seemed like I would go to college, anyway. I had to drop out of high school to help take care of my mom when she got sick, so I didn’t get a high school grad ceremony. I later got my GED, but you don’t exactly get a ceremony for that. Later on, I started a band and toured the country for about a few years before I finally decided I wanted to go to college and do something more with my life. So I went to community college from 2014-2018 and built up credits part time.
But in 2018, I wanted to finally commit to the bit, so to speak, so I applied to CSUN… got accepted… and got put on a two-year plan to get my Bachelors in Journalism. Because I was a transfer, I didn’t get to participate in the community college graduation ceremony. My final semester began at the start of 2020.
I don’t really need to explain that once again, I didn’t get to walk due to my very fun timing.
But there’s a silver lining to all of this. Because you see, around the time I decided to start college, I started dating a very lovely woman who was very aware of how symbolically, I just wanted to walk at one of these ceremonies. So one day, a few months after I didn’t get a ceremony, she starts acting really weird. She’s normally a very talkative person, but she’s incredibly quiet, despondent, and honestly very snappy. I kept asking her what was wrong and she wouldn’t say anything.
Eventually, she tells me she needs to head to her job at the pizzeria to pick up something. I’m like “wtf do you need from the pizzeria” and she starts crying. And I’m like okay holy shit I’m sorry, we can go. At this point, I’m feeling very weird. What is going on and why is my girlfriend crying out of nowhere? Why won’t she tell me what’s wrong?
And we pull up to the pizzeria, and we park. finally, she taps me on the shoulder, looks at me, and says “I’m really sorry I’ve been acting weird. I am very very bad at lying. And I’ve been keeping a secret from you for a few days now.” And I’m like “oh. I see. What’s the secret?” So she gets out of the car, motions for me to follow, opens the door to the pizzeria…
She’s set up an entire graduation ceremony just for me. Balloons, a congratulations banner, typical graduation music on the jukebox, a few of my friends masked up and hanging at a distance, and she even got my brother, his wife, and my sister on Zoom set up on a tablet at the front. She walks back up to me with a bag - that has a graduation gown in it.
So I know this was a VERY long comment, but tldr: my Covid-era graduation ceremony was thrown for me by my now-fiancée in one of the kindest gestures anybody has ever done for me.
Hot damn man that's a touching story and you're a lucky man that's a really sweet thing for her to do. I can also relate to not getting a graduation because of covid it sucked
That was worth the read! Happy you finally went to college and found such a lovely lady, she sounds super thoughtful and sweet. Congratulations.🎉
College is journey that is oh so different from high school. I loved reading your not so long comment! Love that you got your degree and your 2020 ceremony. Both are equally special! What about your sister? Is she also motivated towards college now?
Wow! Before I read the last sentence,I was thinking "wow, I hope you married your girlfriend!" She sounds wonderful and I'm so glad you got to experience that.
that's awesome!
Scott, your little bit about regret and being mean to your brother hit me hard as hell.
I lost my little sister to an overdose 2 years ago, and you hit the nail on the head. I wish I could go back and change all the shitty older brother things I would do.
If anyone is reading this, live in the moment, and be kind. You never know when you won't get the chance to do it again ❤
I’m sorry for your loss ❤️
@@nataliem86 Thank you so very much 🙏
That's heartbreaking 💔 So sorry to hear.
Sorry for your loss
Can’t believe they didn’t choose you for the speech, you could have saved a lot of back pain with that performance
Scott, I’m literally in line at my graduation right now waiting to walk the stage. How did you know?! Thank you for this video, it’s a great tribute to me!
Edit: I probably should’ve chosen my wording better. This notification was the very last thing I saw before my class came out from behind the stage to go to our seats (before the ceremony began). The moment was definitely taken in! I’m gonna miss school but I graduated magna cum laude and I’m excited to start this new chapter of my life. Your responses were very funny, thank you!
I'm doing it tomorrow! Good luck, and congratulations!
You're on youtube at your graduation? Put your phone down you psycho lol. Congrats on graduating!
congratulations!! today is my graduation anniversary so i felt special too lol
congratulatons to all yall, forreal
Congratulations and good luck. Highschool is recruit difficulty shits about to get good.
as a younger sibling, who isn't very close with my eldest brother for many reasons, the fact that you still think about and care so much about that instance with your brother is so touching
genuinely it's very wholesome and heartfelt for you to care that much
Exactly what I was going to comment
At first, his story was touching for me as well in the general sense and your comment made me think of my relationship with my older sister and clicked for me. I see your point 100%
The fact that Scott feels “haunted” by the grumpy brother story after all this time, even though realistically it was a tiny forgettable moment, makes me feel SO much better about how I remember and feel about things
“Once a wildcat….always a wildcat” will never not be iconic 😌
My art teacher would always say that art is just a copy of every art we have ever like, and he would say that that’s ok. It always made me feel good about liking other peoples art and trying to create things of my own in different styles. Great video Scott.
I started crying once I learned Scott has been missing since he tried to expose the lip balm industry. They can't keep getting away with this
Where did that come from?
@@NerdyCatCoffeeee i'm just kiddin :)
@@soupbowl222I read this before that came up on screen and I was legitimately scared that he had actually gone missing 😂
My valedictorian spent literal minutes talking about how being the valedictorian prevented him from having a girlfriend. Inspired.
In my school we had a giant zoom call for the whole class, where we like went through the graduation procedure but in a 2 hour call, we got 11 seconds to show our diploma when they called our name, and that was it that was my graduation mid 2020
But you shared that unique experience with all the other people in your class.... silver lining
I was also 2020 and I had a livestream and we got our diploma in a carpool line basically lol
@@princessponks eyy, carpool lane diploma gang
I didn’t even go to my live graduation I woulda skipped the online stuff lmao
I also graduated in 2020. Now I’m about to graduate again. Let’s hope this time I get one!
Graduation speeches are always so epic in movies but in reality is just a kid saying random things 😂
“You can fail at what you don’t want. So you might as well take a chance at doing what you love.” This hit so hard for me; it’s exactly my life rn. I had a job I didn’t like at a company that treated its employees like shit, and I ended up getting fired. As much as it sucked, it also forced me to pursue what I actually want to do - design.
And on the note of being a designer, that Conan quote is perfect. That’s exactly how design works. Nothing is designed in a vacuum, it’s like you said, how people are as individuals, everything they make, and everything they do is learned and influenced by their experience. This is why things like sci-fi monsters always resemble at 1 animal that exists, why people say “this is just another Minecraft knockoff,” or why they’ll accuse content creators of copying each other. I’m glad you highlighted it and I hope people keep this as a take away - “copying” is how it works. We’re just iterations of what came before and that’s awesome. Don’t look at what people are doing the same, celebrate the new things that different people bring to the table.
I'm looking to be a designer too! Currently in a dead-end job I don't particularly enjoy at a local grocery store. I hope I'll be able to take the leap and enroll in some classes this fall :) congrats of pursing your passions! You give people like me hope!
@@shelby532 Thank you so much! That's so kind of you to say
As the oldest sister of 5, the little brother story really hit me. One of my sisters is moving away for college this year and I’ve been really strung up on the waisted time and selfish attitudes I’ve had through the years. Thanks for the reminder that I can still redeem these next few months instead of continuing in regret. ❤
I cant believe graduating-Scott knew he would do a Helix brand deal in the future, and so he recorded it at his ACTUAL graduation speech
Wow, didn't expect to cry watching this but your story about your brother got me 😢
Same here!!😅😅
The reason he wouldn’t remember it is because you handled it properly. Thank you for being a good brother
It is never too late to apologize for even the "smallest" of things no matter how late, Scott. Even if he doesn't remember, it will still mean something that you did.
On another note, this video hit me at a time when I really needed it. I'm 30, so long since graduated, but facing a lot right now and facing a lot of fears and still learning who I am. I love the way you always balance humor and earnestness.
As the oldest brother I really felt the older brother regret. Im glad that as adults we can reconcile with our siblings.
My favourite on screen graduation speech is Elle Woods in ‘Legally Blonde’. That’s it. That’s the comment.
As an older brother I relate so much.
Just that knowing you hurt your sibling like that, it will get burnt into your soul
I graduated with my bachelor’s degree in 2020 and the spring ceremony got pushed to the end of the summer. By summer it had to be held online and a slideshow was shown. The livestream crashed within the first speech. It was really disappointing to end such a pivotal part of life on a moment like that. This video really helped to heal a bit of the void that graduation left in my heart. Thanks for being so awesome and raw with us, Scott ❤
Also as the youngest child of four, I have so many memories of being on the opposite end of what you described. I can remember so many moments where I was just so excited and wanted to spend time with my siblings so much because I thought they were the coolest people in the world. It means so much that you still think about that and feel sorry about it because I feel like I’d younger siblings never forget that.
Ironically, I was the youngest sibling, but I was still the snappy one who wanted to be left alone. My older brother was the annoying one who always wanted to spend time with me while I just wanted some peace and quiet.
Your commencement speech is so ADmirable.
My school had a graduation, but I was so sick of everything because my junior and senior year were ruined that I packed up and drove home. My parents invited family and we had a tiny ceremony in the back yard, and it was so much better than anything the school could have done.
This could not have come at a better time. My son is the valedictorian this year and is trying to write his speech. Unfortunately, the valedictorian does not give the speech at graduation. They give it at senior recognition. However it's such a wonderful and amazing accomplishment and I'm very proud of him. I'm going to share your video with him and hopefully it will get him to be inspired. Thank you so much!
“I’m proud of you” omgggg I can’t tell you how much I cried 😭 this legit felt like my dad was saying this but he obviously never did. I’m proud of you too Scott
This dude never misses!!! I did not expect a graduation speech rabbit hole to go into mature and meaningful insight into how to be yourself and what defines us
Scott, I appreciate your story about your little brother so much. My little sister used to always come to my room to ask to play Barbies, and most of the time I'd tell her to go away because I was "busy." Biggest regret of my life.
Scott - as an older brother myself - I have those same regrets. It’s natural for the teenage angst to take over even when it’s ultimately painful for everyone involved. I completely empathize with you, it’s something that’s tough to always have in the back of your mind.
I graduated college like four years ago, but I also inadvertently got 80% of my sense of humor from Jake and Amir.
Recently discovered your videos, love how openly you acknowledge them as an inspiration. They had a more significant impact on comedy than I think they will ever be properly recognized for.
Scott, you’re not corny - you’re introspective! I loved this video and the focus on inspiration. :)
Speaking of good quotes “Don’t feel bad about emulating people on your pursuit of find yourself” - Scott Cramer
Hey Scott - that story about how you reacted to your younger brother was honestly really powerful. Sometimes in a moment of regret we can say or do things that we can learn so much from. I really hope you’re able to speak to him about it one day to get some closure yourself!
Just graduated from Michigan State journalism school last week. Our media school commencement speech was all about how AI and Chat GPT are coming for our jobs so we should work hard lmao. Real motivating stuff.
Wow I’m literally graduating this year and everything you said in your video feels like it was made to be my graduation speech! Thank you so much Scott for being who you are and trying to grow into a better person! I love your honesty and candidness, you’re honestly one of my favorite RUclipsrs, and I’m glad you did that collab with Dylan, otherwise I would have never found your channel. You’re an inspiration to all of us and your failure to become your ideals have made you into an amazing person and I hope you have a wonderful and happy life with your family! You’re going to be a great father for your son as he grows up ❤
he has a kid???? what did I miss
@@youtubehandlesareannoying Yeah he’s had a kid for a little while now 😂
When I was 14 and my brother was 10, he came up to me because he wanted to show me something cool on the computer. I was playing games and losing and was mad, so I yelled "shut up, leave me alone, I don't care". He walked away quietly and my mom said "he was really excited, go look at what he wants to show you". I immediately realized what I did and went and looked, but he was already upset and defeated, he didn't really want to show me anymore. I'm 29 now and have cried over this moment many times in my life and ever since anytime anyone is excited to show me something I look and act excited. Even now if he as a 26 year old texts me I always say "that's so cool". My niece and nephew, I also always go look. I saw my nephew make the same mistake I did with his sister. It crushed me because it reminded me of what I did and I was seeing it happen right in front of me again. He apologized to her and they probably won't remember it, it was just her not falling off a skateboard while rolling 5 ft. But I'll always remember it.
Moral of the story, if someone is excited to show you something, you should be honored. Of all the people they could share it with, they chose you, remember that and act like the person they think you are.
Wow Scott. This is deep 🥲
Dude the story about his biggest regret really hit home because I’ve done this to my brother before for the exact same reason, and I tend to regret it too. After listening to this story I’m gonna work so hard to be a better older brother.
Today’s actually my graduation day! And at first before today I wasn’t sure how felt about it but now that I’m living in the moment, I do feel all of these emotions cause I know that it’s the end of an era for me and all the people I grew up. We are all going our separate ways and taking our different paths. But at the same time we are taking that next step in our journey to follow our passion in striving to achieve the goals we set in life. If you too are graduating this year or reading this comment later in the future, congratulations you made it!! But the journey is not over and your story is only just beginning!!! Whatever you do in life make sure to take it day by day and just enjoy the moment 🥳🎉
I graduated from ASU in spring of 2020 so “peak” Covid. Our ceremony was an online live stream. We had a few prerecorded people speaking. Then to read off our names they showed a presentation slide show, where It showed a picture and our name for about 3 seconds. Then they mailed us our diplomas. It sucked cause before Covid my family and friends from around the country were getting tickets to fly out and It was going to be one big party. But instead I got a three second slide and a zoom party
the story with your younger brother… I feel you Scott. my older sister hates cheese puffs but loves carrots and once when I was like 9 we were playing and I had a bowl of cheese puffs but she saw them and went “ooh carrots” and reached for one only to be disappointed in finding out it’s a cheese puff… I think about the disappointment on her face almost every day of my life
Scott has great videos, I bet he would give a great graduation speech
11:35 that story reminded me of how I used to make passing comments about a classmate's acne when I was 10. A few years later I still remembered having said that and it bugged me so much, I found his Instagram and dmed him to apologize.
Turns out he didn't even remember who I was (we were in the same class for 2 years and it had been 4 years since), but I just felt so bad for being a little shit. Having to deal with cystic acne is bad enough as a kid, even without people commenting on it
You're always so candid and relatable. It''s awesome that you're not afraid to allow yourself to be vulnerable with your audience. As an older brother who treated his younger brother like crap when we were kids, I can definitely relate. I was terrible to him at times, and growing up, he's only returned the favour with generosity, sympathy, understanding and maturity. We live together just me and him now, and I'm so proud of the man he's become. I'm 26, but I tell him when I grow up, I want to be just like my little brother.
The fact that this was posted the day after I graduated was so perfect. Our guest speaker was a little rough, so I'm going to say this video was the speech from my graduation. Thank you Scott for speaking at my graduation. It was moving and inspirational; I'm sure you will be asked to speak again
Ahahahahahahha I like this
Scott, how did you know that I'm trying to audition to be a graduation speaker besides the valedictorians??!?! this is crazy, thanks again for a great upload though
I'm a little nervous though because there are both leadership kids and staff people judging us, the staff like me, but I am unsure of my peers, we will have to see TvT
You got this!!
@@ScottCramer you just made my day even more, thank you so much!
Please reply with how you go. I'm strangely invested in your possible speech now.
@@christopherhammond5142 I'll be sure to revisit this thread then if they get back to me! auditions are next Tuesday so it might be a few before you'll hear again
@@christopherhammond5142 well Christopher and Scott, I auditioned, I didnt' really get the speech sadly, even if I thought the content was good and a friend helped me
but they said "Hey do you want to read an opening for graduation instead?"
I just took it because its still something better than nothing
I graduated high school in 2020. There were no speeches. We individually walked through the school, got handed our diploma, took a picture, and then left. Definitely feels like that chapter of my life never really closed, but hey what can I do about it now?
I was expecting a humorous look at the over-the-top graduation speeches in media, and instead got a powerful, moving, poignant speech all on its own right. The older you get, the more you realize how true all those corny lines truly are. All I can hope is that the message reaches young people, no matter what form it has to take.
i’m late to the party but graduated college 2020 and i still feel like i had no sense of closure, life just went on and was what it was and is what it is. i’m truly inspired by this and thank you scott for being one of the many things that gives me a kick in the ass to try and find the best version of myself that i can love and be happy with
Scott always putting out some actually-unique, feel-good stuff. Gotta love it.
I graduated from Indiana University in May 2020. They decided to not hold any sort of virtual/hybrid graduation and promised us that we would have an in-person graduation eventually. Well basically what happened is that, they just invited us to come and participate in the May 2021 commencement which hardly any of my class did. I would’ve preferred us to just make the most of what we could’ve and just done something online or hybrid.
My brother just graduated from there last Saturday and I don’t think I had fully processed never having a graduation and realized that sitting at his and seeing all of what I missed out on.
(Class of 2020 got robbed but I am grateful that we only had to experience 6 weeks of online school rather than the grades under us. I would’ve flunked out in online school)
At my High School graduation the Class President/Seludatorian gave a beautiful speech about how our class had endured 3 years of High School during a pandemic , the unique shared experiences that came from that, and the achievements we'd made as a school in the past 4 years. This was then followed by the Valedictorian talking about herself for 3 minutes. Not all graduation speeches are created equal
In my 2020 graduation, we did it in small groups in the gym. They had like 6 different graduations and had the student speeches recorded. The attendance rate was also really low because of COVID, so there weren’t a lot of people in the gym at one time. It also was significantly shorter with that many less people so the exposure time was shorter. Still not ideal, but it’s a huge step up from doing the whole school in one room.
Forever thankful our top of class student was also super involved and everyone loved her. Her speech was full of inside joke of our class and had us laughing and crying the whole time
3:20 I bet the Wildcats really appreciated your speech Scott. It was really touching, I bawled my eyes out the entire time
I love the idea in 17:42 where we're all these sort of collages of the people in our lives and there's a beautiful quote that sums it up well; "I am a mosaic of everyone I've ever loved, even if for a heartbeat."
Failure>regret is a huge reason why I’ve decided to take a chance and move halfway across the country. If I end up failing there I’ve got the memories of living and trying there, but if I never do it that’s more regret than anything
Was really not expecting the ad read as the graduation speech. It brought me to tears. Well played!
Scott this channel is turning into something really unique and entertaining, love where it's going
okay but i totally get the grumpy older brother story. younger brothers are so precious and it’s so sweet when they show the things they made in their games. i totally get why this would be a regret, it would haunt me too. i would feel so bad bc i love when he shows me his little creations even if i don’t get it and i would hate it if i ever made him feel bad about that. little brothers can be so so sweet i hate watching him grow up 🥲
I’m graduating high school next month and I’m quite nervous, but watching those speeches and their inspirational quotes has calmed my nerves a bit.
I had no idea how much I needed to hear this. Thanks Scott, you're part of my collage.
My favourite IRL Celebrity Graduation Speech was Andy Samberg. I love his cadence.
15:23 Omg I see the inspired moments now.
I found Jim carry’s speech when I was really depressed years ago. Every time I would start having scary thoughts I would listen to that speech and feel motivated to keep going. Jim Carry was a huge deal to my brother growing up so it was kinda full circle. I then also went on to binge commencement speeches 😂
love love love this video! thanks for the tears.
I graduated undergrad in 2020 and this weekend from grad school that was 100% online. In 2020, we had a stream of a powerpoint presentation where they read our names off, but in 2021 they finally let us walk. We had a large football program, so they set up chairs 6 ft apart from one another across the whole field. They'd let us go up row-by-row and we'd have to walk all the way up to one of the sides of the field, then they'd call our name and we'd walk all the way back to our chair. For my online school this weekend, they're inviting the online students to go to their campus for a whole ceremony. I'm not going, but it's funny how different it is in 2023, where a university is actually encouraging students from across the globe to come visit for an large in-person gathering.
Some how Scott always has the perfect timing for his video releases
Scott, I adore the way you tackle topics in such a wholesome and funny way. I’ve been thinking a lot about commencement speeches as a graduating high school senior, so this video meant a lot to me and almost moved me to tears. I don’t think I’ll ever stop thinking about those little moments of regret either, but it means a lot to know I’m not alone
As someone who lost their only brother last year, I feel those regrets daily. I choose to turn that into how I treat others. I’m a better person in how I wish I could have been a better brother.
2020 graduate here, our planned graduation ceremony got delayed multiple times for obvious reasons until we all moved on to uni and we stopped hearing from the school. that was until late 2022 when we received a surprise email inviting us to a graduation/reunion event at the school. i took the opportunity to volunteer to give a speech as i felt it'd be a fun thing to do, and i ended up delivering a light-hearted one about the importance of the memories/connections made in school, since after all that was the reason why we had all come back two and a half years later. was a very enjoyable experience overall, definitely resonated with a lot of the things brought up in this video
class of 2020 here! my school just ended up walking across an empty stage grabbing my diploma and then leaving, we had some teachers distanced outside cheering but I was (and mostly still am) heartbroken I didn't get the full experience, and trust me, the apology to all of us did mean a lot to me. also I will never not be angry about missing prom im so pissed ill never get over it
My college graduation was so un-special. I dropped one of my double majors in my junior year (went from Special Education and English to just English) and discovered that I was only 9 credits away from degree completion. By the end of the summer of 2020, I could theoretically be finished with my degree. This threw me entirely, I was graduating a year early and had to think about all these big picture things that I hadn't considered. I really wasn't ready for it, but I was so miserable in school by that point that I just opted to finish early. This was 2020, early days of the pandemic. Suddenly everything around me was changing. I wasn't going to return to a familiar environment in the fall, all the friendships that I cultivated over 3 years were falling apart, and I had no major career plans lined up.
For the actual graduation itself, I could only invite two guests. The graduating class was spilt into three ceremonies so that the amount of people could be controlled. We had it outside in September of 2020 instead of May. Definitely didn't feel special. And all of the graduation activities that would normally be held (senior breakfast, graduation carnival, blah blah) never happened because nothing could be held in person at the time. Not a joyous occasion at all, but I was glad not to have to complete another year of overwhelming schedules and finally be freed from the intensity of the college environment.
Looking back, there were so many things that I wished I had done differently. I wished that I had taken more risks, actually went for the major I wanted, went to school out of state, focused less on graduating on time, gotten involved in extra curriculars, and transferred when I wanted to. I listened to so many well-meaning people who I didn't realize at the time weren't listening to me at all. Taught me a lot.
I'm the youngest. A lot of my best memories are when my older siblings took time with me. Painting nails with my sister. Falling off the bleachers and having my older brother who's basketball game we were watching come and carry me to the car. My brother had to study for some big test but also babysit me. I asked to play a board game. He took a break to play with me and then went back to studying. Taking the time to dessing up as warriors and take 'epic' photos. I hurt my foot one day so to get me to stop crying my brothers turned on MTV and we all laughed at the Weird Al music videos. climbing trees together and trying to make the most convincing bird calls. Palying videogames all night be cause we didn't get invited to any New Years Eve partys but our parents did. All good times. I appreciate my siblings taking time to spend with me.
I've been saving this video for when I graduated AND GUESS WHOS OUT EARLY?
Scott this is impeccable timing, I just gave my graduation speech yesterday! I totally get the “you are an amalgamation of everything you’ve seen” because I ended up watching so many videos to try to prepare but had to end up scrapping anything from that and do it my own way. I think it turned out pretty good too!
Scott, this was so lovely! You're so thoughtful and self-reflective and it's clear that you really care about how you impact those around you. You really are an inspiration and I hope you know that
Watching back on this as someone who did graduate in 2023, hearing the graduation music in the back made me want to cry. And only because graduating meant I have to leave my band friends, and my band teacher, who is the absolute BEST PERSON I've ever met. I still get to see him, and I now get to do a world premiere of a song with my old friends, and some friends who graduated the year before me. I love band so much okay X'D
Also; I was sick for graduation rehearsal, prom, and graduation. All pictures of me are super washed out because I just wasn't well, but I wasn't going to skip them (I did wear a mask for rehearsal, and left quickly from graduation itself)
I have to say the "sponsor portion of this video brought to us by Helix" brought to us by Scott Cramer was truly remarkable. Only time I've ever watched the whole sponsor part of any video! That speech brought me to loling.
I graduate college next week and this was super inspiring. Thanks Scott
Great video! I graduated university in 2020 - my school had a ceremony with all the other classes that had to postpone commencements in May of 2021. My class graduated last in the day, so we were at commencement at 11 pm at night! I actually enjoyed the experience as it was nice to travel back to my college town and visit with friends while also having a bit of money since I had been working full time for a year!! It felt good to be able to afford nice-ish clothes for my commencement with my own money!
aw you talking about regretting what you said to your little brother made me wanna cry. i think we all have moments like that. in the grand scheme of things it might be small, and they might not even remember, but you just can't get over the guilt. there are quite a few instances like that, where i was a grump, hurt someone's feelings, and ruined the mood that i still cringe over and kick myself for. those "i can't sleep, i'm going to agonize over this shitty thing i did 15 years ago" moments happen often lol. i'm definitely more mindful of how my actions and words affect other people now too. you right, it doesn't feel good to live with that regret.
As a 2023 college grad, your 'speech' here has to be one of the best I've heard in the past couple of days. I genuinely hope you do get invited to give a speech in person, you are one of the most genuine and wholesome people on the internet and all of your work never fails to brighten my day :)
wow perefct timing. i literally graduate highschool next week. thank u scott!
Just for the record, Scott, you are completely your own unique brand of comedy and content 🙂 you're so right that we can still feel the influence of those you look up to, but you're you and your content isn't like anyone else's. This video really touched me, I'm working through some of my own regrets, thank you for making it ❤️
I graduated in 2021 and I was homeschooled for my whole life so my graduation was literally just I finished my school books one day and the next day I started working full time! Honestly I have no idea what it feels like to graduate (just one day I stopped needing to show my school work to someone and I could do it for fun) I still run into people who didn't realize that I'm over 20 and graduated! So I don't know how many people will relate to this but it kinda feels like just one day I stopped having friends (for the most part) and life just become work to survive!
i started my university career in 2019. We had a full year in person, 2020 was spent almost completely online and 2021 our final year, was mixed again. I feel like i truly got robbed of my university experience. My graduation ceremony obviously got postponed but by the time graduation came around, i had moved states so could no longer attend. Was just a bit of an average time to be honest. This video was a really nice thing to watch and i appreciate you immensely Scott. It's just been hit after hit for you recently. Thank you very much for everything you said here.
I love your channel so much, it’s always something random and silly and goofy and for that I thank you 🥰
This is gonna remind me of how embarrassing it was to give a speech last year when I graduated as one of the valedictorians of my high school
I’m salutatorian and I have to give a grad speech in june but I’m so nervous I have no clue what I’m gonna say
This video has honestly inspired me for my own Val speech
@@SunnyBunnyyy it inspired me too tbh
@@jamesklein1 i mean in the end most of the students zone out so don't stress about it. It's gonna be okay, i promise
@@SunnyBunnyyy for me it reminded me of how much I regret obsessing over grades
As someone halfway through a degree that I absolutely love but am not sure what I am going to do with it, I needed this.
i also often think of a moment i had as a child where i wasn't nice to someone, and wish i could go back and change it
Bro has me so excited for my own graduation in a few weeks
my graduation ceremony is this evening, what a great, timely video! If the speech ends up being boring I'll just pretend this was the speech 😂
Ngl that helix ad was the best thing I’ve seen in A LONG time. It was actually hilarious, the way Scott committed to the bit.
Hey Scott! 2020 graduate here. My school just did our ceremony outside on the football field. Teachers and parents were allowed to sit on the field in lawn chairs, but any extended family were in the stands watching from a distance. One of my classmates brought beach balls, we got to take off our masks so you could actually see our smiles in our pictures, overall not the worst graduation. I'm very thankful I live in a small town and actually got to have a ceremony :)