Yeah, I don’t think I’ve been to a HS or college graduation where the speeches didn’t make me cringe.
And now I don’t remember a single thing that was said in any of them, including my HS and college graduations. Only memories I have is what is shown in a few photographs and one particular song chosen as the theme, I think it was at either my HS or college ceremony: Pablo Cruise “Find Your Place In The Sun”. Must’ve been HS, can’t imagine it being played at the university graduation.