| People who give books to graduates are probably the samepeople who give underwear to children for Christmas. Let s behonest. You didn t want a book. After all, you have just fin-ished high school, and you have read about all the books youwill ever need to read, and you have learned about everythingyou will ever need to know. Why would you want anotherbook? I agree with you. If I could give you a gift, I would give you aT-shirt instead of a book. But not just any T-shirt. I would giveyou one of those T-shirts with your philosophy of life ~ttenacross its front so the whole world can see exactly what you arefeeling, thinking, and believing just now. I am a big fan of T-shirt wisdom. In fact, I am a fan of wis-dom anywhere I can get it. I even enjoy locker-room wisdom,the kind that comes printed on those posters that coachesplaster around the locker room with huge globs of tape.Where else would I have leamed such life-changing gems as,"When the going gets tough, the tough get going" or "Onlythe guy who hits the ball over the fence can loaf around thebases"? I also enjoy classroom bulletin-board wisdom--the kindthat enriches my horizons with such truths as, "Since yourmother isn t here, clean up your own mess" and "Timepasses; will you?" And then there s the ever popular, "If youcan read this, thank a teacher." But since teachers andcoaches don t change their billboards except once every de-cade or two, I sometimes wonder if they ar~leally personallycommitted to that message or are just using those things tocover a crack in the wall. |
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