I will talk about, though, this whole Michelle Obama as keynote speaker thing going on. Apparently, if GW students complete about 4 million hours of community service, she will speak at commencement in the spring. I would love, love, love for this to happen. BUT I feel there are a few logistics standing in our way. For one thing, the only people who really care about the graduation speaker are seniors, and seniors are just about the laziest students on campus (apart from those who were way too drunk/lazy their freshman year and are now cramming in hopes of raising their fractured GPAs).
It looks like we may have to rely on those go-getter underclassmen who care so much about the "status" of GW that they would DIE to be able to tell their high school friends about having Mrs. Obama as our speaker. [Sidenote: These are the same kids who consistently brag about GW being the most expensive school in the country (which it no longer is), or still tell people that Kanye West played at Fall Fest 3 decades ago.]
A girl in one of my classes this morning said something along the lines of "I can't believe she wants to speak here! It's like, so Ivy League." I can't even delve into how many things about this comment disturbed me, but really? Our school is about 3 minutes away from where she LIVES. I don't see her being too put out by it, (especially since the Exchange is on the way back?)
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