It was a big affair in old Barnhill Arena. Thousands were on hand to watch the undergrads and graduate students receive their degrees. The ceremony opened up with an extremely poor rendition of "God Bless America" - I assume that every song is traditionally performed by a prospective graduate but this performer was particularly tone-deaf. Then the honor students were named (no I wasn't one of them but I did keep a 3.5 GPA). Then the commencement speaker gave his speech.
General Steele is an accomplished individual and an accomplished speaker. He started as a private in his military career and worked his way up to 3-star general. He must have gone to West Point somewhere along the way. Today he runs a management consulting firm of sorts and serves on the board of 6 companies. He started his speech and it began well.
General Steele spoke of the need to keep the capitalist system in place and referred to it being challenged...not strongly enough in my Libertarian opinion but he did mention it. Then he gave his "simple philosophy" and made a reference to "arrogant" MBA graduates. I'm not sure if he knew he was addressing MBA graduates such as me, but he was and he made no attempt to qualify his statement. He basically said that MBAs are caught up in themselves and that an MBA degree is some sort of license for snobbery.
I just felt like I should write my thoughts on the matter. I�m not one to lodge a complaint with the university or anything. Just want to keep my thoughts for future reference. I thought it was amusing really.
Thank you General Steele for your service to our country. I haven�t accomplished anything close to what you have done but I feel my MBA will set me on the right path � after I�ve completed the summer courses!
General Steele is an accomplished individual and an accomplished speaker. He started as a private in his military career and worked his way up to 3-star general. He must have gone to West Point somewhere along the way. Today he runs a management consulting firm of sorts and serves on the board of 6 companies. He started his speech and it began well.
General Steele spoke of the need to keep the capitalist system in place and referred to it being challenged...not strongly enough in my Libertarian opinion but he did mention it. Then he gave his "simple philosophy" and made a reference to "arrogant" MBA graduates. I'm not sure if he knew he was addressing MBA graduates such as me, but he was and he made no attempt to qualify his statement. He basically said that MBAs are caught up in themselves and that an MBA degree is some sort of license for snobbery.
I just felt like I should write my thoughts on the matter. I�m not one to lodge a complaint with the university or anything. Just want to keep my thoughts for future reference. I thought it was amusing really.
Thank you General Steele for your service to our country. I haven�t accomplished anything close to what you have done but I feel my MBA will set me on the right path � after I�ve completed the summer courses!
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