The Future Overlord...
... has some splainin' to do.
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Speech of MVP, given last March 27,2010 to the graduates of School of Humanities and School of Social Sciences, ADMU.
JK Rowling's Harvard commencement speech can be found here:
http://harvardmagazine.com/commencement/the-fringe-benefits-failure-the-importance-imagination
Manny Pangilinan's Ateneo commencement speech can be found here:
http://ateneo.edu/index.php?p=120&type=2&sec=25&aid=8211
Just some examples...
JKR: I had no idea then how far the tunnel extended, and for a long
time, any light at the end of it was a hope rather than a reality.
MVP: I had no idea how far the tunnel of failure extended. And any
light at the end of it seemed more hope than reality.
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JKR: The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from
setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to
survive
MVP: The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from
setbacks means that you can be secure in your ability to survive.
---
JKR: So today, I wish you nothing better than similar friendships. And
tomorrow, I hope that even if you remember not a single word of mine,
you remember those of Seneca, another of those old Romans I met when I
fled down the Classics corridor, in retreat from career ladders, in
search of ancient wisdom: As is a tale, so is life: not how long it
is, but how good it is, is what matters.
MVP: So today, I wish you nothing better than similar friendships. And
tomorrow, I hope that even if you remember not a single word of mine,
you will recall those of Seneca, one of the old Romans i met in search
of ancient wisdom: --as is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but
how good it is, is what matters.
Oprah Winfrey:
Here it is: http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/june18/como-061808.html
Oprah: But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful. Because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life. What you really want is to be surrounded by people you trust and treasure and by people who cherish you. That's when you're really rich.
MVP: But having a lot of money does not totally make you a successful person. What you want is both money and meaning. You want your life and your career to be meaningful. Because meaning is what brings real richness to your life, to be surrounded by people you can truly work with - because you trust and treasure them, and they cherish you in return. That‘s when you‘re really rich, that‘s when you really succeed.
http://everything2.com/title/Conan+O%2527Brien%2527s+Commencement+Speech+for+the+Harvard+Class+of+2000
More from Conan O'Brien's Harvard speech (2000) in the SOH/SOSS graduation speech:
MVP: I‘ve had a lot of success. But I‘ve had a lot of failures. I‘ve looked good. I‘ve looked bad. I‘ve been praised and criticized. And it hurt like hell. But my mistakes have been necessary.
CB: I‘ve had a lot of success. But I‘ve had a lot of failures. I‘ve looked good. I‘ve looked bad. I‘ve been praised and criticized. And it hurt like hell. But my mistakes have been necessary. ... See More
MVP: Coming from the Ateneo, I know that the pressure to succeed is immense. In fact, your biggest liability is the need to succeed.
CB: As graduates of Harvard, your biggest liability is your need to succeed.
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The FF is an official e-mail exchange between MVP and Fr Ben.
Emailed at 5:20pm
Dear Father Ben
Easter greetings!
I have been told last night that portions of my graduation remarks - in particular my address to the Schools of Humanities and Social Sciences - had been borrowed from certain other graduation speeches. I had taken a look at the side-by-side comparison @ Facebook, and must admit to this mistake.
For this, I wish to express my sincerest apology to you, the University and to the 2010 graduating class.
I have had some help in the drafting of my remarks, but I take full and sole responsibility for them.
In mitigation perhaps, the body and substance of my speech represented my own story and my thoughts. And I have labored long hours to get those speeches done. It is my hope that their impact has not been lost on the graduates. That said, this post fact event I am certain has devalued the words I have uttered at graduation - whether original or copied.
I am told further that comments posted on Facebook have started to spill beyond graduation, and are now alluding to my misconduct with respect to Meralco, with former President Erap, and so forth. Under the circumstances, it is best for the Ateneo and myself to shorten the life of this controversy and prevent it from spinning out of control.
Fr Ben, this has been a source of deep personal embarrassment for me. I am truly regretful for it. I already have too many battles to fight, and some of them I wish not to have to fight. In this instance, I do not want to, and would seek only the honourable and principled way out. The matter at hand may rest after this public apology, but it gives me a lot of personal discomfort to continue to be closely involved with Ateneo affairs after this incident. I am afraid the damage has been done - wala talaga akong mukhang ihaharap pagkatapos.
With much regret, Fr Ben, I would wish to retire from my official duties at the Ateneo.
With all good wishes to you and to our graduates.
M. V. P.
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Emailed at 7:14pm
Dear Manny,
I received your apology just a few minutes ago and feel how deeply embarrassed and pained you are by this event. We realize that this was a mistake and we respect and appreciate your taking responsibility and your immediate apology.
At the same time, we know that this happened without your full awareness, though you take full and sole responsibility. Thus this does not diminish our admiration and respect for your person and for your care and accomplishments for our country and for the Ateneo. In
fact, your acceptance of responsibility and apology command our utmost respect.
In reading again through your speeches, we also see that indeed the main part of your speeches were your story and your thoughts. We thank you for taking so much time to craft them and to share them with us and our graduates. We are deeply touched by this sharing of yourself.
Again I realize how profoundly embarrassed you are by this event and that you believe that resigning from official duties at the Ateneo is the principled thing for you to do. However, reflecting on the events and circumstances, I cannot quite agree and believe with many others that what is appropriate is the apology you have given. Neither can I agree with you that "wala talaga akong mukhang ihaharap pagkatapos." I would thus like to take up your retiring from official duties at the Ateneo with our officials and Board of Trustees and discuss it further with you.
It is Easter Vigil and may the Risen Christ be Light to you.
Fr. Ben, S.J.
In case there's a thing where they require you to log in before you read the entry, here's the full text:
==========
Speech of MVP, given last March 27,2010 to the graduates of School of Humanities and School of Social Sciences, ADMU.
JK Rowling's Harvard commencement speech can be found here:
http://harvardmagazine.com/commencement/the-fringe-benefits-failure-the-importance-imagination
Manny Pangilinan's Ateneo commencement speech can be found here:
http://ateneo.edu/index.php?p=120&type=2&sec=25&aid=8211
Just some examples...
JKR: I had no idea then how far the tunnel extended, and for a long
time, any light at the end of it was a hope rather than a reality.
MVP: I had no idea how far the tunnel of failure extended. And any
light at the end of it seemed more hope than reality.
---
JKR: The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from
setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to
survive
MVP: The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from
setbacks means that you can be secure in your ability to survive.
---
JKR: So today, I wish you nothing better than similar friendships. And
tomorrow, I hope that even if you remember not a single word of mine,
you remember those of Seneca, another of those old Romans I met when I
fled down the Classics corridor, in retreat from career ladders, in
search of ancient wisdom: As is a tale, so is life: not how long it
is, but how good it is, is what matters.
MVP: So today, I wish you nothing better than similar friendships. And
tomorrow, I hope that even if you remember not a single word of mine,
you will recall those of Seneca, one of the old Romans i met in search
of ancient wisdom: --as is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but
how good it is, is what matters.
Oprah Winfrey:
Here it is: http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/june18/como-061808.html
Oprah: But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful. Because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life. What you really want is to be surrounded by people you trust and treasure and by people who cherish you. That's when you're really rich.
MVP: But having a lot of money does not totally make you a successful person. What you want is both money and meaning. You want your life and your career to be meaningful. Because meaning is what brings real richness to your life, to be surrounded by people you can truly work with - because you trust and treasure them, and they cherish you in return. That‘s when you‘re really rich, that‘s when you really succeed.
http://everything2.com/title/Conan+O%2527Brien%2527s+Commencement+Speech+for+the+Harvard+Class+of+2000
More from Conan O'Brien's Harvard speech (2000) in the SOH/SOSS graduation speech:
MVP: I‘ve had a lot of success. But I‘ve had a lot of failures. I‘ve looked good. I‘ve looked bad. I‘ve been praised and criticized. And it hurt like hell. But my mistakes have been necessary.
CB: I‘ve had a lot of success. But I‘ve had a lot of failures. I‘ve looked good. I‘ve looked bad. I‘ve been praised and criticized. And it hurt like hell. But my mistakes have been necessary. ... See More
MVP: Coming from the Ateneo, I know that the pressure to succeed is immense. In fact, your biggest liability is the need to succeed.
CB: As graduates of Harvard, your biggest liability is your need to succeed.
==============================
The FF is an official e-mail exchange between MVP and Fr Ben.
Emailed at 5:20pm
Dear Father Ben
Easter greetings!
I have been told last night that portions of my graduation remarks - in particular my address to the Schools of Humanities and Social Sciences - had been borrowed from certain other graduation speeches. I had taken a look at the side-by-side comparison @ Facebook, and must admit to this mistake.
For this, I wish to express my sincerest apology to you, the University and to the 2010 graduating class.
I have had some help in the drafting of my remarks, but I take full and sole responsibility for them.
In mitigation perhaps, the body and substance of my speech represented my own story and my thoughts. And I have labored long hours to get those speeches done. It is my hope that their impact has not been lost on the graduates. That said, this post fact event I am certain has devalued the words I have uttered at graduation - whether original or copied.
I am told further that comments posted on Facebook have started to spill beyond graduation, and are now alluding to my misconduct with respect to Meralco, with former President Erap, and so forth. Under the circumstances, it is best for the Ateneo and myself to shorten the life of this controversy and prevent it from spinning out of control.
Fr Ben, this has been a source of deep personal embarrassment for me. I am truly regretful for it. I already have too many battles to fight, and some of them I wish not to have to fight. In this instance, I do not want to, and would seek only the honourable and principled way out. The matter at hand may rest after this public apology, but it gives me a lot of personal discomfort to continue to be closely involved with Ateneo affairs after this incident. I am afraid the damage has been done - wala talaga akong mukhang ihaharap pagkatapos.
With much regret, Fr Ben, I would wish to retire from my official duties at the Ateneo.
With all good wishes to you and to our graduates.
M. V. P.
------------&&&&&------------------------------
Emailed at 7:14pm
Dear Manny,
I received your apology just a few minutes ago and feel how deeply embarrassed and pained you are by this event. We realize that this was a mistake and we respect and appreciate your taking responsibility and your immediate apology.
At the same time, we know that this happened without your full awareness, though you take full and sole responsibility. Thus this does not diminish our admiration and respect for your person and for your care and accomplishments for our country and for the Ateneo. In
fact, your acceptance of responsibility and apology command our utmost respect.
In reading again through your speeches, we also see that indeed the main part of your speeches were your story and your thoughts. We thank you for taking so much time to craft them and to share them with us and our graduates. We are deeply touched by this sharing of yourself.
Again I realize how profoundly embarrassed you are by this event and that you believe that resigning from official duties at the Ateneo is the principled thing for you to do. However, reflecting on the events and circumstances, I cannot quite agree and believe with many others that what is appropriate is the apology you have given. Neither can I agree with you that "wala talaga akong mukhang ihaharap pagkatapos." I would thus like to take up your retiring from official duties at the Ateneo with our officials and Board of Trustees and discuss it further with you.
It is Easter Vigil and may the Risen Christ be Light to you.
Fr. Ben, S.J.