We had to cancel commencement last month due to COVID-19, so we invited our graduates to draft their own commencement addresses. Below is Steve Brooks’s speech on the importance of education.
Commencement Address
By Steve Brooks | July 5, 2020
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This fall, I am co-teaching a course on Linguistics and Language to incarcerated people at Mount Tam College at San Quentin Prison. I am so honored!
We can't use any technology, so if you have any resources you can share, please do! The course will be socio-heavy. RTing helps 🙃
