Graduation speeches are about life lessons and advice. Mine is about unicycling.
I learned to do that when I was in the seventh grade. I found the unicycle in a garage sale and learned an important life lesson that if you show up at the end of a garage sale and you’re 12 years old and show interest in a unicycle, they might give it to you for free without checking with your mother first. The lesson is to be your own person and don’t be shy about pursuing what you want.
Anyway, that was before kids wearing helmets for safety was common, and I started to try to learn how to ride this thing without a helmet. In the first week, I wiped out, hit my head on a rock, got knocked unconscious and woke up in the hospital with a mild concussion. Parents, I’m sorry to say that the lesson here isn’t going to be about being careful or wearing a helmet.