I was quite flattered to be asked to speak at my graduation, in company with my classmate Dehlia McCobb. I could go on for ages about what a great time the publishing program at PSU was and how much I learned there, but my speech summed it up pretty well. So here it is:
So, we’re finally done! It’s been a great experience for me, and a lot of the credit for that goes to all of you. The best part of the Ooligan experience, after all, is the freedom that we’re given to figure things out on our own, and a lot of the figuring out that happens is us helping each other. I remember a conversation with Dennis a year ago or so in which he said that when the program first started, the instructors needed to explain just about everything to the students. After a few years, though, a sort of collective pool of knowledge built up, and suddenly the instructors didn’t need to explain what things like BLADs or drop caps were, because everyone seemed to know already. That pool of knowledge comes from students teaching each other, which happens because of Ooligan—the work we do on the press teaches us at least as much as our classes do. So, thanks to all of you for helping to teach me so much. Read the rest of this entry »
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