Post by Logan on May 9, 2016 18:14:40 GMT -6
Vice President Joe Biden looked to find common ground with students during their graduation ceremony at Delaware State University today.
“Like many of you I came from a family of modest means. Like many of you I was the first in my family to go to college,” he said. “If we could not get here the impact on our parents and their feelings of inadequacy is as consequential as us not being able to get here.”
He spoke before an estimated 8,200 at Alumni Stadium.
As the commencement speaker for Delaware State University's 125th graduation ceremony, he also spoke about issues like climate change, advances in technology and criminal justice reform.
“You’re the most tolerant, technically advanced generation in history,” he said. “You have more power in the iPhone in your pocket than the computers that sent a man to the moon."
Read more: www.doverpost.com/news/20160507/biden-emphasizes-perseverance-during-dsu-commencement
“Like many of you I came from a family of modest means. Like many of you I was the first in my family to go to college,” he said. “If we could not get here the impact on our parents and their feelings of inadequacy is as consequential as us not being able to get here.”
He spoke before an estimated 8,200 at Alumni Stadium.
As the commencement speaker for Delaware State University's 125th graduation ceremony, he also spoke about issues like climate change, advances in technology and criminal justice reform.
“You’re the most tolerant, technically advanced generation in history,” he said. “You have more power in the iPhone in your pocket than the computers that sent a man to the moon."
Read more: www.doverpost.com/news/20160507/biden-emphasizes-perseverance-during-dsu-commencement