~ Ryan Tibbens' speech at the graduation ceremonies for the Broad Run High School Class of 2021 ~

Sorry for the poor audio quality. This is the initial video; an official soundboard recording was never shared with me. Still, I wanted to share my thoughts on purpose, responsibility, and choice. Enjoy!

CONTEXT: Due to COVID restrictions, the commencement ceremony had been planned as an outdoor event; however, monsoon rains and winds quickly ruined that. Faced with delaying the ceremony indefinitely or moving indoors and splitting into four separate ceremonies, the administration chose to forge on indoors. This is the third out of four versions of this speech, all nearly identical, delivered on June 10, 2021.