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Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young – Chicago Tribune

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Subscribers are entitled to 10 gift sharing articles each month. These can be shared with friends and family who are not subscribers. Subscribe now! or log in to your account. Sign up for email newsletters eNewspaper TRENDING: Subscribers are entitled to 10 gift sharing articles each month. These can be shared with friends and family who are not subscribers. Subscribe now! or log in to your account. Inside every adult lurks a graduation speaker dying to get out, some world-weary pundit eager to pontificate on life to young people who’d rather be Rollerblading. Most of us, alas, will never be invited to sow our words of wisdom among an audience of caps and gowns, but there’s no reason we can’t entertain ourselves by composing a Guide to Life for Graduates. I encourage anyone over 26 to try this and thank you for indulging my attempt. Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ’97: Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits

By Mary Schmich | Special to the Tribune PUBLISHED: June 1, 1997 at 3:00 AM CDT | UPDATED: June 24, 2024 at 2:25 PM CDT Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Editor’s note: This column was published in 1997. Read the latest from Chicago Tribune Opinion here . Inside every adult lurks a graduation speaker dying to get out, some world-weary pundit eager to pontificate on life to young people who’d rather be Rollerblading. Most of us, alas, will never be invited to sow our words of wisdom among an audience of caps and gowns, but there’s no reason we can’t entertain ou

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