Taylor Swift Graduates

'''Taylor Swift was enjoying a unique moment: New York University awarded her an honorary doctorate. A marketing move that, in recent years, has become popular among American universities and has resulted in some unforgettable speeches by the biggest stars in the industry. In the case of Taylor Swift, the ceremony was held at Yankee Stadium. Her speech was riddled with jokes and irony: “''I'm 90% sure the main reason I'm here is because I have a song called 22,” she said, adding, “I never got to have a normal college experience per se. I went to public high school until the 10th grade and then finished my education by doing school work at home on the floor of the airport terminals.”                                                                                                                                                                                           Though she cautioned that she didn't think she was qualified to tell new grads what to do, she did seek to share some tricks she learned early in her career: “Never be ashamed to try. Lack of effort is a myth,” he said. To which he added that making mistakes is inevitable: “When difficult things happen to us, we will recover, we will learn from it and it makes us more resistant. As long as we are lucky enough to be breathing, we will inhale, inhale, take a deep breath and exhale. I'm a doctor now, so I know how breathing works," she joked, ending by saying, "I hope you know how proud I am to share this day with you. We're doing this together, so let's keep dancing like we're the class of 22''″. What is an honorary doctorate? This is an academic degree for which the university has waived the usual requirements and, in fact, can be awarded to individuals who have no previous connection to the institution or who have no post-secondary education. It is generally used to honor a person's contributions to a specific field or to society in general, and is technically seen more as an award than an educational achievement.'''