You are not special speech at 2012 wellesley high school graduation. Looking for a book by david mccullough jr david mccullough jr. Historian david mccullough discusses his new book video. In a commencement speech in 2012, high school teacher david mccullough jr. Next, he published brave companions, a collection of essays that unfold seamlessly. Youre not special speech lands wellesley high teacher. The wellesley high school teacher who famously told the class of 2012 that they were not special in his commencement speech has landed a book deal with harpercollins publishers imprint ecco. Mcculloughs two pulitzer prizewinning books, truman and john adams, have been adapted by hbo into a tv film and a miniseries, respectively.
Wellesley high school teachers youre not special speech lands him a book deal posted by evan allen august 16. Indeed, part of mccullough s desire to write such a book came from the realization that i now had the opportunity to write about a cast of reallife characters of historic accomplishment who. David mccullough jr started teaching english in 1986. The writing wanders a great deal and seems to stray from a point often. You are not special and other encouragements by david. Walter isaacson sits down with pulitzer prizewinning historian david mccullough, whose new book the pioneers. Children today, says david mccullough, are being encouraged to sacrifice passionate engagement. It has been watched over 2 million times on youtubeearning mccullough a book deal. Children today, says david mccullough high school english teacher, father of four, and son and. Throughout the speech, he explained how the graduates were not special there are so many graduates each year, 7 billion people on the planet, so many people. I have a certain expertise, said david mccullough, jr and that is. This book is a great example of why a brilliant 12minute speech should not necessarily be turned into a 300 page book.