In his speech at Wellesley High School's Class of 2012 graduation ceremony, Mr. McCullough delivers a scathing critique of the "Me Generation," modern youth with its popular cultures and modern philosophies. Mr. McCullough's scathing criticism of "Generation Me" was justified and insightful because youth YOLO is corrupt, Generation Me people do things to show off, and Generation Me is extremely self-centered. meaning and simple words to describe how corrupt, self-centered and show-offy the “Me Generation” is. Mr McCullough believes modern people are too busy celebrating their achievements to realize they are not special. McCullough's criticism is justified and insightful because the new generation's YOLO, You Only Live Once is not a good thing. Toward the end of the speech, while explaining why "Generation Me" people use YOLO instead of YLOO, Mr. McCullough states, "...because you can and must live not just once, but every day of your life ...rather than You Only Live Once, it should be You Only Live Once...but since YLOO doesn't sound the same, we shrug and decide that doesn't matter.. » (BBROWN). As he explains, the Me Generation tends to choose YOLO because they don't find pleasure in being a good human being. Where a good human being helps others for the sole purpose of being helpful and helps people improve their lives, YOLO followers find no point in being kind and helpful and instead decide to be harsh and useless. He also explains that although everyone lives once, they all live once a day, once an hour, once a minute, and once a second. Mr. McCullough believes that since people l...... middle of paper ... it is likely that the world will improve if taken with a positive attitude and used as advice. The speech Mr. McCullough gave at Wellesley High School's graduation ceremony in 2012 is justified and insightful and can be life-changing if carefully analyzed and completely understood. “Generation Me” people are self-centered; show-offs, and they follow YOLO rather than YLOO. Through his justified and insightful speech, Mr. McCullough showed that people cannot change the world without improving themselves. His speech was justified and insightful and brings more hope for the future. Works Cited BBROWN. "Wellesley High School graduates said, 'You're not special.'" The Wellesley Report. Np, June 5, 2012. Web. September 2. 2013. .