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Via The State
Vice President Joe Biden told graduates of the University of South Carolina Friday that cynics were wrong about his generation and, two generations later, they are wrong about the current generation of young adults.
“Do not listen to the cynics,” the Delaware Democrat told the graduates.
Every class that steps on the world stage faces unique challenges, Biden said. “Every class enters the history that has been written up to the point.”
But the vice president told USC’s 2014 graduating class they have the chance to write a new chapter and bend history.
Biden’s referenced his own generation’s challenges, including nuclear tension between the United States and Soviet Union, the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War. Today’s graduates face different challenges, but also incredible possibilities and have significant tools to deal with those threats.
Biden cited technological advancements and innovations, including renewable energy, 3D printing in the medical field and speech-recognition technology on iPhones. “We’re about to enter an era of breathtaking change and progress.”
One of the recent graduates entering that changing world Friday was Payton McCrossan of Charlotte, who graduated after studying finance in the business school.
“I think (Biden’s) point was spot-on with the environment we’re about to go into,” McCrossan said.
McCrossan said he is trying to figure out where to go next, after graduation. “There’s a bit of nervousness.”
Biden has said he may run for president in 2016, having twice previously — and unsuccessfully — sought the Democratic nomination.