The speech, Kenyon Commencement Speech, by David Foster Wallace was delivered to the graduating class of 2005 at Kenyon College. Wallace talks about how important it is to have a degree that is more than “just a material payoff”. He tells the students that in order to be more successful, they must know how to think correctly. Wallace uses a story of two fish in which a young fish asks an older fish about the water. The older fish does not understand what the younger fish is talking about. He uses this story to show that often the most obvious things in life are often the hardest to see. Wallace tells students that in order for them to receive a full education they must first learn how to think. “[Learning how to think] means being conscious