A View from Campus

This year’s Commencement speaker was Emmy-, SAG Award-, and Golden Globe-winning writer, actor, executive producer, and creator of the hit sitcom Abbott Elementary, Quinta Brunson, a West Philadelphia native. She spoke about the importance of teachers, including one of her own, who, she said, “gave me a future.” “We need you, and even though it may not always feel like it, you have the most important job in the world,” she told the graduating educators. “Yes, even more important than doctors. Sorry, doctors, you save lives . . . but somebody had to teach you. So by the transitive property, teachers win!”