Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson gives emotional speech for students' graduation

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson gives emotional speech for students' graduation
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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has recently shared a video message on Instagram dedicated to senior students after she 'paid...

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has recently shared a video message on Instagram dedicated to senior students after she 'paid' him $7 to speak.

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In response to the reasons behind, Dwayne shared his story when he was just 22-year-old. At that time he was cut from the Canadian Football League and had to return living with parents, and $7 in his pocket. It could be said that thanks to event, 'The Rock' determined to pursue wrestling and became a professional wrestler.

Again, the $7 of the student seemed to hit him somewhere deep in his heart when a high school senior that amount of money with a desire of seeing him giving a commencement speech.

The 48-year-old actor shared a 13-minute-length video, in which he recalled a message he shared last week on Instagram.

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To all the high school graduates of 2020, Truth is, you’re the generation that will have the answers to the questions, we - as adults - are having a challenging time finding the answers to. My/our accountability to your generation is helping create the pathway to normalizing equality and showing that being compassionate, tough, empathetic, strong and kind are never mutually exclusive. And your generation will ensure that equality for all, through empathy and respect will remain forever. Thank you, Pompano Beach High School Senior Class President and Valedictorian, Lorraine Angelakos for this incredibly moving letter that resonated with me deeply. Remember, to put your money where your heart is and always let your heart, mana and instinct be your guiding North Star. We must become the leaders we’re looking for. And I can’t wait to see the leaders that you and all your fellow high school graduates become. Congrats, enjoy your summer, and keep being THE hardest workers in the room✊?? DJ aka Mr. 2% #normalizeequality

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Dwayne recalled: "Where are you? And I was speaking to leadership. Where is that leader? Where is our leader who would step up to our country during this time, when our country is on its knees when our country is completely collapsed? ‘I received a letter that gave me my answer."

He then read a letter written by Lorraine Angelakos, senior class president Pompano Beach High School.

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Johnson – who is now the highest-paid man in Hollywood – added that he would be taking the $7 Lorraine sent and investing it in her name, and said he would ‘be in touch’.

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