this is the text of the commencement address by steve jobs,delivered on june 12,2005.I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world.Truth be told,I never graduated from college.this is the closest l ve ever gotten to a college graduatio. todayI want to tell you threestories from my life. That is.No big deal.Just three stories.The first story is about connecting the dots.I dropped out of Reed College affer the first 6 months,but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit.So why did I drop out? it started before I was born.My biological mother was a young,unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption.She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates,so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife.Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really manted a girl.