--- title: Preschooler Jathan Muhar Makes Graduation Speech about Batman description: 10 words of childhood innocence canonical: https://time.com/138328/preschooler-delivers-the-only-graduation-speech-that-matters/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-29T21:05:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:10:10.237Z og:title: Watch This Preschooler Deliver the Only Graduation Speech You Need to Hear og:description: 10 words of childhood innocence og:url: https://time.com/138328/preschooler-delivers-the-only-graduation-speech-that-matters/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch This Preschooler Deliver the Only Graduation Speech You Need to Hear twitter:description: 10 words of childhood innocence twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Preschooler Delivers The Only Graduation Speech That Matters  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 29, 2014 9:05 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 29, 2014 9:05 PM UTC ‘Tis the season for commencements, and this youngster in a miniature cap and gown is going viral for giving the most honest graduation speech you’ll hear this spring: “I’m Jathan Muhar, and I wanna be Batman.” In the words of Journey, don’t stop believin’. (h/t [22 Words](http://twentytwowords.com/pre-schoolers-brief-but-inspiring-graduation-speech-about-his-hopes-and-dreams-for-the-future/)) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/138328/preschooler-delivers-the-only-graduation-speech-that-matters/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/138328/preschooler-delivers-the-only-graduation-speech-that-matters/"},"headline":"Preschooler Delivers The Only Graduation Speech That Matters","datePublished":"2014-05-29T21:05:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:10.237Z","description":"10 words of childhood innocence","url":"https://time.com/138328/preschooler-delivers-the-only-graduation-speech-that-matters/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/138328/preschooler-delivers-the-only-graduation-speech-that-matters/","name":"Preschooler Delivers The Only Graduation Speech That Matters"}}]}] ```