Gottstein's Graduation Speech

I am an active member of my school and community. At school I feel that i've gained the respect of my peers being elected as Student Council representative for the past four years. I have also been elected the treasurer of the choir, and secretary of the band. I am part of the Ross Middle School bucket drumming group and have been casted as part of the school theatre’s annual play. After school on Wednesdays I assist Ms. Rullman in helping students with homework and enhancing study methods. I am currently participating in science olympiad and have in the past. I am also an anchor on the popular Good Morning Ross Middle School weekly news show. In addition, I have been a part of National Junior Honor Society which takes part in service projects

I have the distinct pleasure of welcoming all of you into the National Honor Society, a group built off of high standards of achievement, not only in the area of academics but also in character and leadership. I congratulate each of you and your parents.

Essays have always seemed like just another assignment. Rarely did I like doing them and most of the time I did not like the prompt. Essays were straight forward and very dull. You were given a question about something in class and told to write about it. So far college English has been different. The class takes an abstract point of attack. There is still a prompt but is about more complex and controversial issues. This would have to make me think critically and in an unorthodox manner. This, however, was not my main worry. At the beginning of the year I had two major concerns going into a college level English class. Grammar and mechanics, those are the two words that have always been brought up in parent-teacher conferences or written in red ink on my paper. I was not very worried about making a thesis or analyzing quotes. One thing I rarely did in high school was revision. It was either last minute or I thought the essay was already good enough. The first essay was proof of a lack of revisions. The prompt asked us to take our rough draft, revise it, than make more revisions to that paper so that it can become your final copy. I did not make an attempt to do a revised copy. I did however revise my first draft and went straight the final essay. During this process my analyzing could always be more in depth (clarity was also an issue through out primary and secondary education). Although receiving a slightly better grade on my first paper, it had more mistakes and had less

It was a long time since the began of the Gettssburg Address, and it was the most famous speech in both American and world history. The success of the Gettysburg Address come from different aspects, both in political aspects and its society constructive power.

That is exactly what I did. I am glad I fought because if I didn't fight I wouldn't be here today to tell you my story that has made me who I am today. Even though I had some difficulties learning in school I didn't get discouraged I tried my hardest and wouldn't give up and because I didn't give up I am currently nineteen years old and about to graduate from high school and have been on honor roll for four years in a row and was inducted into The National Honor Society my sophomore.

Yesterday marked the ending of 4 LONG years! Through all the mistakes and hardships I've faced, I can proudly say I finally made it! I am so excited to start college in the Fall to Bethune-Cookman University on a full tuition scholarship. I am extremely proud of all my classmates and so thankful for my family and friends. Thank you God for this opportunity many don't get to enjoy. I can't wait to see all God has in store for me!

Senior year rapidly is coming to an end, I’ve had the opportunity to see many of my friends come to the exciting moment in their life when they sign that dotted line and I was still waiting on my chance. My entire life I had dreamt of the day to finally committed to a college basketball team, this was my goal and it had to be my purpose in life. January 18, 2015 at 4:41 PM I got an exciting text from Truett-Mcconnell’s head coach, Matt Sanders, stating,” Good afternoon Claudia this is Coach Sanders from Truett-Mcconnell College, and I really feel like we need to begin the recruiting process with you! Sorry to bother you on a Sunday, but I just didn’t want to let time slip away! I look forward to hearing back from you!” Here was my chance!

As the postmodernism approaches us, we begin to focus more on our self instead of other people. This results in ignoring problems right in front of ourselves, and seeing life in a tunnel vision. Is there any solution to this problem, or is it just part of our modern culture? In George Saunders commencement address, he tries to make awareness around this topic to the graduates attending the graduation ceremony. He does that because he himself experienced something that he regrets deeply, but he does not regret anything else he has done. The speech itself contains a lot of relatability, and acts fatherly towards the graduates.

Thomas Jefferson High School welcomes a new addition to the English department, Jennifer Stephenson. Stephenson, who student taught with former English teacher and current CCT teacher, Matthew Santambrogio, now teaches Honors Introduction to Literature (Intro to Lit) and Composition and AP Language and Composition. “Ms. Stephenson definitely has a passion about the subject,” commented Santambrogio, “she is really involved and she is really cognizant of what she is teaching.”

As soon as you hold that degree you are going to hear things like, "If you want a great career, you have to pursue your passion, you have to pursue your dreams, you have to pursue the greatest fascination in your life," you hear it again and again, and some will get motivated and decide to do it, and some decides not not to do it.It doesn't matter how many times you download Steven J.'s Stanford commencement address, you still look at it and decide not to do

It was a pleasure talking to you today and I'm really looking forward to your visit. Here is the link with directions to Teachers College. The main entrance is in Zankel Hall on 120th between Amsterdam and Broadway. Once you enter the building our offices are on the 2nd floor of the Grace Dodge building in room 271.

The year is 2017, and it is almost time for the Salem High School graduation. However, before the end of this enormous chapter in our lives, we have to plan the perfect senior trip. It has to be one that will be remembered for years to come! The senior class officers, Kali Jackson, Shawn Black, Philip Youngs, and Sidney Long, arrange a meeting for the entire senior class to discuss the most anticipated trip of our lives.

A place where children from grades two through eight can go and engage in fun activities such as dance, baseball, karate, and homework help is what the kids in Anaheim need. A place where children can go to “hangout” after school, do their homework and be mentored by high school teenagers, college students, and adults who have plenty of experience with working with children is extremely necessary in Anaheim. Luckily there is such a place; it’s Higher Ground Youth and Family Services. The youth in Anaheim need to stay far far away from the dangers of; gangs, drug use, juvenile hall and dropping out of school at young age. This program’s purpose is to help shape the futures of these children, help mentor them, and get them on the right path to success, whether that be going to a four year university, college, or simply just keeping them from getting into serious trouble.

I was able to obtain and review my school FCAT scores and components from the 2013-2014 school year. We have yet to receive our FSA breakdowns. The scores we received from the FSA was just 10th grade pass or fail. Reviewing the 2013-2014 FCAT scores and components reading produced the lowest scores for this particular school year. I must say that even though reading produced the lowest scores for that school year with an overall reading readiness component score of 85. This was 9-point increase from the previous year, which was a 76. This shows that our students are college ready and prepared to take both the SAT and the ACT test.

English class seemed to be the most dreadful to take within school. Writing essays for most of my grade in a class is not what I was looking forward too. When I entered college I knew that it would be one of many challenging classes I would have to take. Starting from the lowest English class to moving on up, the writing assignments became longer and more thought out. The time came when I got into this class that I knew more work was going to have to be put into essays and thus brought out what I had not seen before in my work progress.