Graduation Speech Essay

WOW! So much has happened since June. The SV FFA and ag department had a rough start to our year losing three of our students who were on the FFA officer team to other schools. Even with this bump in the road, the four officers that remained visited Mt. Shasta City and had a blast bonding and learning more about each other at their officer retreat in August. Once school started we found three new officers and attended COLC (Chapter Officer Leadership Conference) where the entire team learned about their diverse leadership styles and were able to bond together as the official Surprise Valley FFA Chapter Officer Team for the 2017-2018 school year. If you see them around, congratulate President Cindy Hinze, V.P. Maddison Seely, Secretary Maya

“Education means emancipation”, a quote by Frederick Douglas, a leader to many, in order to inspire those lost and without hope of continuing their education, and finally uplift them and illuminated their path to a road lit with knowledge and excellence. The same determination has been inscribed to many parents in this country, so they can guide their own children to this road. Their sacrifices were great ones, especially if their children are first generation college students. For many, education is not only a direction to achieve excellence, but a form of gratitude to those who have sacrificed a lot. It is important to inspire future leaders today, in order to build a better tomorrow.

Yet even with these realizations that delve into the deeper meaning of education, modern education is still calling for simple measurable outcomes and continues to be geared towards specific employment ideas. This model of education is blatantly inadequate though. Many students today will end up holding jobs not yet invented in fields not yet discovered, so the teaching of answers to today’s questions is utterly useless. Albert Einstein once said, “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” and this statement reigns true throughout time. To continue academic success, the education system needs to impart a mastery of one’s own mind that allows students to not only answer current questions but also to pose questions that will shape the future world.

Some people might like education, others might dread it and really don’t see a reason to continue learning about it. Today, for teachers and professors it’s easy to them to tell how the education they teach is effective for an individual student. As we know, education is being taught at school, home, and a little of both. For America today, most children attend preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle school, high school, and college. Depending on the pupil's career choice, it can take up to 20 or more years completing their schooling system, Usually, during the middle and or high school years in America, professors teach you valid things pupils will be using in life.

In America education is becoming more competitive: Nursing, Business, Makeup Artist, Choreographers in this fields it’s getting harder to find jobs. In this competitive fields colleague graduates are force to be constantly aware of what everyone is doing. Students invest their time, dedication, money in education for a better financial future and feel the pride that a person did well in life. As a person reads throughout the essay a person will be learning about the role of education in society and individuals’ lives.

“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people that are prepared for today.” These heartfelt words were spoken by the civil rights activist Malcolm X who believed that people should never stop learning. I’m very much like him in that way. I believe that everybody should have the right to a fair education. I certainly enjoy learning at my current school, Julia R. Masterman. Masterman has taught me many things that I never thought I would learn. In this essay I will discuss how my education, so far, has impacted my life through improving social skills, rigorous academics and has increased my sense of independence.

Proper education can bring a person something that is known as educational power. Power in an individual’s life that can lead them to eliminate guessing because they now know. That person can now serve and understand

With maturity comes wisdom, and the importance of education becomes more clear as I look to further my academic career. Understanding the need for dedication in school has allowed me to recognize the great impact the same drive in every aspect of my life will have on my future. It is often thrown upon students to study and turn assignments in: students are taught to jump through hoops to earn. As I continue to mature, However, I have realized that there is more to an education than a grade. In fact, the immense number of factors that can go into or come out of academics has greatly impacted the person I have become. For example, I feel as though it is essential to know that I am more than a grade. I am more than a score. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. perceived and portrayed this idea in his famous quote. He helped pave the way for greatness through education by driving his success through thinking critically having the character to reach his goal of a true education.

In conclusion, I cherish an exceptional education and the opportunity for a triumphant future. I believe that we should take advantage of the fantastic schools that we are able to attend because at one time we couldn't. We should strive for excellence and work to obtain a finer

Knowing the struggles my ancestors have prevailed upon to provide me the opportunity to pursue my dreams is humbling. They’ve taught me that education is power. I was able to understand its magnitude by becoming an English teacher to students from a local underprivileged public school. I had been capable of reminding them that they are entitled to dream, simply by giving them the knowledge and opportunity to think outside of the box. As I move on to college, I hope to continue to empower individuals through education, providing them the opportunity that my great-grandmother wished for but did not have. Despite the tumultuous path to accepting and understanding myself, I know that college will be another colorful fragment to the patchwork of my

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

What’s the most transformative educational experience you’ve had?’” Frank Bruni presents this opening question in his New York Times “Op-Ed” piece. Bruni reflects on where such an experience fit in the current national conversations about higher education, with its focus on job preparation and the starting salaries. In education the most important reason is the growth. What has been valuable to you in education? This question has many answers to it but growth is the important one. Education has a huge value for a entire development of an individual. The person becomes knowledgeable and knows most things. Education assures that one would be able to earn a living.

Hence, I intend to maximize my college experience as I travel down this new path in life. This road won’t be without challenges, however I am confident that it will be favorable to all aspects of my life. I expect to apply all lessons I will learn in hopes of becoming an outstanding individual. As Henry Ford once stated, “If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and

Well, this is it, the day all of us have been waiting for has finally arrived. It seems like only yesterday we were picking our noses and flicking them at innocent bystanders or yelling childish phrases like, "Liar, liar, pants on fire!" or, wait, that was yesterday. Never mind. Anyways.

Throughout my academic career every academic personnel I have ever encountered has always said, in some version, “The more education you obtain the more money, experiences and opportunities you will be able to receive within your lifetime.” These words of wisdom have propelled me to gain as much education as I can, while sharing all the knowledge that I have obtained with others. As I progressed through my education I have seen this wisdom to be true. By furthering my education, I have been able to meet people from all walks of life and careers, I have been able to travel all throughout Europe and see the places that I had only been able to learn and see within the pages of my textbooks, and I have been able to learn and understand some of the most complex issues that continue to plague society. Being a witness to the benefits that education has brought me to be someone that helps others obtain the benefits of education.