Graduation Speech Essay

When I was younger, I would often return home to a familiar question: So, what did you learn today? My answer would always be "nothing" or "stuff." As I look back, I never lied, yet, I never told the whole truth. Many people think that you don't know anything with only 18 years of experience; I think they're wrong. I've learned a lot about myself and others from the relationships I have built throughout the years. I believe my most important lessons were "people" lessons. Those are the ones which could never be taught out of a book or in a lecture; you have to go out and experience them for yourself.

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

In previous years, at my high school, we were given the opportunity to be present in an elementary school classroom. For an hour each day, a group of us would ride to the elementary school to help out teachers that needed an extra hand in regards to maintaining their classroom, and allowing them focus more on their lessons instead of housekeeping responsibilities. Being surrounded by elementary age students for these few years really helped me develop deep love and passion for teaching young children. Life set me on a different career path as I attended Georgia Tech last year in pursue of a Business Degree. Throughout the year, as I sat in my business classes, doing my best to pay attention, but I could just tell that my heart was not into all that the business world had to offer. All along, I knew that my heart belonged in the classroom, and after careful consideration, I decided to transfer to the University of North Georgia at Dahlonega. Education 2130, was the first education class I had the opportunity to take, and it required 20 hours of field experience. My first collegiate field experience was nothing short of enlightening, and allowed me to immerse and expand my knowledge in the education world.

Edgar Allan Poe once said, "All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream."

I’d like to end this with a thank you. Thank you parents, staff, and friends, for contributing to our lives. We are forever

First of all, I would like to thank all of you for being here for us tonight. It truly is a great honor to be able to speak to you all. To the teachers, my parents, siblings and friends, you have my utmost gratitude. Your support has meant the world to me; from each of the teacher's stubborn effort to force knowledge into our thick heads, to my parents, who made sure to give me enough chores to make going to class the easier option. And to the many, invaluable friends I have made over the time I have attended this school, I will carry you in my heart and memories, as well as in the experiences that have shaped me as a person, with me as I move forward. But I would like to save a place of honor for someone special, who I wouldn’t be able to

That’s why I am speaking to you tonight, I want you to ground yourself in this moment… I want you to remember your achievements and your failures thus far. While neither define you, in in the end both will mold who you come to be. Be present tonight because, as with those evenings before it, it too will slip away. Too much of our lives are spent anticipating what is next, and not cherishing what is now. Class of 2016, this is your time… savor your hard work and be proud of yourselves because soon this ceremony will recede into the shadows of memory.

Good evening. I would first like to welcome the class of 2016, as well as all faculty, family, and friends. Thank you for this great honor of speaking on such an exceptional evening. Truly, today is no ordinary day. Today is a day of graduation, of success, of pride, of change, of great importance. The people we are sitting next to, whom we have sat next to in classrooms forever, may never sit next to us again. For the past few years, all we have had are each other. All we have had is this. We have managed to encompass our whole world within this one community. As we leave this ceremony tonight, I want each of us to leave this stage in celebration.

Good evening friends, family, members of staff, and fellow graduates. I would like to thank everyone for taking your time to come here tonight and celebrating this achievement we have worked eighteen years for.

Graduating is a major milestone in a person’s life. It opens up many new and exciting opportunities for some. With that said, I would like to thank my family, friends, and instructors for all their time and effort that they have put into assisting me in completing my education. It was a struggle to complete some assignments and maintain my good grades, yet I always knew that I was surrounded by people who would support and help me. It has been a long, yet short 4 years. The past 4 years were long because of all the long assignments, uninteresting readings, early morning projects, which of course led to an addition to coffee, and various late night projects, which led to lack of sleep the next day. It has been a short 4 years because of all

Distinguished guests, family, and graduating class, welcome. To not only my family, but the family of each graduate, thank you, for our success truly is your success.

I would like to thank everybody attending this afternoon, and indeed, it's a very special afternoon. Everybody here has made such a great impact to each of these proud graduates sitting here, including myself. Each one of you present today in this afternoon will share this momentous occasion to bear witness to this crucial point in our lives.

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.

This ceremony today marks the end to four nerve-wracking, diligent, years and the beginning of something which, although difficult to predict, is guaranteed to be at least the greatest adventure we as adults have embarked upon yet. The success, which we will confront and the many challenges, which lie ahead, will reflect upon the skills, we have acquired together.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great honour to be here. I would like to express my appreciation to all of my teachers, friends, and family members who helped to get to where I am right now: standing here in front of you.