Graduation Speech: I Am A Spanish III Student

I have been going to school since I was four years old and, that means that I have been attending school twenty to twenty two years, including kindergarten, middle school, high school and now college. As every student, I had my ups and downs in school; I had some failures and some successes. One of the failures that affected me the most and that I will always remember was the time that I was in high school during my junior year. I failed almost all my classes and, I only passed two classes and with a C. In the other hand I had some really good success. The most recent one and the one that I am still happy about is getting my Family Development Credential. We learn from our mistakes and also from our successes, these two times in my life

Welcome, I am honored, as a young first generation Latina, to be speaking in front of you. Although there are stereotypes toward young Latina woman such as myself, I knew that anything was possible which brings me here today. I am not here to talk about myself but rather the future especially our future. A future where I envision that technology has advanced extremely but fear that our human interaction and compassion will be decreasing.

However, one day in Spanish class as I sat in class and watched the teacher pass out a vocabulary quiz, something happened that changed my life. When I received my quiz, I stared blankly at it and took notice of the unfamiliar words. I had not studied for it, of course. As I noticed the other students eagerly beginning to write, a thought crossed my head, “why do I have to be like this? Why should I let a couple of individuals ruin my life, and why should that hold me back from succeeding?” I didn’t have an answer. I soon realized that it was my fault for letting the bullies get

I had a great time today with the children and I am very proud of their progress this year. I hope they can keep practicing their Spanish during Summer break. Depending of the number of students registered I will keep teaching this advance class next year.

A few weeks ago, I was assigned to give a speech in my communications class about my background. After giving my speech, my professor excitedly approached me and said “wow, that was very inspirational. When I saw you, I thought you were just a privileged, pretty boy whose parents worked in the tech industry.” Believe it or not, this is not the first time I have gotten this reaction.

First I want to thank you for contacting me as humbly requested by my friend, I was very surprised to hear from you but then I am also very grateful that you contacted me. I am 6"1, Irish/English by birth , 55 years of age,  raised in England. I came to the United States a year ago to help a British construction company set up a branch but due to some internal issues between the board of directors in England they had to shut down the company just before it even started so I decided to remain in the United States and started working as an independent Contractor. Currently I am in South Africa busy with a project and after completion of the project I will be back to the U.S in 4 weeks time.  Summerville, SC is home for me when I get back to the states.

On the first day, I cannot speak any English at all. I felt very uncomfortable sitting in the class, listening to everybody talking without saying any single word. Later on, I got home, and I was very disappointed in myself. I could have just given up, but I didn’t. I kept on studying very hard, and as the time went by, those hard works paid off. I improved, and I can finally speak with everybody. If I have never face the situation like this, I might have given up on everything that’s hard. Furthermore, I wouldn’t have realized how big this world is and how hard is it to try, and just keep being the same old negative person. When we are facing new vocabulary words from the book we’re reading, if we are not practicing how to use and pronounce it, our English will always be on the same level. Like me, without this situation, I wouldn’t have changed and keep believing in something that was

“Are you sure this is the one you’d like?” my father asked me. Little did I know how much happiness this saxophone would bring me. I still remember walking into the sweltering upper school cafeteria awaiting to choose the instrument of my choosing. I saw all of the new, shiny instruments but only one instrument jumped out to me, the alto saxophone. It might be all of the pearly, white buttons or the shiny, metallic gold finish but this instrument was for me. As soon as I laid my eyes on it I knew I had to have it. How was I supposed to know that in the coming years, I would grow as a person and develop into a tenor saxophone player for MHS?

I'm Gilberto Rodriguez and I graduated from Latino Youth HS where I was apart of the YS3 program.

Going to school was a different adventure everyday. My first day of Kindergarten, I sat in the front of the classroom admiring the colorful posters on the wall, and the fresh smell of new books. I was intimidated by all of the new faces. Each word that came out of my classmate’s mouth made my head spin. I could feel my heart accelerating and my palms sweating. As my teacher began speaking, the kids began saying some words, which sounded only like noises to me. A few seconds later, a teacher began speaking to me in spanish, explaining to me that I needed to be integrated in a bilingual class instead; her words . Lacking the ability to speak english became a great obstacle during the first years of school, so I began obsessively studying day and night, reading books, watching videos. Although the process was irritating, eventually, I was able to have a fluent conversation with my classmates. As I spoke, I felt accomplished knowing how far I had

Every accomplishment, small or large, comes from the motivation one has to succeed in their goals. Motivation is not always present in the classroom, for example in Mrs. Garcia’s classroom at Milby High School. For me, knowing Spanish was a given since most of my family speaks it. Although this is the case, I never used Spanish with them because they can understand English. For this reason, I only knew the basics and couldn’t hold a conversation with it. My parents always wanted me to learn more Spanish and perfect it in order to have a better future. I never saw the point of it until I was placed Mrs. Garcia’s Spanish level 1 class. The first days of class I had zero motivation into learning Spanish but as the weeks passed

This year I will turn seventeen. My god I need to start living before it's too late. I want to be a freshman again. If i’m honest I want to be a sixth grader again. I hate growing up. I don't like freedom. Most people surrounding me are excited that they are going to be an adult soon. Most people surrounding me want graduation to come quicker. Most people surrounding me can't wait to get space from their parents. It seems that I just don't have the same perspective as others. I wish to go back and redo my past not to change it but to make it last. My youth is withering away. This year it occurred to me that I can't stay a child

Hello Felix, In your comments you highlighted an area and told me that it wasn't academic or professional language and tone. However, I am Puerto Rican from that era of hip hop and blacks used to call us Goya Beans. So, this has nothing to do with professional language and tone this is my reality. You also told me to use a citation with Bob Marley and my question to you is how do I site something that is coming straight from my mind?

High school is supposed to be the place where you have fun and a time in your life you’re supposed to enjoy. Movies often trick you into believing that high school is an amazing time in your life and there is nothing but parties and fun. In Bring it on, they portrayed the fun and exciting part of high school cheer-leading, however they intentionally leave out the tough times high school students’ face in school and in their practices. In other popular movies, such as High School Musical the students have no pressures other than the next basketball game. In reality, this doesn 't happen. The constant pressure is affected by the grade level you are in. In high school, students can be classified based on the pressures that are faced in each grade level into the categories of freshman, sophomores/juniors, and seniors. I am here to help you make your high school experience less stressful.

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.