Speech On Farewell Speech

What I just recited was a selection from "Oh, The Places You'll Go!", a graduation speech as prepared by Dr. Seuss. I chose to recite this because its optimism toward beginning a new phase of life seemed to fit our class. It reminded me of our entrance into high school, when as freshmen, we blew away the students and staff at Stoks high School with our incredible enthusiasm and spirit. We didn't allow ourselves to be intimidated by the upperclassmen, or by our new surroundings. By the time we had completed our first Homecoming activities, coming in second place only to the seniors, we had established a certain respect, and it became evident that the Class of 2006 was capable of achieving greatness.

Thank you so much for the offer, but I had foreseen the results and accepted the outcome. The news definitely was still very disheartening, especially after all my time and dedication to Relay this past year.

First of all I would like to congratulate everyone of my fellow students on making past middle school. Wow! We made it to our graduation. Today, my speech will be about moving up since all of us are moving one step up to a crucial stage in our lives.

Fellow Class of 2016, we did it! I never imagined that this day would come as quickly as it did. It seemed like only weeks ago that I was just a freshman trying to figure out how exactly I could get to the fourth floor, because a senior told me in full confidence that that was where my class was, and being extremely confused and stupid when I found out that there was no such thing. Getting to this day has been a crazy trip for me. Honestly, I never thought that I would make it to this point; with a diploma in the rearview mirror and the opportunity to pursue whatever I wanted ahead of me. A big chunk of my family never made it past 10th grade, so I feel very blessed to be standing here among my fellow peers right now. My entire life had been influenced profoundly by choices I never made for myself, such as growing up the way I had, and being forced into Mr. Burrows’ engineering class, and visiting Haiti has led me to my latest assertion; that I would become an architect and join the Peace Corps. To truly understand why I made this decision I have to explain the “choices” that were previously mentioned.

Good evening to the class of 2017, people I have never met, teachers who only passed me because they wanted me to graduate, Yucaipa high staff that is being forced to be here to get a 2% raise in their salary, friends, aqontenses, and most importantly my family. I am so very honored to give this fine speech today. Now as you can probably tell already, my speech is going to be more on a humorous note, but everything I will say tonight say is very sincere and has a true meaning. So hopefully with a little bit of luck that I wont pass out from the fear of speaking in front of thousands of people tonight, lets make tonight a night to

The leadership of America shifted, and the future was uncertain. In his last speech to the American public, President Dwight E. Eisenhower delivered his Farewell Address with exigency but also with integrity- to present a speech that is unmatched in rhetorical brilliance. He uses his speech as a platform to warn but at the same time to comfort the Nation. Eisenhower thanks the media, but after gives congress his gratitude for their close relationship over the years, and then uses the remainder of his speech to warn his viewers of the dangers he sees in the present system.

Graduation can best be described as the most important time in somebody’s life or just an everyday event because they do not care about it. When I graduate from Copiah Academy on May 11, 2018. I hope it is a nice cool day, and when the morning sun comes out its beams down with pride. While I am getting ready for the big day and gathering other things for the night. I try to get everything ready before my friends come over before graduation. When they show up in their cap and gowns, I will probably start crying, because it means we are a few hours away from graduating high school.

Our graduation is our coming of age, our right of passage. As we walk across this stage we are writing the closing pages to our Chapter I and heading into the great unknown. It's kinda scary -- but hey, don't you cry, even though high school is over, the times we've shared and the friends we've made will never be lost. The clock is ticking, time is fleeting and nobody lives forever. But true friendship is something we can count on never dying. I hope wherever we go in life it will be happy and even if we all move to remote island countries we can all count on the memories and laugh at all the stupid things we did.

Graduation is an exciting time in a person’s life, especially a high school graduation. When I think of family and friends gathering together to celebrate a joyous occasion, I feel I accomplished my strongest goal. It never occurred to me that graduation would be the end of my youth and the start of adulthood. Graduating from high school was an influential event that gave me an altered outlook on my existence. Life before graduation, preparing for graduation day, and commencement day overwhelmed me for reality.

Standing in the hallway, alone with nothing but my memories, I do not feel alone. The halls may be empty as it is long after bell for dismissal, but memories flash all around me. The silence is filled with laughter from the recent lightsaber battle and the beating of the drums from the senior parade of instruments. The aroma of fresh baked cookies causes my mouth to water as the memory of baking cookies with National Honor Society flashes by. The white poster brings back the snowy day of sophomore semi-formal with the scent of sweaty teens packed in like sardines trying to watch an old lady dance with a fellow student filling my nostrils. My feet ache with remembrance of sprinting from gym class to

Hello, we would like to welcome and thank all of you for being here with us tonight to celebrate our high school graduation . It truly is an honor to be surrounded by so many significant people who have impacted our lives immensely throughout our highschool years. We would like to thank the wonderful people here tonight that we have the privilege to call our parents. Whether you are a mother a father, grandma or grandpa, or an aunt or an uncle; we are here, graduating today because of all of you.

On January 17, 1961 Eisenhower gave his farewell speech to the great people of the United States of America. Eisenhower had delivered this speech to the regards of the final days of him being president of the United States of America, after 2 terms in the White House it was now Eisenhower to part ways with this country and his services as being a leader of America, after committing a half century to our great nation. Not only did Eisenhower address the nation on his final days as president but to wish the president after him “Godspeed” (Eisenhower) and America peace and prosperity.

On May 25th, 1787, the Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia, with a primary goal of revising the Articles of Confederation. Following this significant convention, members of the first created Congress were elected in 1788 under the Constitution. They began their first session in March of 1789 in the nation’s temporary capital, New York City. With a widely known assumption of George Washington being the electoral college’s unanimous initial choice for the very first president, coincidently, he was. Washington issued the Proclamation of Neutrality, and later created a Farewell Address after his second term in office. Less than five years later, the Convention of 1800 took place. Out of these three historical moments, the Farewell Address is the most important contribution to American national interests.

The vibrant green grass swayed ever so slightly in the gentle breeze. I ripped my tattered blue bonnet from my head and let my wavy, brown hair swirl in the joyful wind. My nearly nine-year-old sister looked at me with the uttermost disgust on her face. I mustered out the largest smirk possible and directed it at her sunburned face. As I turned to gaze at the completely clear blue sky, I heard her small feet pounding the soft wet earth as she presumably went to report my behavior to Ma and Pa. I rolled my eyes and ambled over to our modest wood house to wish my final farewells. That day, May 1, 1841, to be exact, was the beginning of the end.

Delivering a commencement address is a great responsibility; or so I thought until I cast my mind back to my own graduation. The commencement speaker that day was the distinguished British philosopher Baroness Mary Warnock. Reflecting on her speech has helped me enormously in writing this one, because it turns out that I can’t remember a single word she said. This liberating discovery enables me to proceed without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you to abandon promising careers in business, the law or politics for the giddy delights of becoming a gay wizard.