Graduation Speech: No Day But Today -- Graduation Speech, Commencement

Mrs. Meke told me never to uprise a paper with a dictionary definition, exactly it only seemed commensurate to site Merriam Webster today. Graduation is the act of acceptance of an academic degree or diploma. Never consume Merriam and Webster been much off their mark. Graduation is much more than a simple ceremony, it is the culmination of 12 geezerhood of work, friendships, and the little moments that thus far make us smile. High school was more than its name leads you to believe. It wasnt rightful(prenominal) school, it taught us a whole lot more than how to print a good essay, who laid the foundation for communism, and why we all should shun geometry proofs. High School taught us about love, life, work ethic, and how to be a person of substance, all of which tycoon be more important than penetrative what started World War I. Before we can move on, we must reflect. These have been four pertinacious years. We will cherish the good moments we have had here, games, dances , pith days, lunches, musicals, field trips, and other countless extra curricular activities. When we look confirm with our rosy retrospective, these are the moments we will remember, besides in 20 years who really is going to remember how much stress their freshman bio trial caused them. We all came in this school to fillher. We were a mixture of nervous, excited, and scared because this was an holy new world for us. Sure we may have been scared by the size of the building or we might have gotten lost on our first day, by the end of our four years, we had it all figured out. Its just our luck, the year we figure out the quickest way to each class, which sign has the coldest drinking fountain, and what is actually edible in the cafeteria, it is the year we have to kick in and start this all over ag... ...lieve it or not, they really do care. They might show it by simply asking how your day was, coming in early or staying late to help you, holding a gm reviews before the A.P. test, or letting you turn in your paper a few days late because you have had a lot on your plate and needed a little slack. There are numerous of you teachers here to whom we owe unending thanks and gratitude. It would simply take to long to list all of you individually and why we are thankful, but I wanted to let you know you make me and so many others chivalrous to be your students. Not only have you taught us millions of facts, events, and formulas, you have taught us about ourselves. There is an old Chinese Proverb that says, Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. Well, you can let go of my plenty today I am ready to enter that door. It doesnt get much simpler than that.