My High School Graduation Speech

When many of us first entered high school we wished we had a skip button for that phase, but now, I wish there was a rewind button. I can’t believe that this high school journey has come to an end. We don’t need awards or trophies to prove we have something special with us. We are all blessed with talents and are worth congratulating. Along the journey of our school years, we have made many mistakes. Other than stealing someone’s boyfriend or girlfriend. Let’s just leave that. But facts are that our mistakes are just as important as our success. So let’s not aim to be perfect. Instead, it’s better to be flawed. So, thank you, parents and teachers, for allowing us to make errors. Thank you for molding us into the perfectly imperfect beings we are. I may not have learned from all the mistakes but they made me grow. I learned that giving a graduation speech may not be my best choice, 10 hours and 3 speeches later. But then again, I’m killing it right now. Teachers, thank you for the dedication you have committed for all us students and making us realize that being first-in-line isn’t a life or death situation. But more than anything thank you for understanding that our dogs can eat anything from our homework to assignments.

Entering high school as a freshman, we didn’t know who we were. What our real identity was. We would search for ourselves in the eyes of others. We’ve spent the last 17-18 years of our lives trying to find ourselves however, this isn’t something that you can Google. Well, you can Google it, but make sure that you turn on the safe search first. There is no telling what your results might be. I thank you for helping us find the answer to the question of who we are. Teachers, you cause every parcel of our earth to laugh while our whole sky has been crying. We all have scars, we all have broken pieces. But the beauty is when all of this comes together to create the real you. You are all about to open new chapters of your books. Shall we turn that page together? You are ready for whatever life dishes out. We are old enough to make our own decisions. Old enough to be an example for youngsters. Old enough to tackle whatever situations life throws at us.

We are the Class of 2020 and we will leave this world better than we found it. I never knew that one day I would be creating the last set of memories with my friends at spare. One day I would be eating lunch in the cafeteria for the last time. One day memories will fade away until I find an old picture that makes me think of one. One day I will be closing my locker and stepping out of high school for the very last time. One day I won’t be in high school because I will be ready to go. This is a universal truth we all have to face that nothing lasts forever. Nothing is eternal. As much as I like new beginnings I have always disliked endings. It’s hard to say goodbye to an atmosphere we are so comfortable with, but endings are inescapable. Like they say ‘leaves fall and you close the book’. I won’t miss coming to school early or the hallways in between class changes. But what I will miss, are the people. In 5 years from now, we don’t know where we will end up, because we don’t have control of our destiny, but we do have control over our fates. It’s sad to leave all this behind but it’s satisfying to know that more doors of opportunity have been opened.

I want to wish all of you, the Class of 2020, to pursue your dreams, and never be put down for things you think you can’t do. After leaving high school we will all set apart, and we don’t know if we might even meet. However, I’m glad to know that every one of you are capable of accomplishing anything you want. I don’t know where your life will take you but I’m sure it’ll be somewhere amazing.

High School Graduation Speech

Good evening my fellow classmates, teachers and administrators. My name is Hara Nekkanti, and I stand before you as a graduating student of Kleinburg Public School, and a resident of Kleinburg. No matter how much solace and gratitude is shown towards these teachers, staff and even my classmates, it will never be enough. Graduation is one of the most important parts in life because it fills up the empty chapter in my book of life, so it can stay with me forever as a memory and so much more. This evening is not only about graduation but, it is about recognizing accomplishments from the past and commencing further no matter how much the struggle.

Being accompanied by family undoubtedly helped me become the person I am today. Encouragement was one of the many nice things they have done for me. They have encouraged me to study harder when I did not want to, and push to the limit until my aspirations and dreams in life are reached. Kleinburg Public School is not an ordinary school, it is a school everybody dearly loves and is filled with years of memories. Although this was my first school year here, there is already many great memories that will be remembered. Being part of many clubs in this school, and being active on sports teams really shows how much love is shown towards this school. I would like to specially thank Ms.Anile for dealing with my nonsense throughout the year, and not sending me to the office when you should have. That’s where my next point comes in perseverance and respect. Perseverance and respect are the two things that have been learned by me to follow and use this whole year. One of my favorite quotes is “your time is limited so don’t waste it living someone else’s life” – Steve Jobs. This quote is followed by me because it relates to another quote “don’t be a follower be a leader”, which tells you to be what you want to be and create your own path not somebody else’s.

The art of listening and being inclusive are still two things that still need to be mastered by me. Listening is key for everything in class, outside class, sports and so on. For all the sport fans out there, if there was 5 seconds on the clock to hit a game winner, the coach would call timeout to tell you the play, but you would have to listen to facilitate that play. Even if you have no interest in what you learn, listening makes you the key to success in the future. There were always people yelling at each other about who gets the basketball court at recess, but if we all played together there would be no problem. That is one thing everybody needs to improve in their lives. We need to stop looking at each other as different people and view each other as one. We are all one and as long as we stay united, nothing can break us.

Last but not least, there is a lot of appreciation shown by me towards Ms.Anile, Mr.Herbert, Ms.Mischenko, Mr. Morandi, the custodians, staff and everybody else for bringing me joy this year. These honorable people helped me build on my mistakes and be a leader following my own path. There is also tons of appreciation toward to my friends by not changing me as a person and being true to yourself by being the people you are. Overall, this year was full of ups and less downs, and this year will never be forgotten in my life.

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