Graduation Speech -- Graduation Speech, Commencement Address

Are you ready for the real world? Will I am ready, and I want to help you out. ... I want to pump you up Tonight marks a turning point in our lives as young adults. This milestone of graduating with a high school education has jazz at last. And yet, experienceledge does not exist solely in critical facts, but more so in the relationships and friendships that we have forged along the way. Albert Schweitzer once said, At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to turn over with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. As I play at the graduating class of 2012 I am reminded of the unique gifts severally one of us has to offer the world. We ar artists, poets, playwrights, comedians, singers, musicians and ath permites. We are dreamers, believers, thinkers and doers. We are strong-minded, determined, truth-seeking, indefatigable and compassionate. But who showed us the way along our journey, and how do we know if we are staying the course? Family has and always will be one of the most primary(prenominal) things in our lives. Look around this gymnasium and take in the have it off and support that our parents, friends, teachers and administrators are showing for us by sharing with us this special night. Here at Young, parents and teachers have had an unspoken agreement of roast custody for years. Whether that be tucking us into our bed at night or tucking us into our desk in the morning. We will never forget the words of encouragement. I will always remember Mr. Ganns You miss school, you miss out, or Mr. Fellows insufficiency of planning on your part does not necessarily constitute an emergency on my part. I dont have to think hard to remember the emotional state of freshly baked hoagie bread on Wednes... ...ge. Do you know that you are very strong? The next page is the end of this book, and in that location is a Monster at the end of this book. Oh, I am so scared Please d o not turn the page. Please, please, please. Well look at that This is the end of the book, and the only one here is . . . me. I, lovable, furry gray-headed Grover, am the Monster at the end of this book. And you were so scared I told you and told you there was nothing to be afraid of. Oh, I am so embarrassed ... All of us are like Grover, in that we could let our fears take hold to inhibit us and keep us from acquiring what we truly want. But it isnt until we truly realize that sometimes, in order to grammatical case our fears, it can be as easy as turning a page. Having the courage to be the person you are and want to be. And so I would like to congratulate the graduating class of 2003, and I thank you for all the memories.