Graduation Speech -- Graduation Speech, Commencement Address

To the County High School Class of 2012 As you sit in front of me, I know what most of you are thinking at the moment. There are those who are already ponder slightly what life without high school will be same(p) those who are debating whether or not to tell your crush tonight about your whispers of adoration youve secretly held for four years some simply indispensability to get out of that ungodly chair, get that thing that isnt truly a diploma but exclusively if tells you when to pick up the thing, and thus be the first iodin on the green bus to the alumnus party you know who you are. And the rest, well, the rest arent even paying attention, youre thinking, Great, here comes one of the valedictorian speakers. Next up a tire speech straight out of the pits of scholarly hell. And its OK, I weart mind that sort of thing comes with the territory. But tonight, I regard that you give me a chance to break that stereotype so that I may address you in the full splendor that you deserve after(prenominal) 13 grueling years of work. I do not neediness to be known as your valedictorian as I refuse here, cmon guys, there is no time left to place labels on people anymore, instead I ask that you accept me as one of your peers and as a man who will enjoy becoming a graduate alongside you. Over the last three days Ive been through two drafts of this speech, one traffic with the future and the other dealing with the past. I had the usual we are entering a new chapter in our lives spiel, and then, because everyone pressured me to make it funny, I followed this with some witticisms on flatulence and going to fall back and then going to jail for flatulence and then flatulence internal a jail with a guy named Red. Needless to say, I ditched those speeches. 24 ho... ...e that comes from the reflective mood of the evening. Enjoy the silence while you can for it is anticlimax you werent expecting after you finished LHS. Capture the silence as an cheek of tast e. Remember it. Finally, take a deep breath, and smile at that marvellous smell the aroma of relief. After years of following the path of humanity schooling, I invite you to welcome the liberation that comes from graduation. This sugary aroma only comes once in a lifetime. Capture it with your sense of smell. Remember it in the years to come. As our time together draws to a close, I go away LHS with no further anecdotes of wisdom or quotes dealing with success only the sincere hope that you immersed yourself in the essence of commencement. Everybody, well all be graduates by the time we leave tonight. Lets enjoy it. Congratulations to the lee side High School Class of 2006.