Graduation Speech

To our beloved principal, _____________________; to our highly competent and deeply motivated teachers and staff; other officials who are present in this occasion; to the proud and loving parents; and to the very important people – the stars of today’s occasion, our dear graduates, ladies and gentlemen, a pleasant morning. I want to start by congratulating the class of 2012 on your great success! I am both honored and flattered to have been asked to speak for his wonderful occasion. Not so long ago, I was sitting exactly where you are right now and having an inspirational talk from a guest speaker back then. I never imagined myself addressing you for your graduation day. Dear graduates, you should thank your parents for sending you to a school like Jimenez National Comprehensive High School where you are molded with great values and knowledge. You should also thank your teachers for imparting to you their knowledge and for taking the responsibility of a second parent in school where they teach you what is right and wrong. You should consider that what you have learned for years of studying is a great power. It is a rich and unique possession that cannot be stolen from you. Treasure everything that you have learned from this school because it would be very helpful. A few months from now, you will be enrolling to college. Some of you may enroll to a four year degree courses and others to some vocational courses but one thing you should remember that what you have learned from this school is a tool and a great foundation for life ahead. From what I have heard from all the graduation speeches, the speakers would say, “Graduation day is not the end, but the beginning of a more exciting life ahead”. Indeed, life’s getting more exciting, thrilling and breathtaking. And I am one of the living proofs of it. Let me tell you some of my happy and sorrowful experiences.