AN EXAMPLE OF A HIGH SCHOOL SALUTATORY ADDRESS Welcome all family members‚ faculty‚ staff‚ distinguished guests‚ and most importantly‚ my fellow graduates. When I was asked to write a graduation speech for an audience of over 5‚000 people‚ I immediately made up my mind not to do it. When tag-teamed by a collection of teachers and faculty members‚ I asked‚ seriously‚ "What happens if I just don’t do it?" Dropping out of school crossed my mind‚ as did asking all of my teachers to fail me. You see
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Fixing an Epidemic: American Dropout Rates In the United States there are tons of problems affecting our youth‚ one very prevalent issue affecting the American youth for a long time has been the very high rates of school dropouts. According to DoSomething.org‚ a non-profit helping raise awareness on various issues affecting young people‚ there is one student who decides to give up on school every 29 seconds. This calculates to approximately 1‚000‚000 American dropouts a year‚ 7‚000 a day (DoSomething)
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. 1 Course Name: JROTC‚ A Character and Leadership Development Program JROTC Cadet Creed I am an Army Junior ROTC Cadet. I will always conduct myself to bring credit to my family‚ country‚ school and the Corps of Cadets. I am loyal and patriotic. I am the future of the United States of America. I do not lie‚ cheat or steal and will always be accountable for my actions and deeds. I will always practice good citizenship and patriotism.
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Moving in High School I’ve seen plenty of movies where the main character changes high schools and finds instant popularity‚ romance‚ and overall success. Still‚ the thought of moving and starting over at a new school sent chills down my spine. And to my surprise‚ that’s exactly what happened. My mom had been laid off for over a year and had finally found a job in a town about 45 minutes away from our home. It all happened so fast. I was about to become a senior in high school. I was so disappointed
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student who was being bullied. This incident happened during my junior year of high school. It was in HOPE class which is basically gym class‚ but my school doesn’t have a gym so we had to exercise outside in the field. Every three weeks we started a new segment on a different sport. The incident occurred during our segment on soccer. There was this obnoxious student named Nick‚ who played soccer competitively outside of school. He was very serious about the sport‚ while the rest of us were just trying
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Each teacher can recount numerous highs and lows in their teaching career. Personally‚ I experienced many great moments while teaching. These were days when I ended so happy and enthusiastic that I knew I had selected the right profession. On the other hand‚ I had days where I definitely questioned teaching as a career. These were days where the students seemed uninterested‚ too talkative‚ or even worse a blow up occurred and nothing got accomplished. Thankfully the average combined with the positive
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The Problem at Shepherd High School In schools today‚ we face many problems as students: having free will‚ being rebellious‚ and expressing ourselves. There are a vast amount of different problems and we all deal with them differently in school. A problem at Shepherd High School is the open campus lunch rule. During lunch‚ driving should be allowed. Having the ability to drive during lunch can benefit for more business in the Shepherd community from all the the students’ purchases. Also‚ the time
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tendency to define kids in High School. Cliques are small group of people who share similar interests and opinions‚ who spend time or hang out together‚ and usually do not allow others to join their group. To me cliques are very interesting. Cliques in Spring Lake. If you were to compare Spring Lake school district to other school districts it would appear that the kids at Spring Lake are the “rich kids”. However‚ Spring Lake is no different than any other schools. The school has several different cliques
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know that at that time. I was a small kid at the time and I didn’t know what my mom was doing when I went into another class in the middle of the school year. I was excited‚ scared‚ and also sad that I was going to leave all of my friends. This event in my life did change my life forever because‚ I am able to go to college early and graduate high school early so that I have more time to figure out what I am going to do with my life. Also I am going to be able to start a career early‚ and start growing
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Fitting in isn’t unique‚ it’s blending in with everyone around you. When you fit in you are like a blank page in the showing world. You want you and your animal to look professional and to look like a bright yet dark color on the blank page. One day at school in fourth grade my teacher passed a yellow piece of paper out to everyone in the class. It was a 4H paper‚ I filled it out and tried to persuade my mom into letting me join. For two years I tried to get in‚ but we didn’t have time. My little brother
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