12th Grade Graduation Speeches

If I were to imagine that I was writing a speech for my 12th grade graduation, I would think of a symbol that could represent my hard work and dedication throughout my whole school career. This symbol that I am using is a lion. This symbol also represents my graduation. This is because on your graduation day you have finally accomplished and defeated school. My symbol will also help you do this with good achievements and a good heart. One part of the symbol shows hard work, this part of it shows how you’ve strived to do great at school through thick and thin. All those nights of hard essays and reviews, that you struggled to stay awake for because it was 1:00 a.m. Those mornings that you just want to go back to bed and sleep till the next day. This is what the hard work part of my symbol shows. That even though sometimes you have troubles you just have to keep on pushing through them. …show more content…
What if you wanted to go to a friends house one night, but you have homework, what do you do? Of course you stay home and do the homework, this shows dedication. You have a ballgame at 8:00 p.m. but you also have a lot of homework to do that day as well. Even though your game would last till 10:00 p.m. you still have to have the dedication to stay up and do it. One might ask “why does this symbol mean so much to you?” Well If you have worked hard for 8 years straight to be the best in your grade I think you would want an award. Especially if you aren’t able to participate in athletic activities. Grades should mean a lot to everybody, what if you weren’t born into good possibilities? You would look to grades and school to get out of those kind of situations. Even if you were born into good possibilities that doesn’t give you an excuse to slack off because you still have to maintain a good grade to stay in school to get the honor to