8th Grade Graduation Speech

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8th Grade Graduation
As we sit here today, eagerly waiting to graduate, let’s ask ourselves one simple question. Where would we all have been without teachers today? It’s not just teachers though, it’s the friends we made; the experiences and knowledge that we all gained throughout elementary and middle school too. Even though we are all graduating middle school today, I think I can speak on behalf of my classmates when saying that we all learned so much already. To my teachers, friends, and parents, I have learned so much all of you. It doesn’t matter that you came to C2E in kindergarten or if you came in 7th grade. All of us at C2E are one big, inseparable family; regardless of how long we have known each other.
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The first day of school is always scary for anyone new; especially kindergarteners. The first day is always full of crying and “I don’t want to go!”. Although I didn’t cry on the first day of school, there were some days that I just randomly decided I didn’t want to go to school. Like the middle of the school year, when I didn’t want to leave my mom. I was crying and crying, until Mrs. Parker took me inside and made me feel better. Though this was 8 years ago, I still remember this memory really well. Fast forward to the end of elementary school, 5th grade. 5th grade is like that awkward year between elementary and middle school, but some of my favorite memories happened in 5th grade. Mrs. Parsons’ made new things everyday. For example, Mrs. Parsons’ gave us poop on a stick. Don’t worry! It’s only frosting on a popsicle stick! She also scared almost everyone on Halloween, but we got her back on Aprils Fools Day. Then 6th grade came around and Sam and I were put in a 8th grade social studies class. There is a quote by Alexander Trenfor who describes, “The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don’t tell you what to see.” A special thanks to Mrs. Shaffer who helped and guided us, yet pushed us to achieve more than we thought we

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