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Hello. Tonight, we celebrate all of our accomplishments-- academic, athletic, artistic, and civic-- that we have achieved in the past four years. However, to properly appreciate all of our efforts, I feel it appropriate to reflect on some of the more interesting happenings of that same time interval. Therefore, this speech will summarize each of the past four years, each in a single word.
The first year of our high school career can be summed up in the word “bedlam”, which is defined by the Cambridge dictionary as “complete disorder and confusion”. During freshman year, we confronted a lot of confusing issues, asking ourselves, where is my next class? Who are all of these people? What clubs …show more content…
In fact, every time I asked anyone about something to include in this speech, I was met with blank looks. Therefore, the word I chose to describe sophomore year is omit, which is defined by Oxford Dictionary as “left out or excluded, either intentionally or forgetfully”. Whether we intentionally blocked out our memories of sophomore year due to administrative limbo (our then-vice principal left at the end of that year) or some other outside force (aliens?), or did so forgetfully due to a lack of any major event, those are two semesters that have apparently been omitted from our collective …show more content…
I think (and some of you will probably agree) that this year was mostly characterized by a concept known as nihilism. This is defined by Merriam-Webster to be “a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless.” Our senior year was not marked by confusion, forgetfulness, or acceptance; we rather asked ourselves, why was this homework even assigned? If I fail this test, can I still pass this class? How many more days of school do I have to go to before I can graduate? Don’t get me wrong, senioritis is hardly a reflection on a teacher, a class, or even an assignment; but by the growing feeling that soon, we’re going to be able to go on to something even better- and until we get there, everything feels sort of
Hello. Tonight, we celebrate all of our accomplishments-- academic, athletic, artistic, and civic-- that we have achieved in the past four years. However, to properly appreciate all of our efforts, I feel it appropriate to reflect on some of the more interesting happenings of that same time interval. Therefore, this speech will summarize each of the past four years, each in a single word.
The first year of our high school career can be summed up in the word “bedlam”, which is defined by the Cambridge dictionary as “complete disorder and confusion”. During freshman year, we confronted a lot of confusing issues, asking ourselves, where is my next class? Who are all of these people? What clubs …show more content…
In fact, every time I asked anyone about something to include in this speech, I was met with blank looks. Therefore, the word I chose to describe sophomore year is omit, which is defined by Oxford Dictionary as “left out or excluded, either intentionally or forgetfully”. Whether we intentionally blocked out our memories of sophomore year due to administrative limbo (our then-vice principal left at the end of that year) or some other outside force (aliens?), or did so forgetfully due to a lack of any major event, those are two semesters that have apparently been omitted from our collective …show more content…
I think (and some of you will probably agree) that this year was mostly characterized by a concept known as nihilism. This is defined by Merriam-Webster to be “a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless.” Our senior year was not marked by confusion, forgetfulness, or acceptance; we rather asked ourselves, why was this homework even assigned? If I fail this test, can I still pass this class? How many more days of school do I have to go to before I can graduate? Don’t get me wrong, senioritis is hardly a reflection on a teacher, a class, or even an assignment; but by the growing feeling that soon, we’re going to be able to go on to something even better- and until we get there, everything feels sort of