Graduation Speech: Castro Valley High School's Trojans

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What does our past contain? It has an experience, a memory, and we're all given just one. It's breathtaking, unique, and customized to be personal to everyone. No two are the same, and more than often, are vastly different. But no matter how diverse we are, we dedicate four years of our life here together as students. Our different perspectives are molded and shaped under the same roof of our school. Castro Valley High School's Trojans’ dreams and ambitions might be all different, but if one thing unites us all, it’s our intuition, drive, and pride. Our Trojans are our school's best asset. They are the endless flowing blood of our school that keeps our campus buzzing, moving, and alive. Thousands of stories mingle and change one another everyday,

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