Graduation Speech: Worker Bees

Worker bees waggle dance to share information crucial to their survival, I write words on paper to share details precious to my memory. This is what I’d like to do as a part of the University of Virginia, to breathe in its wonders and share them with the world through my words.

Living in Beijing, I’ve had no shortage of inspirations-- I’ve typed down essays about chewable air that makes home in peoples’ lungs, beaming white classroom walls that remind me so much of hospital surroundings, and the powerful sensation of pressure imposed by both the school and family.

It would be wonderful to write about blue skies and green grass on campus for a change. I want to list down the pleasant conversations held on crisp lawns, I want to describe the magnificence of the towering Rotunda, and I want to demonstrate the overwhelming influence of liberal freedom still roaming strong since the very early days of construction by the all mighty Thomas Jefferson. …show more content…
With no queen bee potential to count, I wish to play the part of a simple worker bee, to document and represent to others the beauties of a college that has stood tall for three hundred magnificent