Measuring Time In High School

As I stand before you tonight, I would like to recognize the many people that the Class of 2017 is grateful to have here with you all for your final high school gathering. It has been a long four years, but here you are, ready to graduate. You have worked hard to get to this point, but you could never have done it alone. You owe an enormous thank you to your parents and families, for their unconditional love and support; to the faculty and staff, the ones who educated and pushed you; and also to the community that has provided the perfect backdrop for you to grow and thrive. Because of these things, you are the people who made the biggest impact on their lives.
So, how do you measure the time you have spent in high school? In the beginning, you measured it in years, the next four looming ahead of you and seeming endlessly long. As the days and weeks passed, you measured it in semesters, growing from puzzled freshman to sophisticated sophomores. Junior and Senior year rolled around, you began to measure the remaining time in months, weeks, and all too soon, mere days. …show more content…
Your time in High School is just about to an end. Just know that when you look at your fellow classmates, you should measure your time spent here in a particularly special way. As you look back, the last thirteen years should become a happy blur of sleepovers, Homecoming games, band concerts, and homework…lots of homework. But if one day the high school memories begin to fade, just know that you only need to look back at the pictures to remember that the time will never be remembered by the time you spent in class, the semesters, or even the four years, but in the friendships and memories that you made along the way. I hope that all of you will always feel the