Graduation Day Essay

Imagine being in high school at the age of sixteen. You have the choice of dropping out of high school legally at this age. Would you drop out of high school at this age? The drop-out rates in the United States is a well-known problem when it comes to teens. In the society, high school students, at age sixteen, are legally allowed to dropout. However, a few people argue that the age sixteen is too young for a student to dropout and dropping their education altogether. In this situation, everyone…

welcome to the commencement for the Class of 2017, Hanover High School’s 125th commencement. Graduation is an exciting time... both an ending and a beginning filled with warm memories of the past, and immense dreams for the future. Now the question becomes, should we reminisce about the past four years, or instead focus on the next stage in this journey called life? We’ve waited impatiently for this day for many years, and now, we just want to hit pause, slow down, and enjoy the last fleeting…

Wake-up, go to work, watch television, go to sleep. College students fear that life after school will be a routine and, David Wallace in his speech, “The 2005 Kenyon Commencement Address” (May 21, 2005), agrees that after entering the workforce life will be repetitive but argues to students that with their education they can look at life in a different perspective, with their education they would be able to understand the hardships others face and appreciate the more annoying routines. Wallace…

straightened his name tag which read, “Charlie Johnson: Senior Class President” and had a not so flattering picture of his days with braces in the top corner. He has been anxious about this event for a while now. Rumours have been circulating that Zack Goldson, Midwestern’s most successful alumni, will be attending the reunion. Nobody in Hickory has seen him since graduation, but then again it seemed that no one seemed to notice him while he was in High School. Zack was what most people would…

teenagers realize that adulthood can be frightening and difficult, not just exciting and fun. There should also be more programs available to teach teens how to do important things like paying taxes and budgeting. Though the months after high school graduation were exceptionally trying, I found out I can handle some tough situations and I learned a good deal of valuable life…

Life Changing Graduation “Are you ready for the world to come?” That was what I asked my sister when she was getting ready to graduate High school. Running through my head the thoughts and feelings were sad and happy but most of all it was the feeling and thought that I was going to miss my older sister. “Yeah I think I’m ready for what the world throws my way. I know I’m nervous about leaving and going to college though. Having to move away from you, mom, and dad is going to be the hardest…

commencement speech he gave to the graduating class of Stanford in 2005, Jobs constructed a brilliant collection of three stories that formed a cohesive mantra: try new things until you find what you love then pursue that passion, no matter what happens. Graduation speeches are meant to give advice to the newly graduated from personal experiences of the what the speaker has learned in their life. Jobs begins his by telling the crowd, of new college…

We would say, “8th Grade Graduation and JB still has four more years of high school left.” Onto high school for JB, with us as parents thinking he still has four more years left. Now looking at the whole picture the previous three years of high school went by in a blink of an eye, and JB’s Senior year went even faster. Here we are both JB and ourselves looking at time that flew by and cherishing our memories that we had, and counting the nearing days of his graduation, and accomplishment of…

come to you appalled to announce that slavery is once again a sickening reality and at this very moment, men, women and children are being exploited all over the world. Many would say that human trafficking, economic, and labor work is now the modern day slavery and is a problem in countries all over the world. And in their own right, they are. However, I am here to discuss a different kind of slavery. One that concerns oppression, stereotypes and discrimination. The difference between the kinds…

enough money? And why would I put myself in this predicament on purpose? Then I get mad at myself because I am blaming yours truly. You got to be kidding me!!!! (I say to myself). THE SADNESS BECOMES ANGER THE OTHER DAY When I went to the library to print out a social security document! I had to put all my information for S.S on one page because I could not pay the extra dime for the second page. Now, I am just tired and upset again "especially towards"…