Graduation Essay

Greetings, Class of 2023. Today, we get to celebrate the culmination of our thirteen years of hard work in school with graduation, and I have been asked to deliver this year’s commencement speech. I would like to thank all of the people that have brought us here: family members, teachers, principals, and people who would go out of their way to encourage us to keep trying hard even in the midst of failure. Without you, we would not be standing on this stage today. I would like to…

the principal’s office, which was nothing new for me at all. This time, my parents were there, and I just knew this is not good. I was thinking maybe for once I will get suspended or even worse get expelled from school days before my high school graduation. It was an odd situation, and I did not know what to expect, especially knowing I got put out of my art class that same day. I looked at my parents, and they were smiling and my principal was trying to hold back a smile, too. Of course, my…

___________________ Ariel’s POV FUCK YEAH!! It’s the last day for classes then all next week we practice our graduation ceremony 2 hrs out of each day until... OUR GRADUATIOOOOOON!!!! I’m so excited to finally get out of this Hellhole. But before that we have to start the last day… I wake up my queen bed and look at beautiful sunrise mural that I painted myself. It took forever but I managed, after I stare at it for a minute my alarm goes off and I check my phone it read 6:00 am, “Woke up…

Title: Graduation Rates General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about Graduation Rates Central Idea: Graduation Rates for students at a 4-year institution, Race/Ethnicity based on graduation rate, and College dropouts. Introduction I. Attention Getter (Hook): What if I told you that only 5% of this class will graduate in 4 years. II. Reveal Topic/Audience Connection: I have done extensive research and came up with the result that Graduation Rates are…

remember after my graduation ceremony my mom asked “So what now?” It was a question that I dreaded hearing because I did not want to go to college right after high school. I wanted to wait a year. And against all of my family’s better judgement I told my mom I was just going to relax. I had a plan. I was going to succeed with what everybody said I wouldn’t. I will come out victorious. I started the summer like a normal high school graduate. Bonfires, beaches, and a part time job. Then slowly…

Name: Lonnie Young III Topic: High School Graduation Speech General Purpose: To inform and persuade the audience to become better public speakers. Specific Purpose: The purpose of this speech is to not only to persuade the audience, but to inform them with my experiences giving a Salutatorian speech during my senior year of high school. This will help the audience gain an understanding of how strenuous and inspirational delivering a speech at a public place can be. Thesis…

During the Christmas season, I was invited by the Texas Accolade Sports Academy to congratulate the senior players throughout the state on graduating high school, and for living up to their dreams of playing in a prestigious college. The auditorium was filled with students from different cities, all joyful and anxious to receive their medals of honor for their achievements. I was assigned to give a motivating speech on aspirations to the swarm of individuals seated around me, but I didn’t…

I never thought graduation would be such a big deal. I seen my older sister go through it and everyone was so happy for her, it was a big deal. At the time I didn 't think much of it, I never thought I would see the day. But the 4 years in high school went by in a blink of an eye. My mom was very emotional as was my dad. Mostly because they were involved in my very unique journey through high school. I didn 't go to the traditional High School, I went to a new start up High School, Central Coast…

Hey everybody how are you guys doing today. Wow graduation already! anyways I just want to talk about how amazing the school year has been, but I just want to tell you guys what my “symbol” would be. I want to know yours too. But I believe my symbol would be the Call of Duty Black Ops Raygun. The reasons for the raygun being my symbol is that 1. It's always going to be there when you’re in trouble, 2. The raygun can be unpredictable sometimes, 3. You’ll get in trouble sometimes because of it.…

sacrifice done by their parents has been worth it, have proven the statistics wrong, and have inspired other siblings to accomplish their dreams. Graduation is the event many, if not all, first generation students keep on their back of their minds as one of the milestones they must accomplish as they complete their undergraduate careers. However, reaching graduation is not an easy task for any first-generation student. It comes with many obstacles that sometimes appear to be almost impossible to…