Graduation

The Party I’ve Never Dreamed Of “Don’t forget to put up the flyers I gave you guys!” Benton Harbor is such a small city that I basically knew everyone, and I wanted everybody to help me celebrate my high school graduation. Not only were my schoolmates invited to my party, but also the whole community because my open house and after party were going to be the biggest events of the year. Mine wasn’t an ordinary graduation party because we were having an after party too with catered food and live hip hop performances. My boyfriend was even going to rap a song about me. I was so excited, and I just knew everything would be a success. Each year on my birthday, I begged to have a big party, but my mom always said to wait. I didn’t understand…

old I run away from home at the age of 13 just to become pregnant at the age of 14. I lost my first baby that was horrible for me, but I was able to turn the table, but it took guts and grits. Then I moved to Tennessee to go lived with my dad, so when hope is lost keep trying because things are going to get better and better ` My second story is going to be about my “college and my debuts” I began to excel in school I started to do well on my speeches my debates,…

what decisions that were made for him. I told him he didn't have a choice in the matter and his mom made most of the decisions for him. Just making “you are not grown jokes”. After a little back and forth, he got to point where he let me know. Him and his mom discussed his options and made a decision together. Then he said “I do what I can in the space I am provided”. That made sense to me in a lot of ways. So if you ever get to a point where you don’t have total control of a decision, remember…

Surrounded in glory Angelou says, “it didn’t worry me that I was only twelve years old and merely graduating”. (Angelou, 2014,p179-180) In Graduation Day, Angelou and her peers fall under an illusion of success given to them by the academic agenda stressed in the poor school of Stamps. The community of Stamps would host a ceremony recognizing the graduates of both middle and high school. The overwhelming celebration of graduating overemphasized the importance of maintaining a realistic mindset…

Good evening and welcome to all the parents, relatives and friends who have made this day possible for the Thornapple Kellogg High School graduating class of 2006. I would also like to thank this year’s graduates for the honor and privilege of speaking at their commencement. To be a part of such an important night in your lives is indeed a very special moment for me. Graduation marks the end of one part of your life and the beginning of unlimited possibilities. This is the moment when you…

If I were to imagine that I was writing a speech for my 12th grade graduation, I would think of a symbol that could represent my hard work and dedication throughout my whole school career. This symbol that I am using is a lion. This symbol also represents my graduation. This is because on your graduation day you have finally accomplished and defeated school. My symbol will also help you do this with good achievements and a good heart. One part of the symbol shows hard work, this part of it…

Graduation plays an important role in everyone’s lives. Whether its graduating from kindergarten, from high school, or from college, it is exciting, nerve-racking, and when it is done and over with, a relief. Graduation is important because it the first step to lead us to our goals and what we want to achieve in live. Maya Angelou was excited to graduate the eighth grade and move on to the next step in her life. Maya Angelou was born in 1928, she was a poet, writer, and civil rights activist.…

be my high school graduation. The procession of the graduation ceremony caused a series of various emotions. As I walked down the steep stairs in my black heels, I could not help but hold onto the rail tightly while concentrating on not falling in front of an audience full of…

Michael Maciel ENG 001A Prof. Sudderth Maya Angelou’s “Graduation” is a short story describing Maya Angelou’s high school graduation from her own point of view. In this story Maya does an exceptional job in making the reader feel the same emotions that she felt during this major event in her life. The way Angelou describes her surroundings and the emotions felt during the event makes the reader feel as if they were right next to Maya watching her class graduate. Angelou sets a sense of…

Graduation was a time to celebrate my achievements, to celebrate growing up and maturing into adulthood, to celebrate my friends and family that guided me along the way, and most importantly to celebrate one chapter coming to an end, and another one just beginning. The night before graduation I could hardly sleep as I knew that my high school career would soon be over. I got up that next morning, took a shower, put my makeup on, straightened my hair, and put my favorite black dress on, only…