Graduation Speech
Graduating Class of Past, Present, and Future
This is our moment
Our goal
Since our first day of Kindergarten or Pre-K
This is our goal
To graduate
To make it out
To forget the old daily routines of waking up at 6 am to sleep some more on the ride to school or in the first classes of a long day
We made it!
We’re all here
In front of the people we owe this graduating to
We’re all finally here
And I must admit, there’s a few of us who couldn't make it here
For whatever reason
But they’re in our hearts
The thoughts of graduating has been a dream of every parent and child
We’re all blinded of the happiness of leaving,
but I'm going to miss it
Not for learning because there will always be new things to figure out after high school,
but because of the strong friendships we’ve gained
And the friendships we lost
Drama
High school gossip
High school relationships
I'm going to miss it
From Day one to today we’re done
I’m going to miss everybody
I’ll miss the things we were able to get away with
I’ll miss our childhoods
I’ll regret the people I’ve ignored far too often
I’ll miss the dances
I’ll miss seeing people I’ve known since I was as tall as a yardstick
The times where I was scared to be around too many people
There was never a dull moment
From random fights in the hall to embarrassing moments
It’s not going to happen again for all of us
On final days of class, we rush to leave
I’m always in the mix of hundreds of kids pushing out the front doors, getting in my car, and saying I’m not looking back
And I might not look back physically but when I remember all we’ve been through,
I’m proud we’re all here
But as we have learned at this moment,
“here” doesn’t last forever even when school did
So after “here”, there's “Will be”
And we will all be headed in different directions
Some may be with a beloved person,
but we all know this is all about each and every one of us specifically
We were united but we figured out who we all were as individuals
That made us stronger
United, we once stood
If we were broken, we would have failed
But now we all stand on our own so we can change the world in our own ways
We must not forget it all started with us
Whether we have made new friends or had others that left,
we had a cycle to rely on
Cycles of friendships, relationships, schoolwork, college applications, jobs, and family
No matter if you were apart of all the cycles or only one,
we made it here
The graduating class of past, present, future, and always