Commencement Speach

I remember saying “I can’t wait for high school so I can graduate and get out of here!” and that is when my freshman science teacher  said “don’t rush the next four years of your life, it goes by so fast”. I thought they were just plain stupid, until now. As I stand here in front of everyone I realize how fast the past four years have gone. Through the good and the bad, making and losing friends along the way. Maybe the last 4 years went slower than normal because of the past couple weird school years or maybe that’s why it felt like it flew by either way it has made me who I am today and becoming a better version of myself. 

As a senior looking back at my younger freshman self, like a fish out of the water I wonder how I even got this far in high school. When I got to the high school for the first time I didn’t even know where the gym was. It was right as you walked in the front door by the way.  I walked right into all my classes saying I’m gonna get all my work done and this year it will be so easy!  For one my work was not done as you all may know but hopefully I grow out of that phase. It was not easy, it was very hard but overall it was a pretty great year and I was  ready to start my sophomore year, then my junior year and now finishing up my senior year.

Most people would normally like to write a big part about Covid-19 and how hard it was on everyone but I feel like I’m speaking for most people when I say that’s the part of school I definitely will not miss and do not care too much to talk about. But once all those not so great years were gone it was time to get on the bike and get through our senior year. It was tough at times learning to adapt back to the normal routine in school, but we all got the hang of it after a while. Having the freedom as a senior was probably the best part of the year… until I had to go to work. I had learned that working hard the first 3 years of high school really pays off your senior year.

One thing the teachers always said from the beginning was to get your work done on time so you do not struggle at the end of the year. I’m going to be honest, I have yet to learn that. I was so excited about being able to get to work and have freedom that school was not my priority when it should have been. That is my biggest lesson learned in the past four years of high school. So when the teachers say to just get your work done, just do it because you do not want to end up like me when you go into college.  

As you may already know, high school was not my favorite thing but I loved all the new friendships and how our class got closer together throughout the years.I hope we all finish the school year with a big bang and go on to do something we all love. Good luck to the class of 2022 on all your new adventures.  

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