8th Grade Graduation Speech

[Hercules]

Whether it be a 10 minute presentation in one of my classes, in front of 25 people, MC'ing a banquet with 200 people, or giving a speech in front of 1,000 people, I have always pretty much gone with the flow of things. It works for some people, and doesn't for others. Personally, I don't care how many people are in the audience - it is just something that I'm good at.

[Wood Dragon 1988]

I have/will be listening to lots of grad speaches this year. I "graduated" junior college (which is almost as lame as an 8th grade graduation), my sister is graduating high school, and my cousin is graduating high school.

 

I personally hate graduations. All they do is increase your pride, and what good is that? It is just an acknowlagement that a certain group of people is somehow better than another group of people. In my opinion.....

 

 

Anyway, the speaker at mine I thought was pretty good. He was a politician, and he started talking about how gas prices were high, forclosures were up, we were at war, the dollar is falling, etc. I thought he was going down the political road a bit too much...but then he tied it into the celebration of graduates during these "bad times". His speach basically said "In "bad" times like this, it is important to remember "good" times."

 

So, I thought his speach was decent, and somewhat memorable. I'm not sure if a 14 year old would want to say something like that, but it's an idea.