Graduation Speech: Our Next Big Climb :: Graduation Speech, Commencement Address

Class of 2012, weve fin on the wholey made it, but non without the help of our p atomic number 18nts, teachers and mentors along the way. Maybe what they did for us was that they were a good rudder and were the ship, and they got us to the sea where we remember who we are. Because we all get in that fog, where we forget who we are or what were about, we get overwhelmed. I mean Ive been there plenty of quantify in my life. simply were not going to remember most of our lives until the end. But we lead remember certain moments. Maybe its our freshman 4.0 report card, peradventure its our starting time 100 percent biology test, whitethornbe its our first homerun, our first touchdown. Whatever it may be, it will stay with us forever. Many of us have been together through elementary, middle and high school, and we have all had to work hard and remain focused to be where we are today. alone change happens in a minute. Your life changes in a moment. Something triggers you and you u ltimately make a decision and it all shifts. As years go by, your body is going to change, your relationships are going to change, your attitude is going to change. budge is automatic, but progress is not. Our progress has brought us here tonight, and tonight will become one of those moments that we will cherish forever. I have been in the martial(a) arts for about 12 years at present, and I remembered my martial arts instructor, Mr. Charles Pearson, sitting everybody down during a black belt examination and telling us, Earning a black belt is very much desire climbing a jam. You work hard, and eventually youll work your way up to the top. But once youre there, your journey is not over it simply has serious begun. And you realize that there are new(prenominal) mountains for you to climb. As I now reflect back, I realize that school is very much the same. Our first mountain was a long, yet a fun, 12-year climb. Like all of the other unforgettable moments, this climb, in about 90 minutes or so will come to an end. We have finally reached our high school mountain top, and for a lot of us our next big climb may be to go to college. And for some of us, our next big climb may be to get a job, to travel around the world, start a new business, or even a career.