Graduation Speech: Its All About Us! :: Graduation Speech, Commencement Address

Hello Class of 2012I assure you that no matter what your p arents are thinkingwhich is some involvement along the lines of, I did a massive job with him or hertheir egotistic thoughts are irrelevant to this occasion. Its not just closely them its about us.Contrary also to what the board members (who youll believe today for the first and farthest time) believe, that theyve earned the right to script us our diplomas due to their perfect decision making (comedic stare and pause), this moment is also not about them but again, about us.Then, in opposition to what every lawyer and doctor, teacher, business owner, and worker in general is thinkingwhich is something along the lines of, blah blah blah, I remember my beginningtheyre just daydreams. This is not about them either its about us.And when we leave this place to pursue separate ambitions, the attention allow never fade, the hate will never subside, the mountains will increase without fail. No matter how more people have bl azed a path, rivers will not part, expectations will not reduce and therefore it will dummy up be about us.And though we continue to grow even after being handed the diploma, to understand life, and choices, the opposite sex, the pressure of here and now, the tonal pattern placed on us from long ago, and the demands that our future will fire upon us, there will be close calls, fatalities, elation, affliction, and joy. And thus, it will remain about us.When another(prenominal)s see us they see one-half of us in jail, some of us unemployed, some pregnant currently or in a month or two. They see too many blacks or too many Latinos or too many whites or Asians or Native-Americans for us to make anything of ourselves. While these thoughts are derogatory, the fact is they are still about us.When we, however, see ourselves, we see doctors, lawyers, preachers, presidents, teachers, and outstanding members of their fields and society in general, and what we think has been and will be the only thing that matters because what we think was created by us.And we shiver the statistics that say this many go to jail and this many become pregnant. And we reconcile stereotypes that encourage different members of society to refrain from interacting with other members of society, and we become the long expect for female or Black president, the owners of this and the CEO of that.Graduation Speech Its All About Us Graduation Speech, Commencement speechHello Class of 2012I assure you that no matter what your parents are thinkingwhich is something along the lines of, I did a great job with him or hertheir conceited thoughts are irrelevant to this occasion. Its not about them its about us.Contrary also to what the board members (who youll see today for the first and last time) believe, that theyve earned the right to hand us our diplomas due to their perfect decision making (comedic stare and pause), this moment is also not about them but again, about us.Then, in opposition to what every lawyer and doctor, teacher, business owner, and worker in general is thinkingwhich is something along the lines of, blah blah blah, I remember my graduationtheyre just daydreams. This is not about them either its about us.And when we leave this place to pursue separate ambitions, the attention will never fade, the hate will never subside, the mountains will increase without fail. No matter how many people have blazed a path, rivers will not part, expectations will not reduce and therefore it will still be about us.And though we continue to grow even after being handed the diploma, to understand life, and choices, the opposite sex, the pressure of here and now, the strain placed on us from long ago, and the demands that our future will fire upon us, there will be close calls, fatalities, elation, affliction, and joy. And thus, it will remain about us.When others see us they see half of us in jail, some of us unemployed, some pregnant currently or in a month or two. They se e too many blacks or too many Latinos or too many whites or Asians or Native-Americans for us to make anything of ourselves. While these thoughts are derogatory, the fact is they are still about us.When we, however, see ourselves, we see doctors, lawyers, preachers, presidents, teachers, and outstanding members of their fields and society in general, and what we think has been and will be the only thing that matters because what we think was created by us.And we break the statistics that say this many go to jail and this many become pregnant. And we reconcile stereotypes that encourage different members of society to refrain from interacting with other members of society, and we become the long awaited for female or Black president, the owners of this and the CEO of that.