Graduation Speech: Im Ready for High School :: Graduation Speech, Commencement Address

Wow, leash years have passed and the ending day is just as long as the first. Three years of hard make up and learning to get used to homework every night. Three years of standing on the front steps waiting for my parents and saying goodbye to my teachers. I never thought the goodbye might be permanent. 6th grade came and I was looking up at those giant eighth graders, and now I guess Im one of them. 6th grade, and I was saying hello, and now 8th grade has come and its gone from introductions to goodbyes as my last years as a middle school student wind down.8th grade, 8th grade from the opening day to the signing of the yearbooks. This is the year of memories, goodbyes, and regrets. 8th grade and Im still realizing that there are people in the world that would die to go to a school like this. A school where every body knows everyones name, respects everyone, and where violence and fighting are about as common as the Yankees missing the playoffs. When Im done with my homework and go to bed, as the days of 8th grade wind down, summer will come and go, and I will find myself in one of those giant, scary places called high school.The first time I heard C.R.I.S.P. all I could think of was my moms rich apple pies. outright C.R.I.S.P. has more of a meaning. Every day I see C.R.I.S.P. in the hallways and classrooms, not only on the walls but among my fellow students. Everyone wants to help each separate out because thats the way we work here. Everyone tries hard to do their best and be the best person they can be. Looking back on my three years at Twin Cities Academy, I find myself wondering how all these years came and went so fast. I still watch myself walking through the resembling halls and sitting in the same classrooms as I did back in 6th and 7th grade and Ive seen myself grow so much, mentally, socially and physically. I still remember everything that has happened throughout my years, the best of times, and the worst.So here I am, not sure if Im trying t o stretch out my nett days in a school that has taught me so much, or waiting for a 90-day-straight school-free period. I guess I want to savor these final days with some students that I just met, and some that Ive known for 3 years because this may be the last time that I see them.