Graduation Speech



Graduation speech for My AWESOME 6th Graders
First of all I just want to say I am so proud of you! Congratulations!!!! You did it! I am so happy for all of you and so proud of all your hard work! However, I am so sad because I will miss all you so much! I had fun teaching you, licking your elbows, eating lunch together, watching your faces as you tried my American candy and just laughing. I always left class happy! You all made my life bright and sunny! But now you are moving on to Junior High School! Think of your life as a book and you have just finished writing one huge chapter, but there so many more pages left to fill. Junior High School is the next chapter!
When I was your age I was a terrible reader, a bad speller, very very very bad at math and honestly I just did not want to do my school work. But even though I was very bad at school my mother knew I was made to be so much more. See my mother had huge expectations for me. An expectation is the belief that something can be done.  “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan
I want you to know as you move on to Junior High School that I have high expectations for you. I expect you to do your homework, get good grades, make new friends, use your English and finish Junior High School. I expect this from you, because I know not only can you do it but you can so much more. Look around! See your mother, father, and teachers we all believe in you and expect big things from you! We know that you will grow up and finish Junior High School and High School and go on to do big things. When I look at you I don’t see students I see future teachers, doctors, police officers, engineers, athletes, leaders, and whatever you desire to be. I know that if you TRY you can do ANYTHING! Just remember to have high expectations for yourself! I will always remember all of you! May God bless each of you! I LOVE ALL OF YOU!! 

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