Graduation Speeches

[check your personality]

Posted: 5/15/05 at 7:35pm

Okay, though I may not sound very eloquent while posting on these boards, I hope to try out to deliver my school's grad speech IF I can write an amazing one. I have a few ideas, but if anyone has given a speech like this, do you have any pointers on how to be witty, profound and creative simultaneously?? Thanks!

[nobizlikeshobiz]

Posted: 5/15/05 at 7:37pm

quote musicals

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 5/15/05 at 9:11pm

Ha that's funny, I actually told everyone that I think we all can relate to this quote from my favorite broadway musical: Because I knew you, I have been changed for good. Heh.

The speech is pretty open to do with what you want. Just try to make it graduationy and then just make it your own. My own personal suggestion is to avoid any cheesy lines that really aren't true: I'll miss you all, I know everyone will be successful, etc. Otherwise, have fun with it.

[bwayballerina]

Posted: 5/15/05 at 9:15pm

Do not quote the dictionary, or your favorite English teacher ever will turn eville and yell at you. (Happened to me in middle school)

But in all seriousness- avoid cliches, write/deliver the speech as if it were you talking normally, not you talking in a forced manner or someone else talking altogether. In my middle school graduation speech, I compared the journey of elementary school and middle school to the process of choreographing a dance, which is something that I knew a fair amount about. If you're going to use a similie or metaphor, choose one that you're comfortable with and isn't too much of a stretch. Make sure it's also a semi-well known topic so that the listeners aren't confused.

Good luck!