1 00:00:11,820 --> 00:00:20,859 Good evening faculty, teachers, parents, friends. Isn't it funny how day by day 2 00:00:20,859 --> 00:00:26,280 nothing seems to change, but when you look back everything is different. It 3 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:31,079 feels almost impossible for me to stand here in front of all of you and say 4 00:00:31,079 --> 00:00:37,219 we're done, but it's true. All of us made it through the roughest years of school. 5 00:00:37,219 --> 00:00:42,880 Honestly, there's nothing as important as believing in yourself and having the 6 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:48,979 courage to say you can do it. Because nothing comes easy in life, but what 7 00:00:48,979 --> 00:00:54,479 would life be without challenges? People need to start dreaming big and stop 8 00:00:54,479 --> 00:01:00,119 blaming themselves for every single mistake they make. Because success isn't 9 00:01:00,119 --> 00:01:06,159 found, you have to go and get it. We're all here now, safe and sound, wearing our 10 00:01:06,159 --> 00:01:11,379 most beautiful clothes on our day. This might sound crazy but now that we're 11 00:01:11,379 --> 00:01:16,299 done it actually feels hard for me to leave school, to leave all these amazing 12 00:01:16,299 --> 00:01:23,799 experiences behind and people who I can now call family. It's not just hard for me to 13 00:01:23,799 --> 00:01:29,400 leave my friends behind but also our teachers who have not just only taught 14 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:35,620 of math or science but who have also helped us grow up and become who we 15 00:01:35,620 --> 00:01:40,519 really want to be in life. We always thought some of our teachers were really 16 00:01:40,519 --> 00:01:46,859 hard on us, but then I remember the famous quote from Bill Gates, if you 17 00:01:46,859 --> 00:01:52,180 think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. It seems as if it were 18 00:01:52,180 --> 00:01:56,560 just yesterday when we couldn't sleep the night before our first day in high 19 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:02,359 school because we were too nervous to start, but time flies and without even 20 00:02:02,359 --> 00:02:07,599 thinking a moment about it we became the oldest ones at school entering this hell 21 00:02:07,599 --> 00:02:13,400 that everyone talked about called Battillerato. Now it's time that we'll 22 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:18,879 start a different world, a different adventure at university or at work, a 23 00:02:18,879 --> 00:02:24,979 place where we will do what we actually enjoy but also a place that won't be for 24 00:02:24,979 --> 00:02:30,020 sure as special as this high school. A place where we won't go on trips to 25 00:02:30,020 --> 00:02:36,599 Oaxaca, Pembroke, Poland, etc., and where our teachers won't cook for us, or a place 26 00:02:36,599 --> 00:02:42,219 where people will look at me as if I were going crazy when I talk about the 24 hours. 27 00:02:43,340 --> 00:02:49,120 Galileo is not just a place where people come and study, but it's also a place that teaches 28 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:56,280 us values such as trust, modesty, effort, teamwork, and affection. 29 00:02:56,280 --> 00:03:03,060 And what better way to end this speech than thanking everyone that has supported us through 30 00:03:03,060 --> 00:03:04,599 this journey. 31 00:03:04,599 --> 00:03:11,539 From our friends, boyfriends, girlfriends, to our families, our parents that are always 32 00:03:11,539 --> 00:03:17,479 there to cheer us on, our grandmas that are always interested in our studies, or even 33 00:03:17,479 --> 00:03:22,840 our brothers or sisters who are always willing to bother us on our exam week. 34 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:27,620 I wish you all the best in this journey to reach your dreams and your most ambitious 35 00:03:27,620 --> 00:03:28,620 goals. 36 00:03:28,620 --> 00:03:32,800 And I hope you enjoy this day, because I'm quite sure you will never leave something 37 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,280 as special in your life again. 38 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:39,080 It's time to start leaving, to spread your wings and fly. 39 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:40,080 Thank you. 40 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:45,979 Okay. 41 00:03:45,979 --> 00:03:54,139 So, families, teachers, classmates, and friends, thanks for being with us today, because today 42 00:03:54,139 --> 00:03:56,139 is our day. 43 00:03:56,139 --> 00:04:03,500 the day we have been waiting for years has arrived. Today is a big day. It is a day of 44 00:04:03,500 --> 00:04:10,219 joy. Today is a day to celebrate all the effort we have made during these years, especially 45 00:04:10,219 --> 00:04:17,420 this last one. I still remember my first day at Galileo Galilei High School. It was September 46 00:04:17,420 --> 00:04:23,160 of 2010 and we were all sitting at the gym, waiting to know who our new teachers and our 47 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:29,519 new classmates could be over time we made new friends some of them are still 48 00:04:29,519 --> 00:04:35,279 beside us but unfortunately some others are no longer in our lives we have gone 49 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:40,360 through new classmates new teachers new subjects and maybe one of the most 50 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:45,879 difficult decisions we have ever had to take to study science humanities or 51 00:04:45,879 --> 00:04:51,980 social science after it all here we are together again like the first day of 52 00:04:51,980 --> 00:04:56,879 high school, but today we are together to celebrate the end of this incredible 53 00:04:56,879 --> 00:05:02,000 period of our lives. I wonder how many times we have thought about giving up or 54 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,100 how many times we have thought that we couldn't cope with all the exams. 55 00:05:05,100 --> 00:05:10,220 Reaching our goals seems to be impossible, but thanks to teachers, parents and 56 00:05:10,220 --> 00:05:16,220 classmates we have achieved them. I would like to express my gratitude to the 57 00:05:16,220 --> 00:05:20,060 teacher. For the thousands of times they have repeated the page in which we were 58 00:05:20,060 --> 00:05:24,259 and for every photocopy they have come out twice because we lost the first one. 59 00:05:24,259 --> 00:05:30,019 I would also like to thank our parents for having lunch ready 60 00:05:30,019 --> 00:05:35,120 when we arrived home from an exam after seven period for every come on study or 61 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:39,560 for every good luck on your exam. And thank you mates for all the pictures of 62 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:44,420 notes and maths exercise we have shared through WhatsApp. Thanks for all the 63 00:05:44,420 --> 00:05:47,660 and comfortable labs and those physical education classes 64 00:05:47,660 --> 00:05:49,399 in the sun. 65 00:05:49,399 --> 00:05:54,060 Over time, when space and time separate us, 66 00:05:54,060 --> 00:05:57,699 we'll miss and we'll remember this period of our lives. 67 00:05:57,699 --> 00:06:00,120 I will never forget all the incredible experience 68 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,800 I have lived inside and outside Galileo Galilei High School. 69 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,120 I won't forget that we almost missed the plane when 70 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:08,000 we came back from Paris. 71 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,319 I won't forget the 12 hours we spent in a bus from Krakow 72 00:06:11,319 --> 00:06:12,259 to dance. 73 00:06:12,259 --> 00:06:14,779 And I won't forget the exchange with Pembroke. 74 00:06:14,779 --> 00:06:18,439 I'll always remember those speeches from Mamen, Modesto, 75 00:06:18,439 --> 00:06:20,839 or even Ruben about life. 76 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:22,699 I won't forget the paninis at the break 77 00:06:22,699 --> 00:06:25,339 to celebrate that we have finished exams. 78 00:06:25,339 --> 00:06:28,879 I'll definitely always remember the good experience 79 00:06:28,879 --> 00:06:32,079 at Galileo Galilei High School. 80 00:06:32,079 --> 00:06:34,459 It seems that today, from now on, 81 00:06:34,459 --> 00:06:37,160 we have to take responsibility for ourselves. 82 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,500 It is no longer allowed the teacher, 83 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:42,259 I didn't get what you had said, or the teacher. 84 00:06:42,259 --> 00:06:44,740 Do we have to study that for the exam? 85 00:06:44,740 --> 00:06:48,319 We have to be brave enough now that we split our paths. 86 00:06:48,319 --> 00:06:51,439 Everyone will take advantage of the opportunities, 87 00:06:51,439 --> 00:06:54,459 but never forget about the great moments 88 00:06:54,459 --> 00:06:56,399 at Galileo Galilei High School. 89 00:06:56,399 --> 00:06:59,319 Those experiences will be with us during all our lives, 90 00:06:59,319 --> 00:07:02,240 and whether we like it or not, it is part of us. 91 00:07:03,779 --> 00:07:06,639 To conclude, I ask you to forget about our plans 92 00:07:06,639 --> 00:07:09,439 for the future during this night. 93 00:07:09,439 --> 00:07:12,720 during this afternoon, tonight, tomorrow, 94 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,060 and all the time that this celebration lasts 95 00:07:15,060 --> 00:07:18,740 in order to enjoy our last day as students 96 00:07:18,740 --> 00:07:20,560 at Galileo Galilei High School. 97 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:24,279 Beside people that have helped us with academic stuff 98 00:07:24,279 --> 00:07:27,620 and sometimes they have been part of our personal life. 99 00:07:27,620 --> 00:07:30,379 Thanks for your attention and thank you for these years. 100 00:07:36,439 --> 00:07:38,600 Life is like a box of chocolates. 101 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,019 You never know what you are going to get. 102 00:07:41,019 --> 00:07:43,279 That's the quote which I would use to describe 103 00:07:43,279 --> 00:07:45,740 these six years we have gone through. 104 00:07:45,740 --> 00:07:48,399 It all started when we were about 12 years, 105 00:07:48,399 --> 00:07:51,660 about 300 small scared kids who didn't really know 106 00:07:51,660 --> 00:07:54,180 how many adventures were waiting for them. 107 00:07:54,180 --> 00:07:57,259 But as everything in life, it all started. 108 00:07:57,259 --> 00:07:59,660 I can remember the first day at high school, 109 00:07:59,660 --> 00:08:03,600 everything new, everything different from what we had seen. 110 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,680 But at the same time, I had the feeling 111 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,300 that something good was going to happen, and I was right. 112 00:08:09,300 --> 00:08:12,800 Well, now I want you to imagine this chocolate assortment. 113 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,300 You like some, but you don't like others, and you eat all the ones you like, 114 00:08:16,519 --> 00:08:19,360 and the only ones left are the ones you don't like as much. 115 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:22,800 Forrest Gump said he had always thought of life like that. 116 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:27,000 And that's probably the most important thing I have learned at Galileo Galilei. 117 00:08:27,639 --> 00:08:29,560 It doesn't matter what is in our way. 118 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:31,600 We are strong enough to go through it. 119 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,379 We are little and big soldiers at the same time. 120 00:08:35,039 --> 00:08:37,299 And I know life will bring us challenges, 121 00:08:37,860 --> 00:08:40,240 but I know too that when something painful comes up, 122 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:44,399 We will just have to polish it off and everything will be okay. 123 00:08:44,399 --> 00:08:48,720 However, today is a sweet day, one of the sweetest we have lived. 124 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:52,000 Today we graduate and I have to say one thing, 125 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:56,240 I'm proud of myself and of all my classmates. We have worked like strong 126 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:58,799 soldiers and we have passed over all the things 127 00:08:58,799 --> 00:09:03,120 that appear in our ways. But I'm sure about one thing, I wouldn't 128 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,240 have made it through these years without your help. 129 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:10,159 We have been like a big team who has helped each other in every step we took. 130 00:09:10,159 --> 00:09:15,059 Because it is not related to studies, it's something more than that. 131 00:09:15,059 --> 00:09:17,519 We have made up ourselves. 132 00:09:17,519 --> 00:09:21,600 We have become better and better during these years, and we have made ties that will never 133 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:22,600 break. 134 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:23,600 Don't you remember? 135 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:27,899 We wrote from the beginning of the year how many days left until today. 136 00:09:27,899 --> 00:09:32,279 We had both each other candies when some of the exams weren't going as we wanted. 137 00:09:32,279 --> 00:09:35,200 We shouted when the last exam of the term was finished. 138 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:36,200 What great experiences. 139 00:09:36,980 --> 00:09:40,539 But well, apart from us, on our team, there has been more people, 140 00:09:40,779 --> 00:09:45,299 like our great card takers and teachers, who has encouraged us to keep fighting. 141 00:09:46,100 --> 00:09:47,940 When we had to print long documents, 142 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:52,360 who doesn't remember the card takers dividing the number of pages to help us save money? 143 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,799 Or the teachers, when they stayed with us during their break, 144 00:09:56,039 --> 00:09:57,940 to explain us something we didn't understand. 145 00:09:59,059 --> 00:10:03,659 Thirdly, I must mention our families, who has the power to help us once we had fallen. 146 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:06,820 And today is a day to thank you for all of it, 147 00:10:07,059 --> 00:10:09,279 for just being there every time we needed you. 148 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:14,500 So, dear friends, today it's time to say goodbye to an important time of our lives. 149 00:10:15,039 --> 00:10:17,299 Who would say today is the day? 150 00:10:17,740 --> 00:10:20,419 The day we have been waiting for 15 years. 151 00:10:20,740 --> 00:10:25,179 The day when we have to close the door from the corridor which seemed like it would never end. 152 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,159 We are all dressed up in our best clothes. 153 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:30,460 Makeup, heels, ties. 154 00:10:31,259 --> 00:10:33,480 We are celebrating the fact that we have succeeded. 155 00:10:33,659 --> 00:10:37,820 but it's not an end. It's just another year that finishes. 156 00:10:37,820 --> 00:10:41,100 Some of the moments we have lived will go with it 157 00:10:41,100 --> 00:10:45,580 but I know that when we are in trouble we are just a phone call away. 158 00:10:45,580 --> 00:10:51,580 I remember that when we were preparing for graduation 159 00:10:51,580 --> 00:10:56,139 teachers said it was a special one and it is without any doubt. 160 00:10:56,139 --> 00:10:59,580 I can say without any fear that I'm composed of all of you. 161 00:10:59,580 --> 00:11:02,620 Some of you have shown me how to be brave, others 162 00:11:02,620 --> 00:11:05,539 how to solve problems, others how to be sweet. 163 00:11:06,759 --> 00:11:09,200 And all of you are a part of me. 164 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:11,240 So thank you mainly because without you, 165 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:13,440 I wouldn't be who I am today. 166 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:15,960 Let me finish by saying that after living through 167 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,080 this whole year, I can say I had fun with it. 168 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,419 Because even the afternoons in the library 169 00:11:21,419 --> 00:11:24,220 were moments in which I knew we were a powerful team. 170 00:11:24,220 --> 00:11:25,840 Thank you and congratulations. 171 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:40,679 well first of all good morning teachers students and classmates i have to say that when my teacher 172 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:47,059 marta told us that we had to prepare our graduation speeches i was really worried because i didn't know 173 00:11:47,059 --> 00:11:53,960 what to say or even how to start but when i thought about it i believed that the that the 174 00:11:53,960 --> 00:12:01,960 The best thing is to tell you about the years I have spent in this high school, since the first year of ESO, six years ago. 175 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:09,960 During the first year of ESO, I noticed a really important change as it was really different from primary school. 176 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:17,960 It was all different. Everything had changed. Our timetable, teachers, subjects, classmates. 177 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:23,259 But I have to say that I had very good luck because there were a lot of people from my school in my class. 178 00:12:24,500 --> 00:12:32,799 Although I knew mostly all of them, there were also new classmates who along these years I have met and they are now part of my group of friends. 179 00:12:33,860 --> 00:12:44,419 I will remember that year as one of my best ones because when I started I thought it was going to be very difficult but in the end it turned out to be great. 180 00:12:44,419 --> 00:12:48,639 the courses were going on and on 181 00:12:48,639 --> 00:12:52,019 and each time the studies became more and more difficult 182 00:12:52,019 --> 00:12:54,580 but with effort and perseverance 183 00:12:54,580 --> 00:12:58,600 you could get whatever you wanted 184 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:00,799 and that's why I'm here 185 00:13:00,799 --> 00:13:02,600 in my last year of high school 186 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:04,700 giving you my graduation speech 187 00:13:04,700 --> 00:13:06,340 which I hope you are enjoying 188 00:13:06,340 --> 00:13:10,620 another thing which I have to tell you about 189 00:13:10,620 --> 00:13:13,200 is the opportunities the teachers have given us 190 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:15,320 to travel to different countries. 191 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,879 I traveled to Andorra in my first year, 192 00:13:18,879 --> 00:13:20,759 and there I learned how to ski. 193 00:13:20,759 --> 00:13:23,759 In my second year, they offered me 194 00:13:23,759 --> 00:13:26,879 the fantastic opportunity to go to Jaca, 195 00:13:26,879 --> 00:13:30,159 where I did an English course with some of my classmates, 196 00:13:30,159 --> 00:13:33,220 and I also went to Galicia in third of ESO. 197 00:13:33,220 --> 00:13:36,519 But without doubt, the most amazing trips 198 00:13:36,519 --> 00:13:38,700 I have done with this high school 199 00:13:38,700 --> 00:13:41,139 were when I went to Paris in fourth of ESO, 200 00:13:41,139 --> 00:13:42,840 and last year when I went to the USA. 201 00:13:45,809 --> 00:13:50,409 Well, I will tell you why these ones are the trips I like the most. 202 00:13:50,889 --> 00:13:54,590 I enjoyed Paris a lot because it represented the end of ESO 203 00:13:54,590 --> 00:14:00,330 and I went with all my best friends, so it's a trip I will never forget. 204 00:14:00,830 --> 00:14:04,870 And the best experience for me was the trip my English teachers prepared for us 205 00:14:04,870 --> 00:14:08,990 in the exchange with some students of Pembroke, a town in Boston, 206 00:14:09,649 --> 00:14:10,870 and the visit to New York. 207 00:14:10,870 --> 00:14:16,830 It was like an adventure for me because I had to get used to a family that wasn't mine 208 00:14:16,830 --> 00:14:20,090 and to go to a high school where I learned so many things. 209 00:14:20,590 --> 00:14:25,850 But the most important thing for me of that experience is that now I have an incredible American friend. 210 00:14:27,169 --> 00:14:33,389 Finally, I have to thank all my teachers, my classmates, the caretakers, the headmasters, 211 00:14:33,389 --> 00:14:39,250 well the whole high school for making my experience at this high school one thing 212 00:14:39,250 --> 00:14:48,200 which will form part of my best memories forever. So let's start. It is over everything is 213 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:53,360 finished. Six years have passed since we were unsure children entering a building 214 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:58,399 that scared us. Six years in which everyone absolutely everyone have laughed 215 00:14:58,399 --> 00:15:04,460 and cried. Six wonderful years which has this time only exist in our memories. 216 00:15:05,259 --> 00:15:10,360 Yes, folks, no more getting up in the morning to see our friends, classmates and teachers. 217 00:15:11,639 --> 00:15:15,700 Waking up every day knowing who and what we face. 218 00:15:16,259 --> 00:15:19,100 From now on, a new stage has just started. 219 00:15:19,580 --> 00:15:25,779 The same story repeats itself, full of nerves, insecurities and curiosities facing a new challenge. 220 00:15:26,159 --> 00:15:30,720 But I'm sure that it will be as fantastic as these six years or even better. 221 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:36,600 On the one hand, during these days we have had to study really hard to pass the very 222 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:42,620 difficult exams, even we have had to stay up late many nights, but we shouldn't only 223 00:15:42,620 --> 00:15:48,720 remember the hard part, because on the other hand, there have been a lot of positive things 224 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:53,759 that we must also remember, such as the 5 minutes between classes, the breaks, the teacher's 225 00:15:53,759 --> 00:15:58,860 emotional speeches, the trips, the people who became good friends, and also that we 226 00:15:58,860 --> 00:16:04,700 have grown up and matured too. I would like you to listen to this wise quote 227 00:16:04,700 --> 00:16:10,440 which can summarize my six years in our high school. Don't be afraid to take a 228 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:16,639 big step. A precipice hoping is not past. All of us deserve to carry out 229 00:16:16,639 --> 00:16:22,200 our dreams and to get them we must go through different steps. We have already 230 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:29,320 finished school and high school so we are now closer to our dreams. A lot of 231 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:33,960 people have gone through our life in these years and although some of them 232 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:39,419 continue with us, others are still on the way but I think that all of them, those 233 00:16:39,419 --> 00:16:44,860 who are still and those who are not anymore deserve my gratitude. So thank 234 00:16:44,860 --> 00:16:50,139 you very much classmates, teachers, family and friends. You all have made me so 235 00:16:50,139 --> 00:16:56,220 happy that's the reason why i will not forget you and also i will never forget all the people who 236 00:16:56,220 --> 00:17:02,940 have marked my life even though today is the day when our paths separated it's the day for 237 00:17:02,940 --> 00:17:09,180 congratulations to be able to say that we have made it and look this experience like a reward 238 00:17:10,140 --> 00:17:17,740 we did it and as i said before everything ends but it also begins i believe i'm finally here 239 00:17:17,740 --> 00:17:21,900 As you all know, I'm Julián and I'm supposed to talk about my experience at Caileo Caile. 240 00:17:22,700 --> 00:17:27,579 I would like to start with the beginning. We all were a group of insecure and shy children that 241 00:17:27,579 --> 00:17:33,019 wanted to grow up all together. Most of us had known each other in our previous school but even 242 00:17:33,019 --> 00:17:39,660 so it was a big change in our lives. Now we have another milestone because in the next five months 243 00:17:39,660 --> 00:17:47,500 our life will completely change again. We made it. After six long years we are here to say goodbye. 244 00:17:47,740 --> 00:17:54,740 I would like to thank this school, because I do not know if it's the best one with respect to marks and studies, 245 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:58,740 but there is something essential, in my opinion more important than marks, they get. 246 00:17:58,740 --> 00:18:05,740 They make people feel like they fit in, because there are a lot of kids that feel alone just because they think they are different, 247 00:18:05,740 --> 00:18:08,740 or making friends is more difficult for them. 248 00:18:08,740 --> 00:18:15,740 This school always tries to make you feel good with the people that are around you, and make you feel good with yourself. 249 00:18:15,740 --> 00:18:20,099 Maybe you think it is a silly thing, but I don't think so, so thank you. 250 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:26,099 I can perfectly remember at the age of 15, I joined a trade union. 251 00:18:26,660 --> 00:18:31,039 I did not like what the government was doing, so I decided to become part of an association 252 00:18:31,039 --> 00:18:33,880 that I could be more informed about public education. 253 00:18:34,819 --> 00:18:39,019 I would want this school to encourage their students to defend our education, which is 254 00:18:39,019 --> 00:18:40,079 getting worse and worse. 255 00:18:41,180 --> 00:18:44,119 When I came here, I had never left Spain. 256 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:49,839 Now, I visited more than 10 countries, principally because of all the opportunities you have 257 00:18:49,839 --> 00:18:51,539 offered to me. 258 00:18:51,539 --> 00:18:56,099 I went to Lleida in second of ESL, it was my first trip with the school and I will never 259 00:18:56,099 --> 00:18:57,460 forget it. 260 00:18:57,460 --> 00:19:02,619 After that, I went to Paris two years later, with almost only classmates. 261 00:19:02,619 --> 00:19:08,680 We spent almost a week there, and it is one of the best trips I will ever remember. 262 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:13,680 I also visited Poland with lots of friends, and when this year was starting, we went to 263 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:18,880 Pembroke to the USA to live for a week with the host family. I have really learned from 264 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:24,680 these countries. It is always good when you learn things from other cultures. 265 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:28,720 Apart from that, I would like to remember every single magic moment I have had at this 266 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:34,319 school. I came here at the age of 12 when my worries were just doing my homework or 267 00:19:34,319 --> 00:19:40,380 having a good behavior at home. It all has changed. I have grown up here, we have grown 268 00:19:40,380 --> 00:19:45,980 up here and I'm going to miss you because after all the most important thing I have gained in 269 00:19:45,980 --> 00:19:52,160 this long trip is you. Thank you for putting up with me and for loving me. There is a quote that 270 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:57,759 says, I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, 271 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:03,099 but people will never forget how you made them feel and I feel so lucky to have the friends I 272 00:20:03,099 --> 00:20:09,779 have. So thank you so much. I can't say goodbye without telling my parents how I thank them all 273 00:20:09,779 --> 00:20:15,259 the effort they have put on you. It is also hard for our parents seeing us, how we suffer 274 00:20:15,259 --> 00:20:20,339 and how we try to make the most of us. They are the ones who never fail you, and I also 275 00:20:20,339 --> 00:20:26,779 feel lucky for that. And that's all. Just remember, when you lose, do not look at what 276 00:20:26,779 --> 00:20:29,779 you lost, but what's left to win. 277 00:20:29,779 --> 00:20:37,140 I stayed at the Stardew when I was 11 years old. I still remember the first day I came 278 00:20:37,140 --> 00:20:41,140 into the high school I was excited and a little bit nervous to know the place 279 00:20:41,140 --> 00:20:45,380 where I will spend the next six year of my life. I remember that the first thing 280 00:20:45,380 --> 00:20:50,539 I saw was the huge playground that is in front of the building. I imagined myself 281 00:20:50,539 --> 00:20:55,079 playing football there as I used to do in primary school, something that you 282 00:20:55,079 --> 00:20:59,400 realize that it is impossible because of the amount of people in 283 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:04,500 there. The first day of classes I was really lost. There were a lot of people 284 00:21:04,500 --> 00:21:09,440 running from one class to the other and I didn't know where I had to go. I was really 285 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:14,839 stressed. The first two years of ESO were good. I was happy with my new high school, 286 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:20,400 the classes weren't so difficult and most of my classmates were old friends. This was 287 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:28,440 often a worry that you have when you enter here. Would I be with my friends in class? 288 00:21:28,900 --> 00:21:34,220 I remember us going year after year to see the list of classes and always the same. It 289 00:21:34,220 --> 00:21:39,220 He was the only student that was never with his best friends in class. 290 00:21:39,220 --> 00:21:41,220 Then, we arrived at third of ESL. 291 00:21:41,220 --> 00:21:47,220 The year where they said we are going to fail all the subjects, the more difficult year, 292 00:21:47,220 --> 00:21:52,220 and some other silly things that people used to say to us. 293 00:21:52,220 --> 00:21:54,220 Don't worry about being in third of ESL. 294 00:21:54,220 --> 00:21:59,220 It is true that you start to have some difficult subjects such as chemistry, 295 00:21:59,220 --> 00:22:01,220 but don't be afraid of that. 296 00:22:01,220 --> 00:22:03,220 It is a normal year if you study. 297 00:22:03,220 --> 00:22:16,220 Fort Ofeso was our last year of freedom. It was the year where teachers told you to start thinking what you wanted to study in the future and I think this is the year when I figured out what I want to be when I'm older. 298 00:22:17,220 --> 00:22:24,220 I remember Fort Ofeso as my best year in high school. I spent all day hanging out with friends and despite that I got very good marks. 299 00:22:25,220 --> 00:22:31,220 This is also the year where I started to dislike some teachers whose name I won't say but they perfectly know who they are. 300 00:22:31,220 --> 00:22:35,859 the art. Now I'm going to talk about the worst two years of your academic life, 301 00:22:35,859 --> 00:22:41,180 bachillerato years. Bachillerato is the two years state where you realize that your 302 00:22:41,180 --> 00:22:45,980 daily routine will be going to school, study, have dinner, study and sleep during 303 00:22:45,980 --> 00:22:51,259 the week and wake up, study, have lunch, study, have dinner, study and sleep during 304 00:22:51,259 --> 00:22:55,640 the weekend. This is the stage where you confirm what you started to 305 00:22:55,640 --> 00:23:02,000 think in front of us. Teachers are a little bit weird, because they want you to know 306 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:06,019 lots and lots of things when they personally know that you won't need 307 00:23:06,019 --> 00:23:11,359 any help. These two years are stressful. You have to have your ideas very clear 308 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:15,519 and you have to learn how to select information, because if you want to have 309 00:23:15,519 --> 00:23:19,680 a minimum social life you have to prioritize some subjects and leave 310 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:24,980 others. And finally, here we are. The day we finish this stage of our life. 311 00:23:24,980 --> 00:23:28,980 The end of six years of suffering, dedication and effort. 312 00:23:28,980 --> 00:23:35,980 I only hope our next state, our next state, university, will be more beautiful and interesting than this. 313 00:23:35,980 --> 00:23:40,980 I want to end this speech thanking to my parents the effort and dedication that they put on me 314 00:23:40,980 --> 00:23:42,980 and for being there always I need. 315 00:23:42,980 --> 00:23:48,980 Because although they couldn't come to my graduation, I know that even being in Brazil they are very proud of themselves. 316 00:23:48,980 --> 00:23:50,980 Thank you ma'am and thank you everybody. 317 00:23:50,980 --> 00:24:03,680 Hello, my name is Alvaro and I'm going to talk about my experience in high school. 318 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:08,740 Everything began in September of 2010 when I finished the 6th grade in elementary school 319 00:24:08,740 --> 00:24:14,259 called Alcor and went to 1st of ESO in the Guadalajara Lake High School. 320 00:24:14,259 --> 00:24:19,259 At first it was weird, I didn't know almost anybody and everything was new. 321 00:24:19,259 --> 00:24:23,740 The only thing that got me down was the idea that everybody was in the same or similar 322 00:24:23,740 --> 00:24:30,119 situation as me. Days passed by and everything started to make sense. I met a 323 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:35,059 lot of people and my studies were okay. During the recess I used to play 324 00:24:35,059 --> 00:24:40,180 risky games with my friends and we had a lot of fun. Finally the 325 00:24:40,180 --> 00:24:44,859 teachers started to get to know me and they realized they needed to 326 00:24:44,859 --> 00:24:50,559 keep an eye on me at all times. A year passed by and I began my second year of 327 00:24:50,559 --> 00:24:55,720 of high school. I started to get a little more out of control with some new 328 00:24:55,720 --> 00:25:01,059 friends I met and the same happened with my studies. One day I met with three 329 00:25:01,059 --> 00:25:07,779 friends we we had never we had never to hang out together but we did anyway. 330 00:25:07,779 --> 00:25:14,720 I remember that was sorry I remember that we started to doing stupid things 331 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:26,880 and those stupid things brought us to do things even more stupid, until we suddenly got arrested 332 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:33,240 by the police. It was messed up. I had never seen my parents so mad. I got grounded for 333 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:39,279 a long time. Fortunately, the judge let me and two of my friends on me off without any 334 00:25:39,279 --> 00:25:45,240 charges. After that, I decided to calm a little bit down and behave more properly. 335 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:50,799 Unfortunately, it didn't last long. The next year, I got suspended for a whole 336 00:25:50,799 --> 00:25:55,599 month for doing more stupid things with one of my classmates. Of course, my 337 00:25:55,599 --> 00:25:59,740 parents were really mad and I got grounded again. Studies were simply okay. 338 00:25:59,740 --> 00:26:04,720 That same year was the first year we had to choose to show something 339 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:09,940 about our classes and what to study and I remember I was always trying to choose 340 00:26:09,940 --> 00:26:17,259 to chose the easiest subjects like music, photography, technology, IT. I know it 341 00:26:17,259 --> 00:26:22,119 seemed like I was going the wrong direction and that maybe I was a big 342 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:29,839 rebel but once I got to my fourth year it changed. I chose social science. I met 343 00:26:29,839 --> 00:26:34,059 new and good friends which are the ones I'm still hanging out with and I started 344 00:26:34,059 --> 00:26:40,359 take studies more seriously. Fourth of April happened to be my best year of high 345 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:45,180 school because I got used to have good grades without a lot of effort. I started 346 00:26:45,180 --> 00:26:50,000 going out with my friends to do cool things and it got in shape and I made my 347 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:56,819 parents happier than ever. And the most important thing, I was looking forward to 348 00:26:56,819 --> 00:27:02,259 go one year to the United States to do first of a G.A. Dato. So I finished fourth 349 00:27:02,259 --> 00:27:07,500 year and I got my ESO diploma without any trouble. I had one of my best summers 350 00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:14,380 and the 5th of August I left to a new country. My year in the United States 351 00:27:14,380 --> 00:27:19,660 was above all an unbelievably full experience. The beginning was a little 352 00:27:19,660 --> 00:27:25,119 tough. I didn't know anybody. I was in a completely new place where people spoke 353 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:31,759 a completely different language and where my loved ones were 354 00:27:31,759 --> 00:27:37,039 far far away and it wasn't going to have a chance of seeing them again until we 355 00:27:37,039 --> 00:27:43,640 finished that school year. First I met my host family who came for me to the 356 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:49,339 airport after an eight-hour flight. They were really nice people. At the beginning 357 00:27:49,339 --> 00:27:53,299 we tried to communicate with each other using everything we could like our 358 00:27:53,299 --> 00:27:59,059 hands, noises, and even different languages. They lived in a town called Quincy just 359 00:27:59,059 --> 00:28:04,440 ten miles south of Boston in a little unhomely house. When high school began I 360 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:10,099 was terrified. The building was so big I got lost more than a few times during 361 00:28:10,099 --> 00:28:15,500 the first week. There were so many people every time I had any class I didn't know 362 00:28:15,500 --> 00:28:19,640 what to expect and they all happened to be really different. The room, the teacher 363 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:25,960 and the classmates. The schedule was different as well and the sports 364 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:31,920 Sports were divided into three seasons so in each season you would have a sport related 365 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:32,920 to that season. 366 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,960 In my case I chose soccer in the first season. 367 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:43,079 I had it right after school and it was one of the most important and helpful things I 368 00:28:43,079 --> 00:28:51,799 could have done because it was where I met the friends I still have right now miles away. 369 00:28:51,799 --> 00:28:56,440 I remember when I first met my best friend Miguel. 370 00:28:56,440 --> 00:29:01,359 It was really surprising because one day I went to practice and before it started, one 371 00:29:01,359 --> 00:29:08,759 friend I met told me that one of the teammates is from Spain too. 372 00:29:08,759 --> 00:29:15,119 At first I didn't believe him until I saw and heard him with my own eyes and ears. 373 00:29:15,119 --> 00:29:21,140 After introducing him to each other, I saw that he was a good person and when days and 374 00:29:21,140 --> 00:29:27,319 weeks passed by we became best friends. He's one of the people who helped me the 375 00:29:27,319 --> 00:29:32,019 most to make it through the day when I was homesick or when I needed help with 376 00:29:32,019 --> 00:29:37,420 some transitions and thanks to him I started to get to know more and 377 00:29:37,420 --> 00:29:44,660 fancy look and more people of every kind. I got popular pretty soon because of my 378 00:29:44,660 --> 00:29:52,099 nationality and my fancy look as well. The two other sports I did were 379 00:29:52,099 --> 00:29:57,079 swimming and track field. Swimming was good. I realized that I was fast in the 380 00:29:57,079 --> 00:30:03,079 competitions we went to, which is always good news. After four 381 00:30:03,079 --> 00:30:08,039 months everything was not totally better. Almost everything was where it needed to 382 00:30:08,039 --> 00:30:13,160 be. I improved my English, my relationships, sports wasn't really 383 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:19,160 difficult. I was doing six days, I was doing a sport six days per week. I had my 384 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:25,700 group of friends to go out with. I only had to live the experience. Not everything 385 00:30:25,700 --> 00:30:31,400 was so good though. There were bad days and really bad days where you felt lonely 386 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:38,599 or homesick. It was in those days when I felt bad that I, when I feel, when I felt 387 00:30:38,599 --> 00:30:43,099 but then I asked myself, why did I feel this way? 388 00:30:43,099 --> 00:30:46,119 So I started to look for some information on the internet, 389 00:30:46,119 --> 00:30:50,339 and I found psychology, and I discovered Sigmund Freud. 390 00:30:51,460 --> 00:30:54,700 Moreover, I visited places like New York City 391 00:30:54,700 --> 00:30:58,480 and the snowy hills of the state of Vermont, 392 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,720 and I met all of my host family's family, 393 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:03,839 really nice people that I will not forget. 394 00:31:04,759 --> 00:31:06,440 While I was there, at the beginning, 395 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:13,599 Sometimes I wanted to go back so bad, and when my time to leave came, I didn't want to. 396 00:31:15,279 --> 00:31:21,660 Once I returned to Spain, I literally felt like the happiest person ever. 397 00:31:22,180 --> 00:31:24,880 I was so excited to see all my loved ones again. 398 00:31:25,519 --> 00:31:29,880 Right now, I find myself finishing what is supposed to be my last year of high school, 399 00:31:30,359 --> 00:31:36,400 which I'm not doing really well because I haven't stopped doing stupid things after all these years. 400 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:48,000 and now i'm going to talk about my sixth year in galileo galilei high school i hope that this 401 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:53,140 year will be the last one here during these six years i've lived many experiences most of them 402 00:31:53,140 --> 00:31:59,619 have been nice but i believe that bad experience to look like in all life aspects i arrived six 403 00:31:59,619 --> 00:32:06,359 years ago in 2010 i remember my first day when i walked through the front door i feel something 404 00:32:06,359 --> 00:32:11,240 strange. I saw the stairs and a very long corridor and I feel like that because it was 405 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:17,759 new for me and it was so different from my school. That day the teachers put me in a 406 00:32:17,759 --> 00:32:22,279 class different from my friends. I was so young and they separated me from them. I feel 407 00:32:22,279 --> 00:32:28,420 sad. We thought that the headmaster of my school talked with my current headmaster for 408 00:32:28,420 --> 00:32:33,400 say to her that we can go to the same class because we used to talk a lot. I meet a lot 409 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:38,539 of new friends in that class and I continued meeting with my old friends. In that year 410 00:32:38,539 --> 00:32:44,619 I went to Gijón. It was my first time there and I met some friends, but nowadays I don't 411 00:32:44,619 --> 00:32:51,279 keep in touch with any of them. In second of ESO I went without my new friends another 412 00:32:51,279 --> 00:32:56,119 time, but I continued with the friends that I had known the last year another time. That 413 00:32:56,119 --> 00:33:01,640 year is one that I less remember. I don't know why. Maybe because I didn't do anything 414 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:06,319 special like trips or something like that. In third of ESO I was so scared because the 415 00:33:06,319 --> 00:33:10,819 people say that it's the most difficult year but for me it was normal. I didn't feel 416 00:33:10,819 --> 00:33:16,099 difficulty in it. The teacher separated me from the people I'd known in the high 417 00:33:16,099 --> 00:33:21,019 school. I had to meet different friends another time. I did it. I remember the first 418 00:33:21,019 --> 00:33:25,420 day in the presentation. There was a new student in class and he was alone. I want 419 00:33:25,420 --> 00:33:30,799 to talk with him and go to know him. Nowadays he's one of our group of friends 420 00:33:30,799 --> 00:33:33,220 because I introduced him to my friend 421 00:33:33,220 --> 00:33:35,480 and they connected as well as me. 422 00:33:36,180 --> 00:33:38,140 That year we went to Galicia with Región. 423 00:33:38,279 --> 00:33:40,200 I went with Jan and Nacho in the same room 424 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,200 and we enjoyed it so much. 425 00:33:42,579 --> 00:33:43,839 Finally, in 4th of Fezo, 426 00:33:44,259 --> 00:33:46,200 I went with my best friend for the first time. 427 00:33:46,740 --> 00:33:47,900 It was a very nice year. 428 00:33:47,900 --> 00:33:50,900 We enjoyed it a lot and we finally... 429 00:33:51,559 --> 00:33:54,359 finished 4th of Fezo. 430 00:33:55,539 --> 00:33:58,099 This year happened to me one of the bad feelings 431 00:33:58,099 --> 00:34:00,299 when a teacher who was still in the high school 432 00:34:00,299 --> 00:34:02,440 failed me with a 4.98. 433 00:34:03,140 --> 00:34:07,359 I feel so angry with her, but I learned that being like that with a teacher is worth for you 434 00:34:07,359 --> 00:34:09,360 because they have everything to win. 435 00:34:10,380 --> 00:34:15,719 The last year, in first of bachillerato, is when the teacher started to be very hard 436 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:18,199 and the subjects were difficult. 437 00:34:18,780 --> 00:34:23,199 I passed the course, but I couldn't pass maths, and today I have the recuperation. 438 00:34:23,980 --> 00:34:25,219 This year we went to Rome. 439 00:34:25,219 --> 00:34:34,039 In four of us, we went to Paris, and it was great, but Rome was by far the trip, the most beautiful trip. 440 00:34:34,539 --> 00:34:41,280 I went only with Ian, but there we met people from our school, but younger. It was awesome. 441 00:34:41,659 --> 00:34:46,679 And finally, that year, that has been so difficult and stressful, and my results have been so well, 442 00:34:47,059 --> 00:34:49,500 but I'm going to pass the subject and leave the school this year. 443 00:34:49,500 --> 00:35:03,039 I live a lot of moments here that I'm not going to forget never and I'm so happy because I continue with my friends of the school six years later and I've met a lot of new friends and a girlfriend here so I've been very satisfied. 444 00:35:03,039 --> 00:35:10,980 I have had arguments with all the teachers, probably, but however, I'm going to meet some 445 00:35:10,980 --> 00:35:11,980 of them. 446 00:35:11,980 --> 00:35:20,099 Not all, because they have helped me a lot, and a lot of times, and I'm great with them. 447 00:35:20,099 --> 00:35:21,099 That's all. 448 00:35:21,099 --> 00:35:22,099 Hello. 449 00:35:22,099 --> 00:35:27,099 They're family, friends, teacher, and classmates. 450 00:35:27,099 --> 00:35:34,679 their family, friends, teacher and classmates. Today is a special day. On the 451 00:35:34,679 --> 00:35:40,099 one hand it's a happy day because I have finished my bachillerato and on the 452 00:35:40,099 --> 00:35:44,679 other hand today is a sad day because I'm going to leave many teachers, my 453 00:35:44,679 --> 00:35:53,099 classmates and my school. I came here six years ago when I was only a child. I felt 454 00:35:53,099 --> 00:35:57,900 this place was really strange because I didn't know almost anybody and many 455 00:35:57,900 --> 00:36:03,840 people were older than me. It was really strange to have a different teacher for 456 00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:09,900 different subjects. I can remember two teachers whose names were Alberto and 457 00:36:09,900 --> 00:36:15,760 Carmen because they have been very important to me. This year has passed 458 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:22,019 very fast and now I'm going to leave this high school forever. But I will 459 00:36:22,019 --> 00:36:27,780 always remember everything I have learned here and the people I have known during this 460 00:36:27,780 --> 00:36:33,940 part of my life. But I don't want this to be a sad moment because I'm going to start 461 00:36:33,940 --> 00:36:41,360 a new stage in my life in which I'm going to study what I really like. I look forward 462 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:48,139 to life this period because I think it will be a very exciting experience. I will enjoy 463 00:36:48,139 --> 00:36:55,960 So, thanks teachers, good luck to my classmates, and it has been a pleasure to have shared 464 00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:57,460 this part of my life with you.