1 00:00:03,310 --> 00:00:26,149 Good afternoon to all the guests, family, faculty, staff, but especially to my colleagues from Secund of Bati Rato, to this graduation ceremony, which I am very excited to present, and in which we leave behind a beautiful and chaotic stage of our lives, to start another probably very beautiful too, and that scares us all so much. 2 00:00:26,149 --> 00:00:31,149 To start with, I would like to ask you all for a favor. 3 00:00:31,149 --> 00:00:35,149 Close your eyes and travel with me in time six years ago. 4 00:00:35,149 --> 00:00:37,149 What can you see? 5 00:00:37,149 --> 00:00:41,149 I see us. The first day of high school of our lives. 6 00:00:41,149 --> 00:00:47,149 With about 12 years old, more or less a meter tall, and the backpacks bigger than ourselves, 7 00:00:47,149 --> 00:00:52,149 which were new and stunning because it was the first time that we did not carry wheeled backpacks, 8 00:00:52,149 --> 00:00:56,469 it was necessary to show who was in charge by wearing the coolest backpack. 9 00:00:56,469 --> 00:01:02,289 Since that time, so long ago, we have experienced so many things in the high 10 00:01:02,289 --> 00:01:06,609 school that I cannot imagine classes without asking to go to the bathroom, to 11 00:01:06,609 --> 00:01:10,730 take advantage and take a walk through the halls, without going to the 12 00:01:10,730 --> 00:01:16,150 cafeteria to try to order an omelet or sausage sandwich. And I say try because 13 00:01:16,150 --> 00:01:21,430 at least I am very short and until this course I have had to elbow others to let 14 00:01:21,430 --> 00:01:26,890 me pass so that they can attend to me. Without being afraid every time they say 15 00:01:26,890 --> 00:01:31,189 my name by the concert, by the way it seems that they only call us during the 16 00:01:31,189 --> 00:01:36,430 exams. And without hearing typical phrases from teachers such as Victorino 17 00:01:36,430 --> 00:01:42,170 telling us I swear that your class is an oasis and Ana Maria saying you have to 18 00:01:42,170 --> 00:01:46,689 look at the mathematical equation with love. And the typical lies that they have 19 00:01:46,689 --> 00:01:51,909 been telling us every year, like saying we are their favorite class and then 20 00:01:51,909 --> 00:01:55,569 classmates from other classes came saying that they have been told exactly the 21 00:01:55,569 --> 00:02:05,540 same thing. Now we have become a group of young people with new expectations, new 22 00:02:05,540 --> 00:02:13,319 paths and above all eager to eat the world because we, colleagues, are the future. 23 00:02:13,319 --> 00:02:18,860 Because of this we must continue being ourselves even if people do not like it, 24 00:02:18,860 --> 00:02:24,500 Even if they tell us a thousand times that we must change and that our life would be 25 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:27,860 much better if we were different. 26 00:02:27,860 --> 00:02:33,080 We must maintain our essence, because we do not want a grey and monotonous world where 27 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,800 we all are perfect and equal. 28 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:42,599 We want a world of ours, with our defects and virtues, with our human values, with our 29 00:02:42,599 --> 00:02:47,379 talents, marked by our history. 30 00:02:47,379 --> 00:02:53,639 When talking about history, the 19-20 class takes with it too many memories of the different 31 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:59,539 courses we have spent here, but especially we take with us our achievements. 32 00:02:59,539 --> 00:03:04,719 We have experienced what is it like to face a global pandemic in the probably most complicated 33 00:03:04,719 --> 00:03:09,219 and stressful year of our lives, Secondo Bati Rato. 34 00:03:09,219 --> 00:03:14,780 Despite all that we have suffered, we have managed to achieve all of our goals, showing 35 00:03:14,780 --> 00:03:18,800 that we can face everything that comes in our way and that more than colleagues 36 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:23,740 we are family because nobody has given me so much support and has understood me 37 00:03:23,740 --> 00:03:32,169 as much as they did. As we have shown throughout this course especially in the 38 00:03:32,169 --> 00:03:36,789 recent months if all of us unique and each with their strengths and weakness 39 00:03:36,789 --> 00:03:43,030 unite collaborate and support each other we are stronger than anything that can 40 00:03:43,030 --> 00:03:49,490 coming our way. Personally speaking I would like to first thank all of my 41 00:03:49,490 --> 00:03:53,530 colleagues and teachers, my best companions at this important moment in 42 00:03:53,530 --> 00:03:57,430 my life and who have made these six years an experience that I will always 43 00:03:57,430 --> 00:04:03,789 remember with great affection but especially I want to thank my family for 44 00:04:03,789 --> 00:04:08,550 putting up with me day by day with my ups and downs with my pluses and minuses 45 00:04:08,550 --> 00:04:15,050 But despite being unbearable and being stressed all day, they still love me the same. 46 00:04:15,050 --> 00:04:18,370 Or at least, they tell me that. 47 00:04:18,370 --> 00:04:23,430 Thank you to all the families and friends for coming to this graduation ceremony. 48 00:04:23,430 --> 00:04:26,110 Without you, it would not be the same. 49 00:04:26,110 --> 00:04:26,870 Thank you so much.