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What would a life without continuous challenges be like? 00:00:07
This is the question I have been asking myself in order to find motivation along this year. 00:00:11
This is because I have looked forward to putting an end to all the stress and all the difficulties that I have been across as the year went on. 00:00:16
But if I hadn't done that, I wouldn't be as proud of myself as I am now. 00:00:27
When I was younger and I was in ESO, I could never have imagined myself here. 00:00:34
This year has been the hardest of my life. 00:00:40
I am unsure that almost all my classmates feel the same as me. 00:00:43
Obviously, I have been across more difficult situations in my life, but I mean in my academic life. 00:00:47
However, going through all the nerves, the pressure, the non-sleeping days and all the sacrifices it requires has been tough. 00:00:54
Nevertheless, I believe that all of us have overcome the most difficult part and I would like to address my mates in order to congratulate them on having been able to make it. 00:01:03
Furthermore, I would like to thank my parents who have been always supporting me and trying to make this year easier, in those moments when I was stressed and angry almost all the day. 00:01:18
Also, I would like to thank our teachers who have been really sympathetic with us, speaking with the class, giving advice, and especially the school counsellor, who has been really supportive and who ensured she will win the battle she is fighting now. 00:01:28
All that has been really useful to keep going and not give up. And without that help, I think that I could never have reached this moment. 00:01:45
We still have to get over the last part and it won't be easy, but I bet all of us will be able to make it. 00:01:55
Why not? If we are still alive, I think we can do this last effort and then we can have the greatest party we have ever had. 00:02:03
And in addition to this, now is the moment when we have finished with this, the phase that I think is the most important one in our student life. 00:02:11
life. So this year isn't the end. This year is the beginning of a new life for all of us, as well as a chance to go on with our training for our future and for being capable of facing life with our own attitude. Because for me, the main objective of this educational process is getting to know ourselves. 00:02:19
So this year I have learned more about who I am, what my limits are, how I can control myself, my shame, my anguish over all the stressful situations and these things are the really important ones that I will always have in my mind when I am older, I am in a university or at a job, even in a daily situation. 00:02:41
So good luck to my classmates and thanks to all of you for your attention. 00:03:05
weird to believe in this moment about to finish a long six-year period of my life it's curious 00:03:15
to remember all these years which have passed since this moment began and i remember that in 00:03:21
first office i thought which optional subject will i choose when i am in pacherato that's stupid to 00:03:27
think about this now it will be in six years i remember that in the first year the first term 00:03:34
I failed two subjects and it was very disheartening, thinking that high school was very difficult and that if I had had started with two fails, how was I going to do during the rest of high school? But in that moment, I received some encouragement from my parents and my brother. 00:03:40
My parents encouraged me saying that I had to study more and they tried to explain that high school wasn't similar to elementary school and of course that I had to dedicate more time and to study more than obviously in the elementary school. 00:03:56
I also remember that my friends were like me thinking how bad the school was 00:04:12
so the situation was the same to everybody but we just had to think that 00:04:17
school required more work and time than in general more work and time. Second 00:04:22
professor was much easier once we had the idea of effort and work and each 00:04:29
year had its difficulties but each year one yeah each year each one was a 00:04:35
a lesson of maturity and step more to make up my mind about what to do in the future. 00:04:41
Now that we all arrived here, I think that all my classmates deserve congratulations 00:04:47
too. We have overcome the same obstacles, so they understand more or less the same, 00:04:52
the problems that I am talking about here. Now that high school is ending, a period of 00:04:58
our lives is being closed. A time that we will remember as one of the hardest, especially 00:05:04
the material to trust and a period where we changed from being kids who came from 00:05:08
the elementary school to adults who are looking for work at university and thinking 00:05:14
about what they want to work in. We have become more mature and of course 00:05:18
in this period of six years we have changed a lot since we were 00:05:24
12 until now when we are 18 and in a far future we will remember this period 00:05:28
thinking my god how stupid it was when I was 15 or 16 even I think that we have 00:05:33
that feeling now and that's a symptom of the change we have experienced in these 00:05:40
times it's very difficult to know where we are going to be in four years for 00:05:45
example maybe we will have finished our studies by this time and we will be 00:05:48
looking for a job maybe we will still be studying or who knows maybe we will be 00:05:53
we would be looking for a house because we are becoming independent uncertainty is very normal 00:05:59
in this period of our lives because every decision we are making in this time will 00:06:06
determine what our lives be like especially the status we want to have and the job we want to 00:06:10
get so we have to think about it carefully but by now we cannot know the certain future time 00:06:16
will tell as a conclusion I'm very happy about finishing high school yeah these 00:06:23
years have been very useful to know what I want to study and what I want what I 00:06:31
want to work in something related with business and now that the decision is 00:06:37
made the objective is just to make it real and that will start after after the 00:06:44
summer thank you for listening well hi everybody i'm going to start my speech with my favorite 00:06:49
quote that has helped me in all this year in the sporting and academy skills i fail over and over 00:06:59
and over again in my life and that is why isaac said you guys do you know who is michael jordan 00:07:07
From my point of view, I think that it helps you to your best things and to have more self-confidence. 00:07:14
I would like to thank my parents for the support they have put on me all along these years. 00:07:33
and I start schools on Alonabo because they have always been supporting and encouraging me to keep improving. 00:07:39
Is it true, Thea? 00:07:47
From them, I have learned that when you want something that is difficult, you need to strive and you don't stop until you get it. 00:07:56
Thanks to all my friends for their support and the unforgettable moments together, and the ones we still have to live. Thanks to all the teachers that I have known, especially those who are ready to retire, because some of them were the best for me. 00:08:04
I remember that the best event that I have experienced this year took place the last year when I was selected to go to New York with people from six different countries. 00:08:21
It was an experience that I will never forget. 00:08:35
Another very important memory I have occurred in third of ESSO. 00:08:39
It was a hard year suffering with physics and chemistry. 00:08:44
I failed and I went to September, but I passed it with an H. 00:08:49
I remember that that summer was pretty hard for me, but with effort you can get everything. 00:08:56
Other memories that are related to sports, such as titles won with the school football team or nowadays with my water polo team. 00:09:03
I think that this year is still very hard for all of us because we need to study many things and we have very little time. 00:09:12
But in general it seems that everyone is working a lot and we are not doing badly. 00:09:20
I suppose that the change from the high school to the university is something that affects us and brings change to all of us 00:09:25
because it will make us more mature and we will have more responsibilities. 00:09:32
It's difficult to choose a degree because it will influence your future and we must not forget the mark at the university entrance exam because the university that we chose depends on this mark. 00:09:38
It's true that now is a difficult time for education and it is a problem that the government needs to improve. 00:09:52
In my opinion, the education needs more money to improve not only the buildings and education, but also on human resources. 00:09:59
I think that in the future, when I finish my degree, I am going to prepare myself to be a policeman or firefighter. 00:10:09
Because these are jobs where you can help people and you are not locked up in an office most of the time. 00:10:17
It's not easy to get a job as either of them, but the test that you have to overcome can help you to get the rest of you. 00:10:24
Kusama, I have gone through good and bad moments in recent years, but at the end everything has put a good end. 00:10:32
And the teachers have tried to help us to feed our future as well as our parents. 00:10:40
Thank you very much for your kind attention. 00:10:46
Teachers, classmates, parents, good afternoon to everyone. Thank you for joining us on this very special day for all of us. 00:10:49
Today is our great day, and who would have thought us we'd be here together? 00:11:00
If we look back, we may see ourselves wondering what would I be like in five years' time, or what would I have managed to do? 00:11:05
Will I be doing what I want to do now? 00:11:13
Nevertheless, now many of us would like to return to those days and to live again those moments we have shared here in our high school. 00:11:15
Do you remember that first day? Many of us were scared or intrigued because we didn't know what we were meddling into. 00:11:24
From being the youngest at school to being the youngest at high school. 00:11:32
And this situation is going to be repeated again when we go to the university. 00:11:36
Step by step we reached the fourth grade of ESO. In my opinion, perhaps one of the best years. 00:11:40
I have a lot of good memories of that year. The trip to Germany and Paris, the experience in the activity forum business, 00:11:49
and therefore to have managed to meet the people who are my best friends now. 00:11:56
The first grade of Bachillerato, racing with Poland, was perhaps the best experience that I have ever had in my life. 00:12:01
Finally, we got to the last and hardest year, the second grade of Bachillerato, and we did the most feared work we had throughout the course, Selecira. 00:12:08
We wouldn't have made it without you, teachers and parents, because we are who we are today, thanks to you. 00:12:18
Thanks to our parents, who have put up with our bad mood and our stress. Without them, we would never have got here. 00:12:25
Thank you for caring and worrying about us and about our future. 00:12:33
Thanks to the teacher for helping us not only on academic matters, but in personal ones as well. 00:12:38
And especially to our schoolmates, who understand us better than anyone else, 00:12:46
with whom we have shared great moments in class, on trips and on discussions, 00:12:51
and who have become our greatest support. 00:12:56
Nothing is easy, everything is achieved with effort. 00:13:00
In this moment, I feel sad and moved. 00:13:03
Thanks for leaving our school, our teachers and friends, we would not see the same faces every day and because we are ending a beautiful stage in our lives. 00:13:06
On the other hand, I feel very happy for all the new things which are waiting for us up there. 00:13:18
New classmates, new friends, new great moments and a new life. 00:13:23
And above all, to see that all our efforts in these six years have been worth it. 00:13:28
Little by little we are making our dreams true. 00:13:33
We've grown up to be the people that we have always wanted to. 00:13:39
We should be proud of ourselves for being here today. 00:13:43
If we look back, we will see all our achievements. 00:13:47
We have overcome all the obstacles that were on the way to get to the sole desired goal. 00:13:51
And now we can say, we made it! 00:13:55
Today our ways separate after six years together. 00:13:59
good luck to everyone in these new states. Thank you. 00:14:03
This moment is very important for us because this ceremony 00:14:07
is the end of a period we have spent in this high school. 00:14:13
I'd like to thank everyone who has supported me during all this time 00:14:17
and has helped me when I had difficulties in 00:14:21
the high school. I'm particularly grateful for my parents 00:14:25
who are always there for me. I also have to thank all the 00:14:29
teacher I've had for teaching me many things and for what they do for every student who 00:14:33
study here. There is a name that I'll never forget. When we went on a school trip to Paris 00:14:38
and we went to visit the opera and teacher and two or three students got into the opera 00:14:45
and the rest of us did not see them. Enter and we went across the street and we got lost. 00:14:50
Another school activity that I really enjoyed was the last year when we went to open tennis in Madrid. 00:14:56
Because we were lucky, because we could enjoy a Rafa Nadal tennis match. 00:15:04
And the best moment I had here was when in fourth of SOBD, fourth class businesses, 00:15:09
a kind of internship which was a week where we were working in some companies. 00:15:16
For me, a significant event was my first day at the high school, in first of ESO, because 00:15:22
I could not imagine that I was there. Everything I saw that day was new for me. I think that 00:15:32
it has been a great accomplishment for us to be here today and finish second in Pachillerato, 00:15:42
it was a very difficult year with a lot of pressure and I think that if we can 00:15:48
manage to get through this we can get through anything. This moment is very important for me because it means the end of a stage in my life. 00:15:54
I think the next year at the university I will feel the same as on my first day 00:16:03
at the high school. New things, new people, new everything and I'm excited. I will 00:16:08
I would like all my classmates to remember the good moment we have here and I would like them to remember our prom because it was such a special moment. 00:16:16
The years I spent here have shown me what I really like to do and what my skills are. 00:16:27
I hope everything I learned here will help me to do my best in my future job. 00:16:34
In the future, I would like to finish my degree and get a job, have a family and enjoy the life as much as possible. 00:16:42
To conclude, I will never change this year I have spent here for anything, because I have enjoyed them, because I met new people and I learned many things. 00:16:49
I am very proud to finish this period in my life and start a new one. Thank you for your attention. 00:17:01
Hello everyone, it has been two years since I started studying here. 00:17:12
I cannot say that these years have been the best of my life, academically speaking. 00:17:19
But in some way, these two years have been really good because of the people that I have met here. 00:17:24
Giving this speech is really intimidating because there are a lot of things that I want to say in a short way. 00:17:29
I can remember my early years of school and kindergarten. 00:17:36
And the only worries that I had in those times were playing with my friends and just enjoying everything that I did. 00:17:41
I'm really grateful to all my former teachers that have taught me everything that I know, which is not quite much. 00:17:48
But I really want to thank them every effort that they have done with me. 00:17:54
And truly, I am where I am because of them. 00:17:58
First of all, I can say that I have really felt a part of this high school since the first day I came here. 00:18:02
Everyone here has been so nice that I do not really feel that I just came two years ago. 00:18:09
Today, I really want to thank every friend that I have met here, every effort that they have done with me, and their patience with me. 00:18:16
And this is the real truth. Without their support, I could not be here. 00:18:26
Also, I want to thank every teacher in this high school who have helped me in every question that I had, and they have always tried to solve it. 00:18:31
So, thank everyone. 00:18:39
I remember my first day here. 00:18:42
I really knew a few people, and that fucking intimidated me in some way or another. 00:18:44
In the next day, I started talking with the people in my class. 00:18:51
They seemed to be friendly, and in fact they were. 00:18:56
These two years have been plenty of hard work, and at some points you could really feel stressed. 00:18:59
Not just by your own nerves, because of the others too. 00:19:05
But with effort, some luck and some patience, all of you can pass through this quite easily. 00:19:09
As you all know, these years are not compulsory in your studies. There are lots of alternatives. 00:19:16
But if you choose this path, all of you must know that without study, real hard study and hard work, 00:19:25
there is no way that you can pursue your goals and in the future, doing whatever you want to do, 00:19:32
you could remember these years and that every effort has rewards. 00:19:39
Apart from expressing my gratitude, I would also like to tell you that these years are tough. 00:19:45
And thinking about the future, if I could go back in time, I would make the effort to get better grades, study harder and make the effort. 00:19:52
But this is the only advice that anyone can take from me. 00:20:02
So believe me when I say that these two years are probably the most important years of your studies. 00:20:07
So study hard and become the people that you would like to be in the future. 00:20:13
And finally, to sum up, I just want to say one thing. 00:20:18
Study hard and you will achieve your goals, 00:20:22
which in my opinion is what teachers and everyone here are trying to make us achieve. 00:20:25
Thank you for listening. 00:20:30
Hello classmates. Today is an important day for us. As we gather here to celebrate this event, we are surrounded by all of the people who taught us and inspired us in our lives. 00:20:32
Parents, friends and teachers. I remember when we all stayed together in this room six years ago. When we were young, I said we have just got out of bed. 00:20:48
I see that most of us still look as sleepy as we did on that fateful day. 00:21:01
To everyone who touched my life, I say thank you. 00:21:08
To my parents, who stood by me all the time. 00:21:12
To teachers, who tried to help me in my learning and supported me on hard times. 00:21:15
To my friends, who were there for establishments and listened to my problems. 00:21:20
And also, witnessed my happy moments every day. 00:21:26
And thanks to all the kind people I have met during my time at Galileo Galilei, who were there with me in my difficult moments too. 00:21:30
When I came to Galileo Galilei for the first time, I was very nervous because I had gone through difficult times in another school and I did not have many friends. 00:21:39
But I felt comfortable with the new relationship with my new classmates I managed to have. 00:21:51
I did not feel alone anymore and I enjoyed my classes and lessons a lot. 00:21:57
And my teachers helped me to love going back to go to school, to learn my subjects and to start new projects such as our vegetable garden. 00:22:04
At this point I have to say that we make our life and society. 00:22:13
I know I will have nothing to worry about because I have been prepared to be a good person, an efficient worker and a brave person to solve all of the problems I might have. 00:22:18
I have been taught to appreciate others, to tolerate different opinions which are different from mine and I am very happy to have started here, during these years with these teachers and classmates. 00:22:33
However, the future is uncertain right now, because there are not many jobs, there are 00:22:46
many people educated to get the same job, there are limited opportunities to start working 00:22:53
in something you like, the salaries are really low in general, the majority of the jobs are 00:22:59
part-time, there is corruption among our politicians, etc. 00:23:05
For these reasons, I will try to prepare myself, mentally and physically, the best way I can. 00:23:10
And I will try to make a better society, to work hard, to improve my skills, to be a better person, and to fight injustices when I see them. 00:23:17
On the other hand, leaving high school is such a brutal transition, but I can see myself having a good life and working hard to fight for my culture, my family and my rights. 00:23:27
We have to make our society a better place to live in. We cannot afford to lose a whole generation, my generation, without rights to decide what things we want to do and how we want to do them. 00:23:41
So I'll commit to fighting for my own opinions, which I learned here, thanks to these high school values, and to decide the best way for me to construct this new society. 00:23:55
I might start to study a degree, or I might go straight to work. That's not really important. 00:24:07
Because on one way or the other, I will keep on improving and supporting others. 00:24:14
I do not know what fate will have in store for us, but sincerely, and from the bottom of my heart, thank you all. Class of 2015, we did it! 00:24:20
Good morning teachers, students, and classmates. 00:24:31
When our teacher Anna told us that we were going to do our graduation speeches in front of San Galileo students, I remember Anna better. 00:24:43
When I was in my first or second year in this high school, I think, yeah, my English class and I went to listen to some speeches by other students. 00:24:53
I thought that maybe one day I could do something like that. As you can see on the listen, I am doing it now. Also, I can't believe how time has gone so fast because this another was five or six years ago and I am ten years old now. 00:25:04
During this year in this high school, I have learned a lot of things and they have made me the person that I am right now. 00:25:23
So, I want to tell you about some important moments. 00:25:34
First of all, I want to say thank you to my family because they were, they are, and they will be my biggest support in my entire life. 00:25:38
I am proud of the family I have because I have learned that the last thing that you can lose is hope. I am stronger than I could have imagined. If I want something, I have to try and get it. 00:25:47
It is never too late to be what I expect to be. When I need something to believe in, I should start with myself. And I'm the only person that can make me happy. 00:26:02
But especially, I want to say my massive thanks to my mother because she is everything for me and she has always helped. 00:26:17
Also, I am grateful to my friends for each funny moment which have made me laugh and for being there in hard times. 00:26:27
Moreover, I don't forget my teachers because they have taught me that it is important to learn and to take advantage of each opportunity. 00:26:38
And they give me some good advice. 00:26:49
What's more, they have organized trips around Europe so I could meet people from other cultures and I'm still in touch with. 00:26:52
For example, my Polish friend Karola. 00:27:03
And on that trip, I noticed that I'm the clumsiest person in the world, for sure. 00:27:06
For example, I fell down in the middle of the street, in the stairs, and others. 00:27:14
In my student life in the Galileo Galilei High School, I have had new experiences. 00:27:20
Academic success, personal accomplishments, and failures. 00:27:26
However, I'm happy and I want to start an important phase of my life. 00:27:31
In this moment, my big problem is what I'm going to do in the future, when I finish the University of Trent's exam. 00:27:37
And I know that I start this feeling with my classmates, because they are in the same situation as me. 00:27:45
But we have to think that we have done a good job during these two years. 00:27:53
Some people tell me that I have to do one half of the degree and others the other half. 00:27:59
It all depends on whatever degree chosen can offer you a good job because the Spanish situation is very bad. 00:28:06
So the government needs to improve job employment policies. 00:28:13
So it's very confusing. 00:28:19
For this reason, I strongly believe that if you like the Turing degree, for example, study. I don't care about people's opinion. Just worry about your happiness. Because you can have an incredible job, a beautiful house, and a amazing car, but they won't make you happy. 00:28:22
So this is my advice for my partners and for the future generations. 00:28:42
Finally, about my expectations for the future. 00:28:48
Well, I don't have an exact idea, but I know what I like and what I want. 00:28:53
Although, I sometimes change my opinion. 00:28:59
For example, I remember when I was little, I wanted to be a doctor and then a veterinarian. 00:29:03
But I choose social science, so my big dream about helping humans and animals is over. 00:29:11
So I suppose that I will get a job which makes me happy, gives me new experiences, 00:29:18
will last my life, and where I can meet people. 00:29:25
This is what I'm looking for in a job. 00:29:29
Also, I wish that I won't stop learning lessons about life, people, and other stuff. 00:29:32
Moreover, I don't want to care about my future too much. 00:29:39
I don't expect anything, but I'm open to everything. 00:29:43
In conclusion, I'm very thankful for the people who have been beside me. 00:29:47
I have had great and bad times in my life, which have turned me into a brave person. 00:29:52
But now I'm beginning a new path and I want to walk it on my own way with all my bad luck. 00:30:00
Thank you for listening to me, my graduation speech. 00:30:07
Do you have the imagination to see yourself doing something truly exceptional? 00:30:18
Well, to be honest, I have to admit that at the very beginning of this course I wasn't able to answer that question, 00:30:23
because actually I couldn't see myself doing anything, anything exceptional. 00:30:32
in fact i wasn't even able to see myself in the future i was lost confused and really afraid 00:30:38
of what was coming up but i have always tried to have a happy smile on my face 00:30:46
this year is being one of the most important years in our lives we are starting to make 00:30:54
relevant decisions which will be the beginning of our new lives but far from hiding running away 00:31:00
and being frightened we have to look up and move forward because if I had to 00:31:08
choose one simple thing I have learned since I walked through the Galileo 00:31:16
Galilei gates is do not give up ever seriously I'm not joking this is one of 00:31:21
the best things you can ever do I joined high school two years ago and I was 00:31:28
worried about not finding any friends, new teachers, new subjects, well in fact 00:31:34
everything was new to me, so it can be said that I was worried about every 00:31:40
simple thing, but it was not such a terrible thing, actually everyone was so 00:31:44
kind, the teachers were there for anything we needed and the subjects, well 00:31:51
subjects were not so different from what I expected, but nothing is so easy, is it? 00:31:57
I have to admit that I'm thankful for my classmates. They might not be the perfect 00:32:03
students, but they always want me to be happy and every single day they were there 00:32:08
helping and making me smile, so thank you guys. The teachers were also very supportive 00:32:14
and always that I needed help, they were there. And believe me when I tell you that 00:32:21
that this makes the difference between good and not so good teachers. 00:32:26
I may have learned about the subjects they have taught us, but not only that. 00:32:31
I've learned about life, about how to be helpful. 00:32:37
Time goes by so fast. 00:32:41
It looks like yesterday when we were in our first bachelor today, 00:32:44
or when we were making presentations in science. 00:32:48
Even we went to the university in order to be explained about the degrees. 00:32:52
And I think that despite all the afternoons we've been studying, 00:32:58
all the exams we have made, all the pressures we have exposed to, 00:33:02
we have enjoyed these years. 00:33:07
When I was in other high school, I remember one teacher who said a sentence 00:33:11
that I will always remember. It went like this. 00:33:15
Do whatever you want to, and don't take life so seriously, because after all, nobody gets a life from it. 00:33:19
So because of that, I decided to study what I have always loved, fine arts. 00:33:26
Because in the end, I have decided to live the life I wanted, instead of the life the others wanted me to live. 00:33:33
And who knows, maybe in the future, people from this graduation will be changing the world, making it better. 00:33:41
We might have here to the next president, and we don't even know. 00:33:48
What I want to say with this is that life changes, so do we. 00:33:53
To conclude, I'll ask the same question that I asked you at the very beginning of this speech. 00:33:58
Do you have the imagination to see yourself in the future doing something truly exceptional? 00:34:04
Things may have changed since the first term started, and now I can answer that question. 00:34:10
Yes, I can imagine myself doing something important, and actually, I will fight for it. 00:34:17
So thank you guys for being such good listeners. 00:34:24
But here we are, getting ready to graduate. 00:34:32
We worked hard to get to this point, but we didn't do it by ourselves. 00:34:35
We have to thank to our parents, teachers and classmates. 00:34:39
To our parents, thank you for supporting us in more ways than it's possible to count. You helped us with homework, you paid for our education and listened to our complaints. You came to our place and attended our sporting events and clapped our dances. You understood our daily dramas. You tried to give us enough space to learn how to do our things for ourselves. Thank you, man, for all you have given to me. 00:34:43
To our teachers, thank you for taking the time to explain assignments, sometimes repeatedly because we weren't paying attention. You allowed us to come to our classroom after school for extra help when you couldn't have gone home to spend time with your family and friends. 00:35:07
Thank you especially for Ruben, our math teacher, who isn't here today. 00:35:23
My dear classmates, we have been here for two long years and now it's time to leave. 00:35:29
How did it all go so fast? We began high school as children but we are living here as adults. 00:35:35
Now we stand here ready to graduate and move forward in the world. 00:35:42
A new adventure begins here, it begins today. 00:35:47
Mahatma Gandhi once says, life as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to lie forever, don't wait until tomorrow to do what you can do today. And so we did. 00:35:50
We have been working hard for these two years and now here we are, dressing smart clothes, wearing well prepared hairstyles and getting nervous because of university entrance exams. 00:36:03
This last year will determine our lives. Our future depends on our marks, but I have to remind you one thing. 00:36:15
We may not have the power to change the world, but we have the power to try to achieve what we want on our own. 00:36:23
My challenge is to do what I can to reach my goals. 00:36:30
Some people say that high school is the best time of your life, but to be honest, 00:36:34
Some people, these are just the best years of our lives so far. 00:36:40
University or professional courses are waiting for us, so let's make the last effort and then enjoy our holidays. 00:36:45
To sum up, I have to show my gratitude again to most of the opportunities we have been given. 00:36:53
The next step is to go into the world with the intention of making it a better place for the generations that follow us. 00:36:59
Thank you teachers, thank you parents and family for the support you have given to us. 00:37:07
Hi everyone. It seems that it was like yesterday when I started the high school, 00:37:17
looking at the university as something which was very far from me. 00:37:22
But now I notice that time flies and the child that I was once has become an adult. 00:37:26
Especially in this moment of my educational life, 00:37:33
and life, I want to emphasize the importance which these last years have had to me. My 00:37:35
family, my friends, and my teachers have helped me to become the person I am today. What can 00:37:41
I say about my family? They have assisted me during all these years, particularly my 00:37:48
brother, who has been helping me in mathematics since I started high school. My friends have 00:37:53
support me in my worst moments. 00:38:00
When I failed an exam or when I was in trouble with someone, 00:38:03
they were always there. 00:38:06
Also, I have to mention my teachers, 00:38:09
who made me understand many aspects of life 00:38:12
and gave me all this most valuable knowledge. 00:38:15
Some of them have made me love the subjects, 00:38:18
despite the fact that these subjects were 00:38:21
very difficult to understand. 00:38:23
I have been studying in this high school only for two years. 00:38:26
But since the very first moment, my classmates and my teachers have made me feel like a member of the group. 00:38:29
There are so many hilarious anecdotes that I can't remember all. 00:38:35
But there is one which I will remember forever. 00:38:40
It happened last year during the 24 Hours Festival. 00:38:43
I was with my team taking part in a competition which consisted of taking water from one place to another, 00:38:48
with a towel covering our eyes. 00:38:53
We finished it shocking wet, laughing on the floor. 00:38:55
It was fantastic. My feelings now are very varied. I feel excited because of the university experience, nervous because of the graduation, enthusiastic because I want to start studying what I want, and nostalgic because I leave behind many amazing moments that happened in high school. 00:38:58
Today I am taking a very important step in my life. I will always remember this moment and I think that my classmates will do the same. 00:39:21
You only graduate high school once and it means that you have become an adult and you start your adventure in the wide world. 00:39:31
In the future, I expect to become the person who I want to be. 00:39:41
Obviously, I have to grow up mentally, but this is one of the parts of becoming an adult. 00:39:53
During high school, I have changed my decisions about where I want to study. 00:39:59
For instance, at first I wanted to be a vet, then a biologist, and now I don't really know if my marks will be high enough to study medicine. 00:40:05
Some teachers have taught me lessons that will be very important in my life. For instance, when you study hard, you receive rewards. 00:40:16
This lesson is the most valuable one for me. 00:40:25
High school has taught me that when you want something, you have to fight for it, because nobody is going to give you anything for free. 00:40:28
In conclusion, I think that in life in general, and especially in this moment of our lives, we have to look back to our past experiences in high school in order to confront the future successfully. 00:40:37
There is a large path to continue, and we have to walk it one round. 00:40:50
Thank you for listening and congratulations! 00:40:55
But sooner and sooner it became one of our worst nightmares. 00:40:58
Well, actually that's not completely true. 00:41:06
Little by little we got more self-confident and as the course passed we felt better prepared for this scary exam. 00:41:09
On the one hand it's true that at the beginning we were still behaving as if it was summer. 00:41:18
And in my case, this feeling of laziness has not totally gone away, but it has been reduced, fortunately. 00:41:25
However, it didn't happen out of the blue, of course. It required a lot of effort. 00:41:34
On the other hand, that effort was shown by all the achievements I was getting, 00:41:42
Obviously, to keep with the good results, you need motivation. 00:41:48
And that may be the key point of everything. 00:41:52
That motivation is the only thing that keeps you working hard to get your goals. 00:41:56
And it's obvious that to get to that point and to stay there, you need to be supported by your relatives and friends, 00:42:01
mainly if they are going through the same as you. 00:42:07
So I want to thank all of them. 00:42:12
I want to thank my grandfather, who gives me great advice for life, and also to the teachers who have done their best to prepare us as well as possible, 00:42:14
even if that meant spending extra hours teaching us or having some kind of review class. 00:42:24
Although I have been in this school just for two years, I have many good memories. 00:42:30
I have to say that I feel very lucky for the people I have met, especially for my classmates. 00:42:38
My tasks and experiences truly work out. 00:42:44
Right now, I can say that all the expectations I had for this course have been proven wrong. 00:42:48
Of course, it has been a hard year, but not as long as I thought, and in some ways I will probably miss it when it ends. 00:42:54
I have to say that this year has helped me a lot as a student and as a person. 00:43:03
I am totally convinced that every failure has made me stronger and I have learned from many mistakes. 00:43:10
So I can say I am prepared for every problem that arises in my future. 00:43:17
So I wish to all of you the best for your lives and thanks for your attention. 00:43:24
It seems incredible how fast time goes, how one day we are learning how to read or write and the other we are preparing for an exam that could determine our futures. 00:43:34
It hasn't been a long time since I first arrived at this high school. I admit that at first I was a little bit scared. 00:43:45
It was the first time I had moved into a new high school and the fact that I am so shy didn't help. 00:43:53
I remember my first day here. It was two years ago. I worried about everything, the best clothes for that day, which shoes went best with those pants, or even my hairstyle. 00:43:59
I was worried about the kind of classmates I would have, and the same goes for the teachers. 00:44:11
But when I started to discover what people were like, to my surprise, all my worries disappeared, and I want to thank them for lots of things. 00:44:16
But first of all, I want to thank everybody who has come today, an important and long 00:44:24
day for all of us, a day in which we see in some way freedom, in which we finish a stage 00:44:30
of our lives to start another one, a day in which we say goodbye to teachers, classmates 00:44:36
and friends we have been seeing for hours every day for a part of our lives. 00:44:42
Firstly, I want to thank my teachers for their interest and patience with all of us, thanks 00:44:47
to those who have made these years easier, but also to those that have made them more 00:44:52
difficult. I want to thank my classmates, some of them good friends, because of their 00:44:57
help during these years and to make lessons funnier. We have indeed shared lots of things, 00:45:02
lots of experiences together, good and bad things, and both, smiles and tears. Thanks 00:45:09
for the effort, sincerity and friendship, and especially I want to congratulate them 00:45:14
for coming up here, because we all know that it hasn't been easy, but I hope that the effort 00:45:19
has been worth it. I will never forget them, because all of us have left a mark here. And 00:45:24
finally, I want to thank my family, my parents and friends. They were a very big support 00:45:32
for me, especially my parents, who I have to thank them for everything. And I am who 00:45:37
I am because of them. They believe in me and encourage me to get everything they think 00:45:42
I could, and they still do. From them, I have learned that if you want something, you must 00:45:47
work on it, and with effort, you will achieve everything you want. Thanks for teaching me 00:45:53
that life is difficult, but nothing is impossible. So now, comes the time to say goodbye to everyone 00:45:58
and leave this high school, which has seen us grow and change every day. A place full 00:46:03
of good and bad moments. It's time to try to move on into new states in our lives. It's 00:46:09
It's time to see new faces, to make new friends and to start to enjoy freedom without forgetting our past. 00:46:14
Thank you. 00:46:20
When I think of all the difficulties an ordinary person has to overcome in this world, 00:46:28
I realize that determination is not always enough. 00:46:34
Something from my point of view I always consider very important is the following. 00:46:38
It's impossible to make a wish come true if you never do anything about it, but also sometimes you need the help of others. 00:46:44
For that reason, I would like to thank my mother for teaching me the proper way of studying when I was little, as well as a large number of values which make me the person I am today. 00:46:55
My sister, for teaching me the importance of sharing things. 00:47:08
My grandmother, for taking care of us while our parents were walking. 00:47:13
And my father, for pointing out what I should never do. 00:47:18
Thanks to all of you for being there when I needed you the most. 00:47:23
I would also like to thank the teachers for their patience and for answering questions related to their subjects. 00:47:29
Thank you for what you have taught me and for always being there. 00:47:36
And of course, thank you to my classmates and my friends, because apart from being nice people, 00:47:42
they saw that the work done all together as a team has better results than the work done individually. 00:47:49
I still remember choosing this school after finishing secondary in the school where I had been for ten years, since primary. 00:47:58
So it's not strange that my first day here I felt nervous. But nowadays I know that my choice wasn't wrong at all. 00:48:09
After two years we are at the beginning of a new path. 00:48:19
During all these years, we have been given the grounds so as not get lost in a world in which we may not have as much help as we have had so far. 00:48:26
Moreover, what we have learned will be useful in our day-to-day life, in our hobbies, in our trips, and much more, because now we have the tools to understand the world we live in. 00:48:38
And what's more, in all these years we have discovered that Stalin is not so bad. 00:48:52
It's a wonderful experience in which, following your curiosity, you can try to learn about things you know nothing about. 00:49:00
That's what I have planned for my future, because life is full of new discoveries. 00:49:09
Now, our machine is ready for a problem, and I've told you everything you need to begin your next life. 00:49:16
That's what we need to follow our new path. Thank you. 00:49:23
Today is the day to tell you my story. It is the day to tell you about my feelings. 00:49:32
Today is the day in which I say that I will miss all of you. 00:49:39
I will miss this place. This place that makes me feel like in my own home. 00:49:44
Moreover, the truth is that accents make the heart grow further. 00:49:50
I remember the first time I came to the iSchool. 00:49:56
I was scared about my new life. 00:49:59
I had left the school behind. 00:50:02
I was scared that somebody could make fun of me as it happened at the school. 00:50:04
I was very introverted. 00:50:10
However, because of this, I had a new classmate sitting next to me. 00:50:12
She was the first person in the iSchool that asked me about myself. 00:50:17
That year, I started to write poems and read some drama books. 00:50:21
My mom was worried about me and she decided to talk with Maryasum. 00:50:26
She was the tutor I had that year. 00:50:31
My mom and Maryasum came to the conclusion that I should join the drama school group to open my heart. 00:50:34
At first, I did not talk. 00:50:41
My drama partners were 2 years older than me. I did not know them, but they were friendly. 00:50:44
In terms of ESO and later, I got closer to some girls. My drama partners and my friends became very important for me. 00:50:51
I went from being interactive to talking with everybody and make a lot of friends. 00:51:02
I would like to express my gratitude to them and my family. My mom was always for me when I needed her, although my father hadn't wanted to know anything about me since 2011. 00:51:09
Furthermore, my uncle and my aunt took care of me every time my mom was at the hospital. 00:51:23
They were like my second parents. Also, my grandparents asked about my staff. 00:51:31
We are a close family, even in the worst situations. 00:51:38
Now, I am reading this speech. I am aware that in a few days I will not be here with all of you. 00:51:42
I am scared. I do not like living in the places that I love. However, that is life. 00:51:50
When somebody is born, somebody dies. When we leave the high school, other students arrive. 00:51:58
That is the cycle of life. Nevertheless, now I have to think about my future. 00:52:04
What would I like to be? I would like to be a teacher. I love children. 00:52:10
I will learn many things from them. Also, on the one hand, I would love to become an actress. 00:52:16
I really enjoy acting. I will be able to be wherever I want. 00:52:23
On the other hand, I know that I will not probably have many future prospects being an actress. 00:52:29
That makes me feel angry. 00:52:36
Our decisions will depend on the country's situation, our family's situation and other variables. 00:52:39
We will always be determined by outside factors. 00:52:47
In conclusion, we came to the high school to learn more than information. 00:52:52
We learned how to be kind. We learned values, which will be useful for the rest of our lives. 00:52:57
We were educated by our teachers, our parents, and also our friends. 00:53:07
If I have to finish with a sentence, I would say, 00:53:14
What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. 00:53:18
My advice, remember your past. Learn about it every day. 00:53:21
Live each minute of your life loving the people who you care. 00:53:27
Be a loyal person, and you will be surrounded by people that love you. 00:53:32
Thank you for listening to my story, my thoughts, and my feelings. 00:53:37
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