surprisingly i graduated.
seriously my counselor was about to faint when she heard i finished everything on time.
ok kids.
mostly 16 year old me. guess what?
i spoke at graduation!
who on earth let me speak??
not sure (jk shoutout to ms. brough, ms. bliss, and the principal lol)
okay so my future friends can see just how clever i am here is the speech.
bear with me.
Congrats class of 2017. You’ve graduated!
And all I can say was this wasn’t like High School Musical at all.
But what was our highschool experience? Who is the class of 2017?
Well let’s see.
Not every senior here has a hydroflask.
Not every senior drives a jeep.
Not everyone bleached their hair or got a spray tan the night before the dance.
Not everyone went to football games.
Not everyone hung out in the parking lot late at night.
Not everyone acted in the school play or held up traffic walking to the seminary building,
but
every single senior here is... a titan. Forever.
Many of you will be receiving advice from well meaning family and friends. Most sounds super awesome at first but after thinking about it a while, most advice is actually pretty bad.
Here is my list of “advice that sounds good at first, but is actually terrible: high school graduation edition.”
Number one: “Live like everyday is your last ” - if everyday was your last you would say goodbye to everyone you know. You’d take insane risks knowing you’ll be gone the next day. You wouldn’t go to work or go to school or think about the future. Don’t live everyday like it’s your last. Live every day like it’s the first day of the rest of your life.
Number two: Just be yourself - sounds like good advice, but it’s not. You shouldn't just be yourself. You should always strive to be your better self. Don’t settle for who you are today - invest in yourself and become the better you.
Number three: Never give up on your dreams. What could be wrong with this advice? Well, here’s the thing - chances are that your dream of marrying Beyonce won’t come true.
For one, She’s married
And She’s kinda old (like 32 or something)
And finally, I seriously doubt she really wants to spend her evenings in the skyline parking lot with you.
Dreams are great, but reality is better. Aim for the stars but be willing to settle for the moon. Even an ordinary life is awesome if you are with people you love.
Okay, so what’s some good advice?
I'm only a high school senior about to graduate but here’s my advice for you (luckily it's a quote from three time Pulitzer prize winner Thomas L. Friedman:
“The world does not care what you know. Everything is on Google. The world only cares, and will only pay for, what you can do with what you know.”
As titans we need to go out and not only do well but do good in this world. We represent something bigger than ourselves. Be good. Do good.
If you fell asleep during this whole thing and just barely woke up. Ultimately here is my advice: go get an education and do something amazing.
Once a titan always a titan.
Peace out senior year. We are on to bigger and better things.
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well. that's all for that.
bye highschool.
you'll only be missed ever so slightly
