Humorous Wedding Speech By A Teacher

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Good afternoon class of 2017! First off i would like to congratulate everyone graduating today and thank those who came to support. At first i was very on the fence about coming to this school both because i felt like giving up on myself and because of some assumptions (such as . . . ) i made about this school. We’ve all had our own problems that led us to transferring to La Vista / La Sierra - everyone has problems. Earlier this year i would not been able to say with certainty that i would be graduating in May of 2017. But with hard work and motivation from my family and teachers i was able to push through. I would like to thank them for the strength and opportunity they gave me. In elementary my parents were asked if they wanted to skip …show more content…

So the day the mean office lady told me i was being transferred i was almost relieved. i walked straight off campus and called my mom only saying that i needed to be picked up and it was important. I ran what i was going to say in my head. Then i saw a familiar blue i practically jumped into the car and with one look at my mom's face i broke down crying, trying to explain to her in the pauses of my sobs. What she next is probably one of the main reasons i didn't just give up. she leaned over and hugged me tight told me whatever mistakes i had made in the past we were going to get through it and as long as i learned from them she wasn’t angry with me. But i was angry with myself for the next 3 weeks or so i stayed in bed, lost my appetite, didn't speak to anyone unless absolutely necessary, and walked around with my head down. I had such high expectations but i let myself fall behind. I just couldn't believe it. Over 3 and a half years at Fullerton but my diploma would say La Vista; all but one quarter (15) at Fullerton but my diploma would have another school's name on it. I remember making a comment about the bell. I remember my first day here going home thinking that wasn't so bad - all the teachers i had met so far were nice (there were a lot of substitutes) and the students there weren't bad either if anything better than my old school - the people here

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