It has been around 14 hours since I have gotten back from the Freshmen Retreat, and I happy to be able to write about the success of the trip in all parts, regarding my personal goal, what I learned about my fellow advisory peers, and realizing a bit more about myself. My personal goal, on how I wanted to develop a bond slightly above the level of an acquaintance with a member from my advisory whom I had little contact with before the retreat, was successfully achieved within the first day. The bond I made resulted in me learning more about him and the inverse from his point of view. I learned information about things ranging from his favorite subjects in school to his favorite activities outside of school in his personal life, some, things …show more content…
I could relate to. All in all, I was introduced to new perspectives from a person who I will meet a lot with during my time at Sage. Regarding bonding and new perspectives, I also learned a great deal about others, specifically those in my advisory such as the fact that one person does not know how to swim, others play baseball, quite a few have brothers, one person is Indian like me, another is Muslim, others like soccer etc. Most of the things I learned about my fellow peers were from a S.A.M.E. activity where you had to identify 8 things about yourself and write them down on sticky notes, which you later stuck in yourself and walked around the room reading what each other wrote. I appreciated the activity as it did help break the ice with some people as the more your read about people, the more you realized that you had things in common with them. Who am I? The only way I feel is correct in answering that question is to describe my strengths, weaknesses, and values, which is the foundation of the core of all my qualities which range from my originally percieved shy attitude, to my outspoken one revealed once you get to know me. My strengths are based of hard work. There are two strengths that I fell I posses which epitomizes the use of hard work. One is the fact that I never let anyone or anything “win”. What this means is, that I will never give up on any task ahead of me. I will work at 200% if needed to make sure that whatever needed is done to ultimately “win”. The second strength that I feel I have is the fact that I can learn anywhere, from anyone willing to teach properly. I take this with great pride, as I believe with this strength, I can learn anything, as long I actually desire to do so. My weaknesses all fall into one category, which is my inability to ask for help when needed at first.
Because if this, all the problems that I have that do have simple solutions that others know the answers to, turn into ones that no knows anything about. This causes more frustration and frankly more of anything that is categorized as being negative, which ultimately leads to more struggles which can be defined as my weaknesses, such as my ability to not efficiently convey a message at times, resulting in miscommunication that makes a task take longer than needed. My shy attitude towards new things, which restricts my ability to properly try and understand those new things. And my disinterest at things before looking closely and in depth about them, resulting in the inefficient way I try new things, etc. Like my weaknesses, my values also fall into one category, which is to try my best at all times. No matter what “amount” of effort I can put in a given time, I make sure to use all of it, and because of this, I feel like my strengths grow/prosper, and weaknesses slowly diminish. In conclusion, the retreat has offered me new perspectives on things that happen daily, such as tasks at school, and on things that I would never have thought to try, such as new weekend activities. The retreat has also offered me a new perspective on myself, helping me realize what I should keep and cherish and what I should change or possibly improve regarding my abilities and
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Maybe it’s the fact that I tend to stay in my room all weekend, which leads to people thinking I’m studying when in reality I am probably binge watching a TV show or maybe it’s my glasses, but most people who don’t know me too well assume that I am smart. Now that is a great thing for me because I don’t have to try as hard to impress them, but I end up finding myself in a bit of a problem. The problem is that everyone thinks I enjoy admiring school textbooks. But the truth is I’m usually admiring my Justin Bieber poster on my bedroom wall. Ever since I was in sixth grade I’ve been a huge fan of Bieber. His music always brought a feeling of calmness and back in the day his “never say never” motto, was what I lived by. I might still be living by that motto because I’ve decided to write this essay
It is an achievement shared by many groups of people who have likewise endured with us. Allow me to say thank you to all the parents, grandparents, relatives and guardians who have painstakingly cared for all the graduates. You have given us your unconditional love. You have guided and supported us emotionally and financially. When the times were hard, you were there to believe us. You made us sustain our belief in ourselves. And when we fail, you have assured us. You have spent the majority of your lives making things easy for us, making sure that we have the best of
The struggle of not being able to breathe properly, gasping for air while the fever inside was killing me little by little and my fragile self in the age of four did not know what was happening to me I was brain dead, more like clueless little kid almost having a near death experience of having a seizure that in the end it changed my life and the way I looked at it because God gave me another chance to actually prove to him that I can be someone in my life and grateful to be alive today knowing that I have family that actually loves me for who I am.
Who needed food, we saved homework for lunch, And more signatures on bathroom passes. With warm weather, like eggs, we were starting to crack, SATs, college visits, straight A‘s, Spring prom, spring break, and spring in our steps, Those minutes dragged on like days. As seniors, we’re awesome, there are none who compare, We have wit, humor, charm, looks, and class. Four years of work, winning, whining, and wrath, Are part of our glorious past!
Hello class, I want to thank you for the honor of letting me speak. Guys! We made it! At our time here I feel that we have endured through so many events. That leave great stories and memorable moments.
I have learned new things that I would have not been able to learn in the
Hello, smarties, Hope this email finds you well (and enthusiastic and jumping and euphoric). First, I want to say congratulations. Making it as an honors student at Hunter is no easy feat. I talked to Pam earlier (that's how I got all of your emails), and I was reminiscing about exactly one year ago on March 15, 2016 when I woke up around 6:30 to that email.
First of all, I'd like to welcome all the parents, relatives and friends, on behalf of the senior class. It has been a long, hard road to graduation and I know your presence here is greatly appreciated. My job as salutatorian is to reminisce on our past here at County High, a past that reads like a script of a soap opera.
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Today, as we graduate, with degree nearly in hand, I challenge each of you to make a difference in whatever you do. Remember that life didn't end when we re-entered school. Life continued throughout our program. Even when stretched to the limit, life only got more challenging. And now, graduating, life only changes pace. Our degree completion is not really an ending as much as a new beginning as we re-enter our lives of work and home. We thank all of our family, friends, instructors and co-workers who helped see us through this process. Thank you for this opportunity and good luck to you all.
Thank you for helping me make this year my best year at the Whitman Middle School. All year I looked forward to having your class every day. You gave my peers and I an opportunity to learn while still being able to have fun and fully understand the topics that we were learning, which we all thank you for. I truly appreciate the compliments and encouragement that you have given me throughout the year. My main goal for my eighth grade year was to read more and improve my writing, and I strongly believe that you have helped me reach this goal. Throughout the year I have learned that I really love reading and writing and now it is something that I work on out of school in my freetime. I am looking forward to reading and writing more over the summer.
There is a point in everyone’s life when they step back and realize “I can’t do this anymore, it’s ruining my life”. Many of my friends have started smoking cigarettes while drinking at a very young age, and continue to use this drug currently and don’t realize the affect it has on their future. While I have been smart enough to avoid smoking, I haven’t been as wise at making decisions when it comes to drinking. The amount of partying I’ve done in college has taken over my life, and has had a huge impact on my grades. Changing my drinking habits and continuing to avoid cigarettes will enable me to be the best I can be for the rest of my college experience.
Let me begin by saying that I am very honored to be addressing the County High School Class of 2012 as students of this institution for the last time. We've spent these last four years creating some serious memories: four years of chieftain power, leaking roofs, questionable Homecoming skits, and musical principals. Four years of good teachers, bad teachers, new teachers, old teachers. Four years of youth, music, growing up and breaking free. Four rubber chickens, four yearbooks, four ASB presidents and four chubby bunnies.
Valedictorian Speech Good evening fellow graduates, teachers, family members, friends, and distinguished guests. It is a tremendous honor to be the valedictorian of our graduating class. My job is to somehow be the voice of the entire graduating class, and take five minutes to say a few words on behalf of all 539 of us. Like most valedictorians, writing this speech was not an easy task for me. Not because I did not have anything to say, but because I was overwhelmed by how much I wanted to share with you all on this day. Tonight, we have one common purpose, to celebrate. We are here to congratulate, to look towards what the future holds for us, to wish each other well, and to, most importantly look back on our time spent here. So, I would like to start by saying 'well done' to my fellow graduates, who have all worked hard during the past several years to reach this milestone. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to the graduating class for selecting me to speak here tonight. Ever since the news broke, many people, some who've I've never really met before, have come up to me and have wished me well. Perhaps this speech would be incomplete if I don’t say something to the teachers. On the behalf of my entire class, I would like to thank all my teachers: thank you. Thank you for teaching us, for leading us, for building us up as adults. I know that we have not given back to you the respect you deserve. I know that we have not told you how much we appreciate you taking time out of your schedules to help us. And I know that we have not said thank you for giving us a wonderful education. So, I hope that as I say thanks, you can forget our shortcomings and remember us for who we are and not from the mistakes we have made. ...
Good afternoon everyone. Friends, family, staff members, honored guests and fellow graduates. On behalf of the Grad Class of 2016, we were selected by our class to give some parting words. Today is our day. After thirteen years of knowing only these walls around us, our time here has come to an end. We are officially stepping forward into our futures. No longer united on one path, as we are now branching off on our own, taking our own paths.