Graduation Speech: Listen Carefully -- Graduation Speech, Commencement

Listen carefully, Class of 2012, for the sounds you detect tonight will last a lifetime. Store them up and save them in your hearts, for they are priceless. Each whisper, for each one tick of the clock is a reminder of something youve gained here. Pay attention, so when you hear them later in life you will remember.When you hear a doorbell ring, remember our scratch line day of school, back in September of 2008. The flavour of the desks chilled our sun-tanned skin as we sat timidly in our seats, quietly absorb the shrill sound of our first high school bell as it rang at 730 in the morning. As much as our eyelids wanted to sink into a sweet abyss, fear crept through our clappers as we eyed the monstrous seniors sitting nearby. For many of us, they may as well have been pro-wrestlers, but we did not run from them. Rather, we learned to disperse the biggest one and follow him through the halls, avoiding the grueling task of maneuvering through a sea of students. We learned to pr oblem solve quickly in those first days, a valuable skill. Dont forget this lesson, for it will take you far in life.When ...