tips anyone? i havnt written mine
<p>From my experience, don’t make it too long is the number 1. I guess the kid who graduated the year before me went on forever and talked a lot about himself/his family. So I guess that would be the number 2, don’t talk about how great you are.</p>
<p>I avoided both of these. If I had to guess (it was two years ago, so I don’t remember), mine was like 2-3 minutes. </p>
<p>If you are funny, and you can be funny in a way that is appropriate for a graduation speech go for it. Haha, I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed it when the local paper said I delivered my speech in the manner of a standup comic’s dialogue. But be sure to have a point to. Mine did have a common theme that was appropriate for graduation. I just added humor to it. But it was appropriate, and it drew positive feedback from students and parents. (I’m not sure if I talked to any teachers about it afterwards, as some of them don’t even attend graduation).</p>
<p>Finally, don’t use a bunch of cliches that you think you would normally here, “we are the future, etc.” Those are overused, and kind of annoying.</p>