<p>Curious from those who are going to be the valedictorian or salutatorian at their high school graduation. If my grades stay the same, I will be the salutatorian at my graduation. I’ve pondered for a while about what my speech would be. I go to an arts school without sports, but sports has been big in my life and will be for all my life (my degree will be in broadcast journalism with a sports emphasis at USC Annenberg). I watch and follow a ton of professional sports. I’m thinking I can do a speech that relates certain sporting events/moments to grade year in school. Here’s what I had in mind:
9th grade: 1st quarter of a basketball game (don’t know what to expect from other team [9th graders are similar])
10th grade: second round of a boxing match (know the ropes and fatigued [10th grade had the most workload of any grade])
11th grade: 3rd round of the Masters golf tournament (known as Moving Day [starting to think about career, college, making final push to make your college application look exceptional])
12th grade: California Chrome winning Kentucky Derby (owners are from our area and California Chrome makes his winning moves late in races [finish strong in senior year]
Future: going from sprint car to NASCAR (whole new experience and very different in so many aspects [life will be much different than what it has been in the last 13 years, wherever you go and whatever you do])
I’d end with a special post script. I lost a bet with one of my favorite teachers on this year’s Super Bowl and never paid him back. We bet one pint of coconut ice cream. I will show that I have that ice cream with me. lol
I think this is well thought out and very unique. Adults and students everywhere know me for being the sports knowledge geek, but its an arts school with no sports. Should I give this kind of speech a shot?</p>
<p>Those are really well-thought out analogies. Be sure to not include too much sports knowledge themed words into your speech. Try to make it appeal to everyone.</p>