How to improve Graduations

tanyanubin
Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:13:27 +0000

My D’s hs is graduating around 700 kids, so everything takes a really long time. The kids practically run across the stage and it’s still hours. For my older D’s gradution we just sat waiting for the 20 second run, then waited to go out to dinner afterward.
One val speech I heard was lovely. It was my cousin’s son. His whole speech was not about the future. Instead he pointed out, one by one, a great number of kids in the class for their achievements during high school. Not all were academic or sports or standard ECs. They were things like working to support their families or their landscaping jobs or other ‘mundane’ things. He honored his classmates for doing their best. A really great speech.