If I could give a speech it'd be like this
Tomorrow is my last final of my undergraduate career, and I just want to say this:
I never thought I was going to college when I graduated high school. I was smart enough, but in the famous words of Mrs. Narci Drossos, I was "a slacker" and I never "applied" myself to much of anything. When I did, it turned out great. But never when I didn't try.
It took two years of knowing what a harsh reality of a "real life" is to me a then 20 year old to realize, hey I need to further my life. I need to stop acting like things will just happen to me by the grace of God (which is sadly, still how I think about some things... like this final).
So a friend of mine, just an acquaintance at the time told me to go to college. Even if it was at VSU, my home city. I listened to him and I enrolled, and I remembered what school was like. I loved it. I love being in the classroom with other people.
I went downhill in my GPA after that, fluctuating ups and downs. I've come to realize that the classes I care about the most... the classes that the teachers really swayed me in, were the classes I made A's in (and of course beginner's tennis lol). These classes are the ones I'll remember.Â
I know when I graduate, my GPA isn't gonna be the best I could've had it as. I know that it might show a reflection of what and who i was at the time, but I'm now ready to change.
I'm ready to become an adult, ready to jump into the real world head first. I'm ready to be who I'm afraid I'd end up as, as long as it makes me feel a little less childish. On this long, long road to becoming more adult, I want to thank so many people for helping me become who I am today. Even if we no longer talk or we've lost touch with each other, I know the person who I am today isn't because of me and my failures or successes. The person who I am graduating on May 11th, 2014 is a person who is the sum of all of you, good or bad. Thank you for starting the journey with me, and if you and I have fallen off each other's paths and you want to still talk, e-mail me, text me, or grab me on the street and say let's hang out!Â
Thank you all. I'm proud to say I'm a graduate of the class of 2014!