Good
day, the proprietor and his wife, distinguished guests, parents and guardians,
teachers, fellow students, other ladies and gentlemen. Let me start by thanking
the school authorities for giving me the great honour to stand here and be the
valedictorian of this gracious ceremony. But certainly there would be no
valedictory service and certainly no ‘us’ without our
competent, knowledgeable,
hardworking and reliable teachers. It’s so nice to have them in our lives, they
have a lot than I (we) can really mention. And today, we stand as a product of
their God-given abilities.
I would
also love to thank everybody that made our sessions worth taking, including the
beaters and the beaten, the humorous, and the vendors. You see, most of my
classmates are foodies, so they take great pleasure in visiting the kitchen
always. Being in the kitchen itself has been a wonderful experience, sometimes
paying, sometimes just picking – we call it picking, not stealing. On this same
note, I want to say a big shout out to our seniors for giving us their flaws
and falls for our gains; and also our juniors, for making all our plans and
steps effective and result-yielding. We say a big thank you to everybody that
made our days.
The
years I have spent in this prestigious institution is an awesome part of my life;
I can’t get over them for the rest of my life. The remembrance of how things
used to be will always be in my heath and on my mind. School in itself is
another world of different values, norms, ethics, principles, terms,
conditions....name it. Come to think of it, it’s always surprising, sometimes
funny, sometimes annoying, sometimes challenging and demanding, and many times
enervative. One day, you go home feeling like you should just quit learning
once and for all. Another day, you feel like staying in school for the rest of
your life, like something should just keep you in school. So it all comes down
to this; no matter how you feel today in school, my fellow students, you will
get over it. It’s the fact, right and simple. So, try to face it now while you
still can. Life in school is too short to combine it with facebook chats,
twitter wars and reality TV shows. It’s too short to spend all your days
playing football in your daddy’s compound. I tell you it’s too short to combine
your studies with visiting friends and engaging in irrelevant discussions. It’s
too short to worry about how your skirt and shape attract school boys and to
spend class hours combining and comparing love letters. It’s too short to keep
wondering if girls like your hair cut shaved or crew cut and your lips black or
red - which is still something I’m trying to figure out anyway.
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