Graduation Speech: God, Grant Me Wisdom :: Graduation Speech, Commencement Address

The year is 2038. I, Bob Millings, am a retired multi-millionare relaxing on the porch of my beach house on the Northshore of Oahu in the Hawaii Islands. Having already bring in my millions from selling the hundreds of Ichiro cards that I amassed throughout the past 20 long time, I have nonhing else better to do than lay on my beach hold and soak up the rays. Suddenly a flock of seagulls (yes, seagulls fly in flocks) crosses my line of vision, and a tear performs to my eye. Oh, how that magnificent bird reminds me of the better(p) four years of my life at County High School, the home of the Seagulls. My mind suddenly floats back 26 years to the past to a time when I was finishing up my go at that prestigious academy of learning. I didnt know it then, but some of my most valuable less(prenominal)ons were wise(p) during those four years. No, I am not talking about those smarts I learned my freshman year, like remembering never to fall asleep in Mr. Bulls Biology class, or realiz ing that it was in my best interest to steer clear of the Senior Lot after school. Nor am I speaking about those important things I was taught during my crazy sophomore and secondary years, like how important Planning Team is, how Wendys is the best lunchtime meal around, or how a hook is whiz of the most important parts of an essay. Im not even talking about those skills I picked up my senior year, like being able to get ready in the morning in less than seven minutes, remembering to switch arms while sleeping on a desk so your arm wont fall asleep, or those great moves I learned during chess days in Mrs. Johnsons class. No, I am talking about that word that came into play time and time again during my high school career acceptance. I constantly found myself in a position where I was on the brink of insanity during school. Maybe I was mad at one of my friends, or I had three tests in one day, or I was given a 500-page book to read in less than two weeks. in that location was alw ays that thought in the back of my mind that I could just quit and forget about it all and stop caring. But than that word would come up, and I would accept all those things and realize that my friend and I would make up, those tests would be over soon, and that book is actually not all that bad.