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Principal’s Address to the Class of 2024
“How’s your grad speech going?”
I’m not sure what other people do when they are asked to write a speech, but I find it takes way more time than I have, way more coffee and wine than is healthy, and way more stress and anxiety than I ever expected (even though it was the same last year)!
As I procrastinated through this year’s speech writing, I reflected on a couple of things.
- However painful writing a grad speech might be, it’s a hell of a lot easier than sitting for exams.
- AI is still not able to write the damn thing for me!
I finally settled on a theme for this year’s speech, my inspiration drawn from a quote from a classic Rumi quote that I stumbled across:
It’s your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.”
I thought it would be a great theme for a graduation speech, and here is what I did with it…
Closing Address to the Graduating Class of 2024
Good morning. My name is Damian Bacchoo. I’m the high school principal for the class of 2024, and I am honoured to have the closing words today.
