Graduation Speech

     Golf Middle School is special. I will be honest though, Niles North is huge and has a lot of really great programs and luxuries that we didn’t get here but it’s also kind of frightening and scary. I remember going into fifth grade and I felt all grown up going to middle school and thought it couldn’t get any bigger. The kids at this school always have looked bigger to me especially the eighth graders. Just a couple of days ago I was talking to some of my friends and someone said, “Were we always that short in fifth grade?” and that’s when I realized how much we have grown up. It dawned on me that we have finished half of our schooling already, and we just have high school and college left. I am excited and worried at the same time and let me tell you, those feelings do not go well. Are school is small, and even though I have always wondered what it would be like to go to a huge school, I like that I know everyone and am friends with a lot of people. I remember fly-up day when you go and check out the middle school and we thought it was huge and was the greatest thing ever, but now that I got older it seems really small. Those blue, red, yellow, and green lockers that once towered over me are now almost eye level and hardly fit all of my books. The tables and desks that used to be a little too tall are now a little too short and I always bump my knees. I also feel like middle school is less work, there’s not as much pressure on you. But in high school you have to have good grades because of college. Also I will have to learn all these new things which I am excited yet scared for. Like learning how to drive it will be really scary for me at first but I think after a while it will get better. Another thing is now I am the oldest in the school. It’s not fair that there have always been grades above us at the middle school and now that we finally got our chance to be the bosses it’s over really quick. Next year we will be the babies  of the school again, the incoming Freshman and we will probably get lost and babied because we're new. I loved middle school and elementary school. They were the best. We went on field trips and played outside and had fun everyday. But now it’s different, school is harder there’s more work and I can see a lot of changes. A lot of the teachers I loved either left or got married and go by a new name. We have all grown up and it’s kind of sad because I finally got the hang of middle school but now I have to start all over again. I know there’s also a lot of kids at the high school which is kind of frightening. I see the same people every day, and I feel like when I go to high school I won’t see them ever again. On to the positive things though, even though I would probably be crying halfway through this speech because I don’t want to leave there actually might be some good things to come out of this. First off, I made it out of middle school thankfully. Second I will get to meet new people at the high school, and have new experiences. The programs at the high school will also broaden my horizons to new things. I think for the most part I will love every part of the high school, it will just take some getting used to. I am worried and really, really scared but when I think of all the people who will have to go through it with me it makes me less nervous and more eager to go. We all grew up and I think even though we will leave a lot of memories behind  we will make a lot more too. It’s really hard for me to say goodbye, but I have too and I like to thank every teacher, student, parent, and family member who made this possible for me and for all of my classmates. One day later on I think that even though I am afraid to move on, I will be glad I did. I just want to say to the seventh graders though, this year wake up every day and don’t complain about all the homework, essays, and tests because at the end of it all you will realize it was worth it. I just hope now that i'm as thankful when I graduate high school.