hey all you 2009 valedictorians!

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>has anyone started thinking about/writing their speeches for graduation? does anybody have any good ideas or know of any place that has ideas on how to start? i have less than a month til graduation and i haven't even thought about it yet. i have absolutely no idea where to even begin on this, so any help and advice is welcome. thanks in advance :)</p>

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<p>fortunately, my school has people volunteer to give speeches rather than making the val do it.</p>

<p>semi-unfortunately, my school refuses to even acknowledge the valedictorian. not that i want the attention, but nobody cares anyways, so it’d be nice to have like two seconds of recognition. like, clapping or something. :rolleyes:</p>

<p>anyways, good luck! don’t be too clich</p>

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<p>i have a speech to write and it is due in 5 days. i havent started. i graduate may 18th</p>

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<p>Yep. I’ve got to give mine May 17th and I’ve got it written and approved by the superintendent already.</p>

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<p>i still have to begin to think about mine. any idea that aren’t so trite??</p>

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<p>Is there an awards night? I can see why they wouldn’t interrupt graduation to congratulate one person.</p>

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<p>hahahha, the funny thing is, there is an awards ceremony. two different ones, actually. one is “community awards” and one is just in-school ones.</p>

<p>i think they announce the top 10%… in alphabetical order… </p>

<p>whatever. we’ll see.</p>

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<p>I’ll do it after AP tests… </p>

<p>(I say that about EVERYTHING) :)</p>

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<p>lol my school has anyone with over a 4.0 be val. lol @ there only being 5 vals. 4 of us are speaking in a 10 minute slot during graduation so they split it up. I’m doing the introduction ><.</p>

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<p>^^^ my school is the same way. anyone have advice on incorporating teachers/friends who asked you to mention them in your speech? ahaha</p>

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<p>^ my advice: don’t do it</p>

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<p>The awards night at my school ends with announcing the Senior class in order of rank (or at least everyone that has a GPA over 3.5 or 3.0).</p>

<p>I also think it’s a bad idea to mention people in your speech just because they asked.</p>