The Day The Class Of 2016 - 955 Words

Friends, family, faculty and peers, we are gathered here today to celebrate a supposedly joyous and momentous day in all of our lives. Today is the day the class of 2016 turns a page in the book of life and begins a new chapter adequately entitled: the real world. What will we inherit beyond high school? I wish I could forecast to all of you an idealistic image of optimism, but if I did, I would be lying. Sadly, we ve all been lied to enough already. Standing here today, I see a foreboding, ominous, storm brewing in the distance. What is to blame? The educational system that has so commonly failed all of us; a sentiment we have grown accustomed to. We all know the world is changing at a lightning fast speed, and so, if we don’t want to be behind we all must adapt to its accelerating speed. To be frank, this is the daunting task that will make or break all of our futures. No longer is a successful education about storing knowledge in our heads. 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