8th Grade Graduation Speeches

Good morning, Teachers, Administrators, Family and Friends: My name is Evan O’Keefe, and I have the exciting, yet nerve-racking, privilege of giving one of the graduation speeches this year. It’s been a long three years, with its ups and downs, but we’ve made it. It’s crazy to think just over 3 years ago we were in 6th grade.
On the first day of school, back in 6th grade, wearing brand new clothes and shiny shoes, we nervously went from class to class, hoping that we would be able to open our lockers, not get lost in the bigger school, and that none of the teachers would assign homework. Back then, my biggest challenge was getting used to the changes from 5th grade. More homework, more teachers, and classes with different people. But before we knew it, it was June, and to our surprise, we'd survived our first year of middle school. …show more content…
This time, we were braver—but not much. 7th grade began and we had our new friends. None of us were that little anymore (well... a few still were) but the new sixth graders were definitely small. And, on the other side of the school, the eighth graders weren't as huge. Only this year there were new challenges. The homework was longer and much harder, and we were now the middle kids, not the newest but also not the coolest. Again, however, we made it to June (although by this time, it was almost July!)
8th grade was different. We were the oldest, the wisest, and unquestionably the coolest. When we walked down the hall, sixth graders got out of our way and seventh graders felt cool when we talked to them. It was a great year. Yet, it still wasn’t easy, by any means. I think most of us can agree that 8th grade was the most challenging year academically. We had bigger projects, we needed to get much better at time management, and we had a lot more responsibility. At times it felt like a contest of who studied the longest for our tests. But we always made

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