Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Speech
For those of you who know that I am graduating on Friday and who cannot be there, I am posting my speech on my blog. Oh yeah, I have to say a speech because I'm Valedictorian... haha who would have thought! So here goes, I hope you enjoy:
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
- Plato
Education is more than going to classes, paying your dues and doing your homework. It is the beginning of the path that will take you through life. I have had enough education to know that everything you learn in class will not necessarily be used in real life. I have also figured out that if you apply yourself, your education can be 100% useful to dealing with what comes your way.
Lou Holtz said that “Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.”
You will find that long after you leave Wade College, your choices in how you deal with situations in your life will determine your success. There will be times where we all will have to do things that we do not want to do. Some of us will have to choose to take care of our families instead of pursue the career of our dreams. Some of us will choose different careers than what we studied here at Wade College. And there will be those of us that find themselves places in life where we never expected to be. It is how we choose to act in these situations that will help us to eventually achieve what we want in life. I hope that you all choose to embrace the talents that God gave to you, and use them for good in all aspects of your lives.
Aldous Huxley said that “The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the things you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.”
I believe that through prayer and really hard work, we will all find our purpose. It may not be what you thought it would be, or what you think it should be. But there is a plan for all of us, and how we choose to use what we have learned and how we choose to act, will determine our success.
Some of you may become wealthy business people, respectable fashion designers in New York; or maybe some of you will some day have the privilege to become awesome mothers or fathers.
Whatever it is you find yourselves doing, I challenge you all to dream big, give your requests to God, and be selfless people.
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life
- Plato
Education is more than going to classes, paying your dues and doing your homework. It is the beginning of the path that will take you through life. I have had enough education to know that everything you learn in class will not necessarily be used in real life. I have also figured out that if you apply yourself, your education can be 100% useful to dealing with what comes your way.
Lou Holtz said that “Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.”
You will find that long after you leave Wade College, your choices in how you deal with situations in your life will determine your success. There will be times where we all will have to do things that we do not want to do. Some of us will have to choose to take care of our families instead of pursue the career of our dreams. Some of us will choose different careers than what we studied here at Wade College. And there will be those of us that find themselves places in life where we never expected to be. It is how we choose to act in these situations that will help us to eventually achieve what we want in life. I hope that you all choose to embrace the talents that God gave to you, and use them for good in all aspects of your lives.
Aldous Huxley said that “The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the things you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.”
I believe that through prayer and really hard work, we will all find our purpose. It may not be what you thought it would be, or what you think it should be. But there is a plan for all of us, and how we choose to use what we have learned and how we choose to act, will determine our success.
Some of you may become wealthy business people, respectable fashion designers in New York; or maybe some of you will some day have the privilege to become awesome mothers or fathers.
Whatever it is you find yourselves doing, I challenge you all to dream big, give your requests to God, and be selfless people.
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