EXCERPT
FROM A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SPEECH
You
may not have to be faced with the obstacles and challenges that men
of courage such
as Martin Luther King and Mohandas K. Gandhi have had to endure, but
there will be times
when the courageous path will be the best. There will be times when
you must speak up when
the faint hearted will not, or act decisively when others, afraid of
the consequences to
themselves, will not act at all. We, as parents and educators, hope
that we have instilled in you
the ability to know right from wrong and act according to your conscience
and not mere
convenience.
EXCERPT
FROM A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SPEECH
As
we look back at our years here at our High School, we have many
people to thank. Our teachers have challenged our minds, our parents
have been supportive of
our efforts and our friends and classmates have provided friendly competition.
All of these
things have come together to provide us with a foundation for the future,
a foundation for us to
build upon, which can only be constructed with the bricks and mortar
of education.
Excerpt
From Middle School Student Speech
This (evening/afternoon/morning) we mark the end of our middle school
years and the beginning of high school, and in many ways, we also mark
the end of our childhood as we begin the journey through our teenage
years and become young adults.
We have dreamed of this day for a while now, as we have dreamed of
the day that we would get our driver’s license and enjoy the freedoms
that come along with being a teenager.
However, as our first year of high school comes near, many of you
probably feel the same way that I do; that is, excited but nervous
about the upcoming year.
Excerpt
From Middle School Principal Speech
Good
(evening/afternoon/morning) and welcome to all parents, teachers,
students and guests who join us on this special (evening/day). We
are pleased to have you in attendance as we honor our eighth graders
and celebrate this time of joy and sadness. Our hearts are filled
with joy and sadness for even though we are proud of the accomplishments
you, our eighth graders, have achieved, we are also sad to see you
leave the halls of our school forever as you begin your high school
years.
In preparing for my address to you this (evening/afternoon/morning),
I recalled a quote from author, E. E. Cummings, which I’d like to
share:
“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside
us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust,
sacred to our touch.”
Excerpt
from Secrets For Effective Speeches
The concept of threes in speech writing is a well-known technique
utilized by effective speakers everywhere. It is a simple concept that
conveys a great deal of power and persuasive force. Simply put, when
you say things in triplicate they build upon each other and thereby
create more force, power and persuasiveness. For example, a lawyer
will often ask a jury to give his client a fair verdict.
However, this request has more power and impact if the lawyer utilizes
the concept of threes, and asks instead for a fair (1), just (2) and
equitable (3) verdict.
As you can see
the concept of threes can be used in many different areas. For instance,
in it's commercials is Certs two mints in one
or "two (1), two (2) two (3) mints in one? Another excellent example
of the use of Threes can be found in the following quote from John
F. Kennedy's Inaugural address:
Now the trumpet summons us again - not as a call to bear arms (1),
though arms we need; not as a call to battle (2), though embattled
we are; but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle (3),
year in and year out, rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, a
struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease
and war itself.
Excerpt from Primary Student Speech
We have just completed five years of elementary school. Looking back
to the day we first started school, it was hard to imagine this, the
end of our fifth grade year. However, we steadily stayed with the course
and over the past five years, we’ve completed mountains of class work
and homework, and now, here we are, at the end of our fifth grade year,
graduation day.
Excerpt from Primary Principal Speech
Students: As you move onward toward middle school, I’d like for each
of you to remember that everything is a matter of perspective. You
may not always be the most popular or the most athletic; you might
not always have many of the things your classmates have; or you may
not do as well in some activities as others.
Then again-----most likely you possess within you many talents and
gifts that others would be envious of, as well as, many people in your
life who care very much for you. Realize the many things you have to
be proud of and the many things in your life for which you should be
thankful.
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