Our dear graduates, congratulations on your graduation! You are already quite adults - 11 years of hard study are now behind you, and you can safely move forward to higher knowledge, developing your qualities on your own. At such a young age, you are already big personalities. May each of you be truly happy in life and achieve everything you want. We wish you not to lose confidence in achieving your goals, to go easily through life with a ray of luck behind you. I wish you great accomplishments, true knowledge, iron will and success ahead.
Our children! We live and breathe you.
You have graduation, 11th grade!
And even though you are taller than your parents,
You are still children for us.
We wish you everything in life,
Choose the path that leads to happiness
So that we, children, can be proud of you,
Watching your success and your flight!
In these walls you comprehended a lot of knowledge,
The school path, sadly, is over,
And thank you, and bow to our teachers,
Your nerves here spent wagon!
Congratulations on such a significant event in your life as graduation from school. The first step is behind, and bright moments, exciting adventures, interesting real life await you ahead. Be wise, be careful, be happy. Stay always responsive and good people. Good luck dear!
We will never forget how small you were. It seems that just recently we were collecting you in the first class, and today we were already collecting you in the last one. I remember your first meeting with the school: everyone was fussing, afraid, worried, and we confidently led you to the first grade, promising that everything would be fine. And now, after so many years, nothing will change - we will always be with you, we will be your support, support, your faith. After all, you are our children, our world, our happiness. Today, not only you have matured, but we have grown up along with you. Our dear ones, we wish you that this last call will be the beginning of a new life for you, in which you will definitely succeed and make all your dreams come true!
Today with tears in our eyes: we are seeing our children off into adulthood and I would like to say a special thank you to all the teachers who have invested their love, knowledge in our children for many years and helped them make choices. I would like to wish our wonderful children to preserve their childish spontaneity, boldly enter the future and its hardships and be immensely happy!
School years passed unnoticed,
We, looking at you, see adults.
Realization of cherished dreams
We wish you children. Dream bold!
We are glad that the school has become dear to you,
And your second home will always be glad to you.
Live happily and know the world
Not knowing the problems and heavy losses.
You are our hope and pride for the school.
Do good, don't be stale.
Let our parental voice sound in our hearts:
We love and are very proud of you!
Today our children are leaving the walls of this school, today the very last bell will ring for them. We congratulate everyone on this event and sincerely thank all the teachers and staff of the school for giving our children the opportunity to learn many sciences, discover their talents and show themselves from all sides. May you have many diligent and diligent students, may you manage to get along with each of them. Dear children, may your paths lead you to success and prosperity, may you be able to find true happiness in this life.
And it seems like quite recently
You walked with a bouquet to first class.
Now we call it right
Graduates we guys are you.
You have done a great job
A serious life stage has passed.
All this time surrounded you with care
The teachers led by the hand.
After all, they taught you
Everything you know now
Share your love and warmth
And the door to the future has been opened to you.
So be thankful to them for that
And remember with a kind word sometimes.
Let them be filled with goodness and light
Memories of school for years.
How quickly time has flown by
How fast did you grow up?
And it seems like not long ago
We took you all to first grade.
You were so cute
They were afraid to let go.
Our dear children
Let's remember our childhood.
Today is your last call
You are graduates
And don't go to class
The school ball is waiting for you ahead!
Good luck, success, happiness!
And we will always be there.
We wish you not to know bad weather,
For us, you are the same kids!
Our dear children, behind 11 wonderful years of school carefree life. Today you have received your certificates and are ready to enter adulthood. We sincerely wish each of you to enter the university you want, to get the profession you dream of. May everything go smoothly in your life. Be happy. Dear teachers, thank you for giving our children a “ticket to life”, enduring their antics, putting a piece of their soul into each. Low bow to you!
Graduation ball for schoolchildren is the first responsible and truly adult event. This is a symbolic line, crossing which children will leave behind a carefree childhood. Many of them are looking forward to their graduation with trepidation, watching older students say goodbye to school. Everything on this long-awaited day should be special - the design, the atmosphere, the script and, of course, the class teacher's wishes to the graduates.
Wish to schoolchildren: how to choose a good format?
Writing a brilliant speech is sometimes not as easy as it seems at first glance. Listeners will remember the performance, filled with kindness and warmth.
Important nuances in compiling parting words to graduates from the class teacher:
- Decide on the form of presentation. You can make a choice in favor of prose or rhyme.
- The poetic wish is interesting and very popular.
- During a prose speech, you can show a presentation, a video, and even use certain objects.
- A speech that mentions special, funny moments in the life of graduates will be remembered for a long time.
- A good option is prose, built on real facts. A classy mom needs to mention various pleasant details and cute little things from school everyday life of graduates.
- Aphorisms can be added to the pictures and photographs used in parting words. The voiced thought should not have too deep hidden meaning.
- The main thing for a poetic wish is lightness and harmony. Use swear words carefully.
- Graduates will be very happy if the class teacher himself tries on the role of a poet. Nobody expects a perfect rhyme. For the guys, attention to them, sincerity and warmth of the congratulator are much more important.
What is it to wish for?
Having decided on the form of speech, you should think about its content. It would be reasonable to mention the years spent at the desks. However, we must not forget about the wish for the future.
Small symbolic gifts will remain in the memory of children for a long time. A cool mother can give all graduates a blank notebook, wishing to start life from scratch and paint it only with bright shades of happiness.
An interesting idea is to invite each hero of the occasion to systematically write down the most significant events in his life in his notebook. At a meeting in 5 years, these "masterpieces" will be of interest to others, diversify the atmosphere.
A wonderful parting word to graduates of grade 11 from the class teacher - a wish for an easy life path and upward career growth. It would be appropriate to give everyone a balloon - a symbol of life and career flying up.
Another option is to give yesterday's schoolchildren hearts cut out of red cardboard with personal wishes. This is a piece of the heart of a class teacher who will always remember his students.
Wishes of the class teacher: examples
Text #1
My dear children! How quickly the years have flown by. Eleven years ago you joined our school family. You declared yourself as new students who came to the school with serious intentions. With a mixed feeling of fear and curiosity, they entered the classroom.
But 4 years flew by quickly. The students have moved on to high school. She greeted you with equations with many unknowns that you worked hard to solve. It seems like just yesterday you were standing here - confused, fifth-graders, waiting for something new. They timidly looked at me - their new cool mom.
Since then, multi-colored asters have bowed to the school threshold seven times, seven winter blizzards have rustled. During the training, the teachers became like family to you, they left an indelible mark on your hearts.
What just was not in our school life: lessons, competitions, holidays, evenings, educational hours. Of course, not without broken glass, paper airplanes in the classroom, painted diaries, lost portfolios. All these are valuable drops of the big ocean of school life.
Until recently, graduates tremblingly held hands with their parents. Today the threshold of our school is still the same, but you have become different. Curious children have turned into adult boys and girls who have a new, but such an interesting life ahead.
Today you solemnly celebrate the completion of the first stage on your life path. All this time you were supported by teachers, parents and I, your class teacher. And today the doors to a big world with a lot of opportunities have opened before you.
Together we conquered new heights in the land of knowledge, learned to understand ourselves and each other, to defend our point of view and principles. These are the knowledge and skills that will help you emerge victorious from difficult everyday trials.
Believe in yourself. You are unique individuals who are sure to succeed. Be worthy of the respect of others and please me, the class teacher, with your achievements.
Bon Voyage!
A class teacher is not a position, but a state of mind. Heartfelt wishes to graduates will leave an indelible mark on the souls of students who leave the country of childhood.
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“On behalf of the director, let me congratulate our graduates! You finally got what you have been striving for since childhood - you have grown up, and now you are on the threshold of adulthood, and I cannot but rejoice for you.
Let luck accompany your graduation, fearlessly set high goals for yourself and achieve them!
I really want to believe that our school has given you all the necessary knowledge and skills for this. Have an unforgettable graduation party!”
***
“Our graduates, today you crossed the threshold of the school for the last time as students.
As a director, I am happy about this and sad, because we have all become one family, and it is not easy to let the children out of the nest.
But you are already almost adults, and a new life stage opens before you. Please accept my congratulations.
I really want each of you to find your place in the sun.
Let your release always remain as beautiful and happy as on this day. I wish you all an enchanting prom!
***
“This graduation is the pride and joy of our school! As a director, I am glad to see such beautiful and happy young people in front of me. Let me congratulate you, our matured children, wish everyone good luck and perseverance, let adult life not be strict with you.
I hope that the graduation party will be held at a high level, and will give a lot of touching memories.”
Solemn congratulations in prose from the director of the school on graduation
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Our dear and dearest graduates! On behalf of me, the director of the school, please accept the warmest and most sincere congratulations.
On this day, I wish you continued success, both in life and in the professional field.
We are all very proud of you, because during your school years you proved to all of us that you are talented, smart and bright!
We believe in you, you are our best release, which will never be forgotten! Good luck, our chicks!
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We sincerely and from the bottom of our hearts congratulate you on this graduation evening, our dear children. As the director of the school, I am very proud of you and wish you the same success and good luck in the future.
We hope that you will never let us down and prove to everyone that you are the best. We will always remember you as the best and dearest.
Good luck, and good luck, our dear and dear graduates!
***
Today is a special and special day. Our matured children leave the native walls of the school and enter into adulthood.
As a school principal, I congratulate all of you on this wonderful graduation party. I wish you to choose exactly the path that will be of interest to you.
And choose exactly the profession that you will love. You are our pride! Good luck and success to you, our graduates, joy and victories in everything!
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David Foster Wallace, Ellen DeGeneres, Aaron Sorkin, Barack Obama and Conan O'Bryan share tips on how to succeed. Plus a very inspiring speech from Ray Bradberry.
There is a wonderful tradition in the West that every year college graduates are honored and on their graduation day heed the words of successful people who give very inspiring speeches about choosing a profession and achieving success.
You must have seen Steve Jobs' speech at one of these graduations, parsed into quotes. JK Rowling, Meryl Streep, Jeff Bezos and many, many others have made the same speeches.
I have prepared a selection with 5 similar speeches in which David Foster Wallace, Ellen DeGeneres, Aaron Sorkin, Barack Obama and Conan O'Bryan try to convey a lively and vibrant thought to young people.
David Foster Wallace addressed his speech to the 2005 graduates of Kenyon College. That speech showed his exceptional, powerful and lively mind, lifting the curtain on the life of David Foster Wallace, the story of his successes and tragedies. After David committed suicide in 2008, many of his words took a completely different turn.
“It is very difficult to concentrate and not succumb to the internal monologue that constantly sounds in the head. Twenty years after my own graduation, I finally realized that the “liberal arts” cliché about learning to think is actually deeper and more serious than I thought: learning to think means exercising control over how and what you talk about. think. That is, learning to be sane and knowledgeable enough to consciously choose what is worth paying attention to and how to make sense of experience. Because if you can't learn to make those choices as an adult, then life will seriously screw you up. Remember that hackneyed expression that says: “The mind is the best servant and the worst master.”
The entire speech can be read in Russian and English.
In 2009, renowned TV host Ellen DeGeneres gave a speech at Tulane University in New Orleans to students who started their studies just 2 days before the devastating Hurricane Katrina. They were imbued with an emotional performance full of wit and sincerity.
“As you get older, you will realize that the definition of success changes with age. For most of you today, success is knocking over 20 servings of tequila. For me, the more important thing is to be able to live your life honestly and not be under pressure all the time, not trying to do what you don't want to do. Live as an honest and compassionate person, contribute to some cause. In conclusion, I would like to say: follow your passion, stay true to yourself. Never follow the path beaten by someone, unless you are in a dense forest, you are lost, and this path is your only salvation.
A video recording of Ellen's speech with Russian subtitles can be viewed at link.
Aaron Sorkin made a speech to the graduates of Syracuse University as recently as May 13, 2012. He addressed former students with equal measure of wisdom, wit, and disarming sincerity. He drew attention to very important problems, which over the years have somewhat underestimated their scope, but still remain very significant.
“Create your own compass and trust it. Take risks, do not be afraid to make a mistake, remember, the one who first cuts a hole in the wall always fills bumps.
“I just want to say that we are reducing our expectations from each other more and more, and this should change. Your friends, your family, this school expects you to do more than professional success in your major.”
Philosopher Daniel Dennett once offered his key to the secret of happiness: "Find something for yourself more important than yourself and devote your life to it." In his message to the 2008 graduates of the University, Weslane played on this idea rather gracefully: “The salvation of each of us individually depends on the salvation of the whole. If your thoughts are directed only at yourself and you encourage your momentary desires and needs, then in this way you betray much more needy people.
“In times of doubt and reflection, I hope you will not forget that there is nothing naive in an impulsive desire to change the world. The world is changed by isolated cases.
“To change something, you don’t have to do something crazy, like run for president. Some of you have already signed up for volunteer programs at nearby schools and universities, and some of you have signed up for a fresh food delivery fund for families in need.”
“Change will not come easily. It will be necessary to sacrifice something, face difficult choices and face the unpleasant truth with an open visor.
In 2011, Dartmouth College met the famous TV presenter Conan O'Brien during graduation. Many considered his speech one of the most powerful and inspiring. You can read the text of the entire speech in English. Or watch the video below.
“For years in show business, every comedian's highest goal has been to get his own The Late Night Show. This is the Holy Grail that I thought would define me as a successful person. But this is not true. Personality is not determined by achievements in a career, you must understand this too. In 2000, I told graduates not to be afraid to make mistakes, and I still think so. But today I would like to add, whether you are afraid or not, one day you will still be disappointed. Disappointment will be followed by clarity, and with clarity will come conviction and true uniqueness. And that's great."
Speakerclub offers you 2 options for a graduate speech
Option number 1
Introduction:
- Remember how it all began, how and why you decided to study at this university
- What people and events influenced your decision in choosing a profession
- Intrigue: What You Didn't Know at the Time.
Main part:
- How did you enrich and change your life
- Highlights that you will never forget
- Difficulties that you have successfully overcome.
Conclusion:
- Words of gratitude to the curator, teachers, parents, classmates
- Describe how important their help and support was to you.
- Wishes for success, perseverance in achieving goals
Example
“Graduation from university is a big holiday for us. Five years ago, I could not imagine how much my life would change, how much the profession of a journalist would fascinate me. Communication, meeting people, passion for everything new and unknown has always been in the first place for me and for most people in this room. Therefore, there was no need to think about choosing a profession.
During our studies, we understood the taste of the work of a journalist, we know where the camera turns on and how to look into it, we know how to talk to any passer-by in order to record an interview with him, we know how you can change the world with the help of a word. We will remember the crazy periods of the sessions. We know how not to sleep for a day, read tons of literature, get worried, forget everything and suddenly pass on "5". We know how to gather courage and write a diploma in a week. And how nice then to see the pride in the eyes of his leader. We became one friendly family, helped each other more than once and always had fun.
We are sincerely grateful to our beloved curator and teachers who taught us to cope with difficulties, to be leaders, and helped with advice. Your warmth and dedication to your work make you admire and take an example from you. Today I congratulate the people closest to us - our parents. You have always been with us, giving us your support and care. We are grateful for your valuable advice and wise guidance.
Dear classmates! I wish each of you to find yourself in life. Let the obstacles on your way harden you and help you move forward towards your dream. Happy holiday!
Option number 2
Introduction:
- Who am I and why am I addressing you now.
- Why are we here.
Main part:
- How different in origin we were, how we became better.
- Shared experiences and knowledge that helped us develop and how they will affect our future.
- How knowledge has shaped our mind and life wisdom so that we can adequately answer life's complex questions.
Conclusion:
- The experience and knowledge gained together made the personality of each of us stronger.
- Thanks to the teachers and parents who provided support during the difficult period of learning and development.
Example
“Today, wonderful student years come to an end for us. The decision to choose the profession of a psychologist has become the meaning of life for each of us. And now, when I have this diploma in my hands, I know exactly who I want to become, what work I will devote myself to.
Studying at the university will remain one of the brightest pages in our lives. We came to this university from different parts of the country and found friends here. They say that it is in the student years that the strongest friendship is born. Together we learned to overcome difficulties, helped each other with advice and deed, developed and became better. The valuable experience gained at the university will become a support for us. We have mastered one of the most exciting professions and are now ready to make our contribution to the prosperity and development of society.
On behalf of all graduates, I want to thank our teachers, who not only put knowledge into our heads, but also instilled a love for psychology. We promise to take an example from you and adequately cope with any life's trials. I want to say thank you to our parents who raised us, supported and cared for us all these years.
And finally, I want to congratulate my classmates and thank them for being there and for having a great student time.”
The experience of communication in our public speaking courses in Moscow will allow you to compose the most successful version of a speech that any audience will appreciate.
