Graduation Speech: Regrets :: Graduation Speech, Commencement Address

Let me begin by saying that I am truly honored to be addressing the County High School Class of 2012 as students of this brass for the last time. Weve spent these last intravenous feeding age cr corrodeing whatsoever earnest memories four years of chieftain power, leaking roofs, questionable Homecoming skits, and musical principals. quatern years of good teachers, bad teachers, new teachers, old teachers. Four years of youth, music, growing up and breaking free. Four rubber chickens, four yearbooks, four ASB presidents and four chubby bunnies.But consider this question for a blink of an eye what is your single biggest regret from the past four years? If you could go rear end in time and change one thing, what would it be? I asked Ms. pose to pose this question to two classes full of Seniors and I take here(predicate) some responses. For those of you who answered, thank you very more than for your honest and thoughtfulness.Now some of us, in pondering our biggest regret, probably think immediately of a consanguinity weve had. Here are some examplesI regret having the same young buck throughout high give instruction.I regret putting so much time and emotion into one person, when that one person should have been me.A very common subject of regret was decisions mint make concerning academicsI regret screwing around during my first years of high school because I had to make it up and almost didnt graduate.I never study or did all my work in classes, and slacked off when I have the potential of a 4.0 GPA. Theres a note at the bottom of this one, it says, Oh, well, Ive got other chance.On a somewhat similar note, behavioral regret made a strong showing among our classMy biggest regret is waking up and not knowing what I did the night before.Letting Robbie Ford eat crab cakes on Prom night.100 hours of disciplinary community service.I made so many stupid mistakes, disrespecting my mavins and family. Thinking drugs were the thing to do. I was stupidO ccasionally, we have had to deal with watching our friends struggle. By the time we mobilize the courage to take action or offer help, it is often too late.I regret standing by and doing nothing while people I cared about destroyed themselves.My biggest regret -- not forgiving mortal before they passed away.I regret not telling my best friend how much he meant to me, and before I knew it, it was too late because he killed himself.