Students of the Graduating Class of Far Eastern U n i v e r s i t y , t h a n k y o u f o r t h i s opportunity to speak to you as a whole.

These days have passed by much too quickly, its almost impossible to believe that well be in high school the next timewe step into a classroom.Before I begin, Id like to thank all the parents and guardians for puttingup with me tonight; without the support of our families, none of us would havecome this far. I would also like to thank the entire faculty at --- for giving us eacha piece of something to take into high school; considering thank you enough. Graduation is a time of reflecting on the past & looking onwards to the future. It is a time that we, as graduates, get together for one last hurrah before moving on to bigger and better adventures. Can we ever forget our first day in school, struggling to write our names, to read and to recite the alphabet, to count, to add, subtract and later to multiply and divide. All of these seemed to be formidable problems for our young minds then. Student: Hello. I can still remember our first day of class here at (insert highschool name here). Everything seemed so big, and me and my friends just seemed so.... so small. But as the years passed by, those big hallways have gotten a lot smaller, and all those strange faces have become familiar. We stand here before you ready to enter the real world. We are nervous, but we are also confident that (insert highschool here) has prepared us to tackle any challenges that we will face. This isn't the end for us, it's

really the beginning. Where are we all going to end up? We don't know, but you know what? THAT is the exciting part. For the past years of our lives in the school, we have given information and knowledge and it is now time to put them to good useI would like to take this time to thank everyone, big and small who has helped each and every one of us to get here. Whether he/she is a parent, grandparent, a teacher, a guardian, an aunt, an uncle or a neighbor, you have To my fellow graduates, let us altogether offer prayers and thanksgiving to the Father in Heaven for His blessing of Health and Wisdom.inspired and made it possible for us to get here. A generous thank you is well deserved.