Shine Graduation speech after completing the entire curriculum: Aimee Harris
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, As this is my last and final speech, I will endeavour to remember all of my t’s, d’s, and k’s. To start off I would like to thank my parents. They have been so supportive throughout this whole course. I’d also like to thank them for helping me revise over all of the content from each week. This has really helped me to grasp the key concepts. Miss Anderson, I’d like to thank you for all that you have taught me over the past year. One lesson that I will remember for the rest of my life is that intellectual intelligence isn’t everything. Morel intelligence, social intelligence and emotional intelligence play a bigger role in your life. I also love this one quote that Miss Anderson gave me. If you can’t see what’s beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror. The most helpful things that I have learnt are by far all of the different ways to handle bullying and anger. Such as; the Brocken record, the WIN formula, when you… I felt… Next time… and agreeing with the bully. One piece of knowledge I will take with me forever is how to be a people magnet and how to speak professionally. My favorite lesson wasn’t actually that long ago. It was week 4 of this term. It was my favorite lesson because I learnt about the self-worth chart and that it is not rational to be good at everything. That week we also watched a video about conjoined twins. These twins had so much resilience it motivated me so much. I will always be constantly working on becoming an assertive hero. However, my goal is to be completely happy in my own skin. Thanks to Miss Anderson and my peers here at SHINE I have become so much closer to my goal. Every week I would always look forward to Thursday afternoons because I could not only learn new stuff, I could hang out with all of the shine girls. The atmosphere was always inclusive, respectful, fun, welcoming and sometimes a little bit crazy! Lastly I’d like to thank my peers for being so supportive the whole time. I am one of the eldest here at shine and every week all of the girls surprise me with their maturity. My favorite game here at shine has been noodle fencing. This is where you basically fence with pool noodles. It has been my favorite game because every time you play all of the girls cheer you on. Congratulations to Elise for winning the noodle fencing championship last week. I’d also like to thank my peers for just being there when I need you, I feel I can talk to you guys about anything. One last thing that I want all of you girls to remember is; always be a first rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else. As some you may remember, Josie Bert moved to Sydney last term. Josie and I have kept in contact since and she wanted me to say that she misses everyone heaps and wishes she could see everyone soon. I wish you all the best, Good evening and Goodnight.