Jordie Mellas has completed the entire curriculum (four terms) at SHINE Academy. This was her graduation speech:
Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Tonight is my last night at shine academy for girls, and I just wanted to say firstly a big thank you to all the people who have helped me through my good and bad times, especially when they made me laugh.
My favourite lesson, I don’t think I have one because I’ve loved every minute of this wonderful journey, although, last lesson, we had to say a sentence after Miss Anderson. The sentence was: one smart fellow, he felt smart. We had to say this three times. However some of us got a bit tongue twisted, so by the third time, half the class were saying: one smart fellow, he smelt fart, by accident. That was really funny.
Moving on, shine has taught me skills I will keep with me for life. It would take me months, if not years, okay maybe not that long, but a long time anyway, to list all of them, so I have two words, assertiveness and resilience.
Thank you and good evening.