Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen,
My name is Stephanie Macdonald and today I am graduating from my twelve months at Shine Academy for Girls. I have had a wonderful experience at Shine and have learnt a lot.
Shine has taught me to be resilient and to bounce myself back up when life gets tough. And as Mrs Anderson says “take a spoonful of concrete and toughen up”.
Shine has taught me to handle different situations in a positive way, instead of looking negatively at them. I have learnt how to handle different personalities such as ‘try hards’, ‘passive aggressive’ personalities and ‘aggressive’ personalities.
I have learnt to have self-respect and to respect others, and not judge by what people wear and how they might talk.
I have learnt to not talk about people behind their backs and to talk to their face instead. I have learnt how to pronounce words correctly like ‘probably’ and ‘library’.
Shine has taught me to not be forced by peer group pressure and to make my own decisions.
I will take what I have learnt at Shine with me wherever I go. I would like to thank my classmates for being good communicators, and I would especially like to thank Mrs Anderson for the valuable life skills she has taught me. I would also like to thank my beautiful parents that have given me the wonderful opportunity to come to Shine Academy for Girls.
I hope my fellow classmates are going to enjoy the rest of their time at Shine Academy.
Thank you for your time and I hope you have a lovely day.