19 Dec 2013
While I have the chance, I would just like to say a few words before we depart: Thank you to our parents and teachers for getting us this far. For dressing us, disciplining us, encouraging us, guiding us and teaching us. Also, a big thanks to all of the parents for getting us here tonight and making sure we have fun.
We are growing up in times where friends are made and lost with the click of a button. Where celebrity and how we look seem more important than who we are. As we leave Lindsay Park - a beautiful safe haven where friendships have been forged, memories made and foundations laid, I would like to encourage you to ask yourself these questions:
What do I believe? AND
Just who will I be?
Just who will YOU be? Will you be the person who worries about having the best clothes and the best shoes or will you be the person who has good values? Will you be the person who cares about others or will you be the person who just doesn't bother? This is your choice and it is never too late to be who you want to be. Ask yourself now and decide early. Our journey will be made much smoother and the difficult decisions we will face, made much easier if we know what we believe and who we want to be.
The last seven years have been the best experience that I will ever have but what I have liked most of all are the people that I have gone through this with.
People come and people go but that's just life. And it's sad that these experiences have to end now. I could not have asked for any group better than you guys. I hope that when we're older we'll all meet under the same roof once again…….. without burning down the building!
I'd just like to say something about our teachers… every teacher I've ever had except Mrs Hart and Mrs Dunbar has left the year after they taught me! (Hhmmmm?) I thought this year would be different but…… that didn't work out. We wish you the very best Mrs Seymour.
In my Captain speech last year, I promised to serve, to assist and to be your friend. I'd like to extend this offer of friendship again. I have been lucky enough to go through much of my school life with cousins and sisters close by but not everyone is so lucky. High school may prove difficult or daunting at times, we may have bad days, bad weeks, or bad terms. Or, good ones we want to share with others. My number is in the phone book and I'd love to be the one you call to share your experiences with.
Now I just want to leave you all with that question….. Just who will you be??? It's your decision and yours alone.
Thank you.