[I first saw this speech when Michael presented it to me -- a week before graduation -- in an almost-polished form. What a surprise it was! This topic was not what I was expecting. Sr. M. Ph.]
Graduating Class of 2009
Good afternoon, Sister Marie Therese, Sister Maria Philomena, Mr. McManus, Mama, Papa, Brothers, Sisters, family, friends, and fellow IHM students.
Every graduation speaker wants his speech to be unique and personal in one way or another. I decided that the best way to make mine unique would be not to buy it online for $24.99, but to just write it myself.
I have attended Immaculate Heart of Mary School for the last eleven years. Eleven not twelve, because one year I went through two grades. The years which I remember most clearly were the last few, when I finally saw the end as something reachable, and not just something in the distance which would come along eventually. However thanks to the foundation laid by my earlier education, these last years I have been able to start appreciating what I had experienced. Realizing that it was meant to help me in high school and the rest of my personal life. Most likely I won’t ever have to use the periodic table, but the exercise of memorizing it had a much bigger purpose. That of helping to develop my brain and form my whole character by discipline. Thereby perfecting the nature that grace builds upon. Continue Reading »
Chapter VII. - How a Mother Should Instil [sic] into the Hearts of Her Children a Sincere Love and Respect of Their Father, and how She Should Co-operate with Him in Their Education.
