High School Speech Essay Example For Students

High School Speech Essay I want to start off this speech with the one quote that keeps me moving forward and has kept me motivated through high school. Michael Jordan once said, â€Å"If youre trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. Ive had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles dont have to stop you. If you run into a wall, dont turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. † This is what pushed me to where I am today, and what I thought about graduation. Coming into high I thought it was going to be a scary experience. All the classic rumors of older kids throwing you in lockers, nd treating the freshman bad was all that went through my head as I approached 9th grade. I was worried about the fact that I was going to do freshman year in my first private school ever. I never wanted to go to a private school because of the whole uniform thing, and thought kids from my old school would make fun of me. I was never really the kid that wore shoes and dressed up a lot, but of course I had no choice because that’s where my parents wanted me to go. They wanted me to get a good education and be surrounded by kids of different ethnicity since college would be the same. They wanted me to be challenged as much as possible. My parents always wanted the best for me and I love them for that. At the beginning 9th grade, I was really shy and afraid because I knew I was going to a new school where I didnt know anyone. Making new friends and meeting new people wasnt really the type of person I was. I was always the kid that would sit by himself, doing their work or eating their lunch alone until someone came over to talk to me. As that year went on I began to make friends and started opening up a little more. I’m always the type to try and fit in with the popular crowd. I hate to always stand out or have people talk about me. When I was in private school I wasnt really worried about that since everyone looked the same with the uniform. It was just all about how you portrayed yourself to others and that’s how they would judge you. I played a lot of sports in middle school and am generally a very athletic person. However, in 9th grade I was too afraid, so I only played lacrosse. I wasnt allowed to play basketball that year, because my grades werent where they were supposed to be. My parents said,School comes first, and if your grades are not up then you wont be able to play sports. Even though the year seemed like it went slowly, it was an okay year. 10th grade year I knew was my year to do everything. This is the year where I changed the most. The people I hang out with in 9th grade were totally different from the people I hung out with in 10th grade. This was the year I played all the sports I played and met people that I knew would be my friends for a long time. After playing basketball I was well known and a lot of people knew who I was. It was a good feeling because I thought I would be that kid that no one really noticed. This was also the year that I had my first high school relationship and really liked this one girl which I now hate with a passion now. It’s really funny how things like feelings can go from love to hate so quickly. This was also the year that my parents had a hard time paying for this annoying tuition. They said that I couldnt take my finals or regents if I didn’t pay the tuition. My mom wasnt able to pay the bill every month so of course like all bills, the price increased as time ent on and she wasnt able to pay it. She ended up owing the school a lot of money which was forced to have me go to a different school. Alexander The Great EssayI barely knew people in my graduating class, but as people say this might have been the worst graduating class ever. Every day as I wake up or sit in school, I wish I was in my old school with all my friends and graduating with them. As of right now I’m focusing on getting this advanced regents diploma and passing my Trig and physics regents. Then after that is all over I will be graduating from this boring school in June. Just thinking about leaving this school makes me really happy. Goodbye to you all and wish you luck in your future.