Graduation Speech -- Graduation Speech, Commencement Address

If I was asked to describe the attitude of the common high school educatee with one word, I would choose the word why. We seem to be constantly questioning everything that appears out of the ordinary, anything that departs from the routine which has been established for us. We seem to be intolerant of anything that our MTV finis has decl ard uncool. As we graduate from Washington High School, we must stop asking why and start asking why not. We should be open to anything as we venture into what society has labeled the real world. No longer should we limit ourselves to the same environment and small group of people we have grown habituate to. In turn, we should no longer limit ourselves to the same view of the world. Life is merely a collection of experiences. However, how many different experiences can you have if you are constantly asking why? If we refuse to venture into the world and see what, in fact, is out there, we may never find our true calling. For it is through experien ces that we bequeath find who we really are and what we truly believe. Somewhere out in the d...