The heartwarming graduation speech that went viral — Transcript

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1. 0:00from getting Smileys drawn on our hands
2. 0:02to accepting our graduation diplomas
3. 0:05it's scary yes
4. 0:08but so was walking into this school for
5. 0:10the first time
6. 0:15[Music]
7. 0:30the graduation ceremonies today can you
8. 0:33believe it
9. 0:34an entire grade is leaving
10. 0:37I can't imagine what that's like
11. 0:40you're after your we whispered these
12. 0:44same words with all as we watched our
13. 0:46seniors wear their caps and gowns
14. 0:48deliver these very speeches
15. 0:50hug their families and teachers
16. 0:52and step out of those blue gates for the
17. 0:55last time
18. 0:57that those seniors would once be us
19. 1:00seemed inevitable
20. 1:02yet fundamentally impossible but look
21. 1:04around we are wearing the gowns
22. 1:07our families are sitting there
23. 1:11the boards all around say class of 2023.
24. 1:16this moment Is Ours from dreaming about
25. 1:19what the seventh floor would look like
26. 1:21does realizing there's no floor above
27. 1:23left to discover
28. 1:25from Friday folders to laptops and Lyft
29. 1:29passes
30. 1:30from the old school song to the new one
31. 1:33we'll sing together for the last time
32. 1:36today
33. 1:38from getting Smileys drawn on our hands
34. 1:40to accepting our graduation diplomas
35. 1:43today we walked into our beloved Audi AS
36. 1:46students of dais we're going to walk out
37. 1:49alumni it is here that we formed the
38. 1:52strongest of friendships
39. 1:53loved together and lost together
40. 1:57where we were equipped with the skills
41. 1:59of empathy compassion honesty resilience
42. 2:03and determination sure to carry us far
43. 2:06in life to our teachers
44. 2:09you taught us to spell our names
45. 2:11then stood by us as we found our
46. 2:13identities
47. 2:15we so often take for granted the time we
48. 2:17had with you and underestimate the
49. 2:19impact you've had on us
50. 2:21it is now that I'm growing aware of how
51. 2:24instrumental my primary and Middle
52. 2:26School teachers were to inculcating in
53. 2:28me the values integral to my principles
54. 2:30today
55. 2:32how my high school teachers nudged me
56. 2:34towards finding my passions and braced
57. 2:36me to enter the outside world
58. 2:40you allowed us to fall down and scrape
59. 2:42our knees and ensure you were there to
60. 2:45help us get back up stronger
61. 2:47from holding us tightly in place to
62. 2:49cover us with makeup before annual day
63. 2:51to finally letting go of our hands today
64. 2:55we will never forget you or stop being
65. 2:58grateful to you for the indelible Mark
66. 3:00you have left on us to the admin
67. 3:02security medical canteen housekeeping
68. 3:06I.T and transport staff
69. 3:09thank you for smiling and greeting us
70. 3:11every time you saw us
71. 3:13your wishes of good luck before every
72. 3:15exam made all the difference you have
73. 3:17taught us so much about the kind of
74. 3:19human beings we should be whether we've
75. 3:21spent 14 8 5 or 2 years here
76. 3:26how do we say goodbye to the home that
77. 3:28so fundamentally made us who we are
78. 3:31to the place that forms the first line
79. 3:34of our introductions for ourselves
80. 3:36to our childhood
81. 3:38bonds remains strong
82. 3:42are we ready
83. 3:44but simultaneously
84. 3:46coexisting with all the insecurities all
85. 3:49the fears all the uncertainties and
86. 3:51unanswerable questions the following
87. 3:53resolutely remains true for each one of
88. 3:55us
89. 3:57it is time
90. 3:59we need to move forward
91. 4:01we are ready
92. 4:04what felt like struggling to hold on to
93. 4:06Memories slipping through our fingers
94. 4:08feels different now we are not losing
95. 4:10our relationships we are not losing a
96. 4:12home
97. 4:13we are simply making room for our lives
98. 4:16to intersect with those of more people
99. 4:18to find more spaces to call home that
100. 4:21will one day grow as special to us as
101. 4:23this one
102. 4:25scary yes but so was walking into this
103. 4:28school for the first time within this
104. 4:30Auditorium I see people who have the
105. 4:33drive and power to change the world
106. 4:35every single person here is an
107. 4:38inspiration
108. 4:40and I cannot wait to watch you conquer
109. 4:42the world
110. 4:47ask yourself what could I be we are
111. 4:50ready thank you