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to me asking (or rather, threatening) me to make sure my speech makes them
cry. I've also talked to teachers about this speech, Ms. Yi Chi came up to me,
and told me,
「
Doris
，
我跟你說喔，你下星期三的
speech,
就是那個，
uhhh
，
要多練習一點喔。」
When I asked Mr. Liu for advice, he said,
「
Just wing it.
」
And
唐老師
has also been very concerned with the progress
of my speech-writing. She was particularly worried that I wouldn't finish
writing my speech in time. So before I move on to the bulk of my speech, I
want to express my gratitude to all my teachers, past and present, for their
support. This is what has made all of our experiences at school so amazing –
they genuinely care.
My mom will probably never stop making fun of me for crying
during our 9th grade graduation. In her words:
「
就看到你們一大群人
在那裡哭，結果隔天就回去上課了。」
And in hindsight, it was pretty
ridiculous. In 9th grade, I think we were crying because we'd be separated
into different classes. But today, we'll be crying because we're going to be
separated into different locations all over the world and into different futures.
I've been at this school since first grade, and I never really thought, at
least, not until this year, that there would actually come a time that I would
graduate. It's kind of like the night before a big project is due; you know the
time for turning in the project will happen, but it just doesn't feel real, so you
put it off and go on facebook instead. Well, tonight is the hour before that
big project is due, and it still feels surreal.
These past two weeks, so many of you have been raring to get out of
school. There were almost never more than ten people in each classroom