Expert: Crystal - 11/27/2003

Question
Hi Crystal

I understand from your profile that you aren't keen on dialogue questions.  However, I have asked many ALLEXPERTS for a copy of Andrea's Valedictorian Speech (HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION?)her speech.  Years ago I found this speech very inspirational, and it was even printed in a magazine I used to get.  However, I have since lost this copy and I would VERY MUCH APPRECIATE it if you could find it in your heart to do this for me ONCE!

Thank you so much

Best and Kindest Regards
Tamara.

Answer
Yes Tamara, I do not usually do dialogue questions anymore. Since you've asked other allexperts already and you have tried other options, I'll make an exception for you. I have tried to retain the parts where Andrea made pauses and was stuttering from nervousness. So here you go:

Thank you. Oh, Mr. Meyers, Miss Teasley, uh, fellow graduates, ladies and gentlemen. Uh, today we stand here united as a class. Tomorrow we go our separate ways as individuals…on our own and individually. We do this to follow paths, unfathomable path, which weave before us…We do so with the certainty… with the certainty…that we don't have the faintest idea what we're doing at all…Which could be a very frightening prospect in a world where the… in a world where the boundaries of nations and the balance of nature can change overnight. Except that the years that we have spent at West Beverly have given us the foundation to face the future. But, we haven't just learned facts and figures, logic and reasoning skills, but we have learned the value of friendship— friendship, loyalty, and love— which will not be diminished just because we may not end up together. The memories that we have shared will not go away simply because we do. So even if the future does not always meet our expectations, or the fates are cruel to us at times, no one can ever take this moment from me… From me, from you, from any of us. No one can ever take away this moment in time.

Glad I could help you. Crystal