Salutatory Address

[MetalKnight]

I’ve never given a speech before nor have I ever prepared or written one. At the moment, I'm kinda stumped on ideas for what to say.


So, does anyone have suggestions, ideas, or experiences (first-hand or observation) of what to throw into it (or think about) to make it more “interesting” when I recite in front of my high school graduating class?

I mean, I guess I could give a generic “Welcome students, family, faculty ~ ~ ~ … Let us always remember some bull ideal ~ ~ ~ … And always believe in our awesomeness/ability to suceed ~ ~ ~. … Let us take some wisdom in some dead guy, who in [enter year], once said ‘~ ~ ~,’” sort of speech, but I hate putting people to sleep, especially within the 1st hour of a very long ceremony.

[Eris]

Give a dadaist speech. Write a short generic speech, cut out all the words or partial sentence fragments, rearrange them randomly and recite it that way. It's an ingenious way of intellectually protesting the meaninglessness of graduation speeches. Besides, people will never forget it.

But you really shouldn't trust the advice of strangers on the internet. It's been known to get you into trouble.

[Hideki Motosuwa.]

Try this site, it's very helpful ^^

[Ωmega]

I would try going to a toastmasters meeting. Thye have them often, and all over the US.

[~Rose~]

You could try talking about how high school endding is not a endding but a start. Hey that is all I could think of!