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Class of 2026 Farewell
Hi everybody. We’d like to thank our class for selecting the And last but certainly not least, Ms. Diane, who is overlooked in three of us as speakers. We make a good representation for Concordian’s student body: representation for the average student. Though we do have one thing in common––actually, five out of six of our speakers over these two days have one thing in common––we’re all Literature students.
the speeches every year but not this one, has been the most incredible support figure throughout our entire high school experience. Thank you for always fighting for us, for recognizing and understanding every complaint and cry, and for making things happen. There’s simply no one like you.
Before we continue with this speech, we’d like to give kudos to Ms. B. She took a class of 10 simpletons, and, through her ceaseless effort, sculpted a group of erudite, sagacious scholars who we hope are making you proud today.
Juniors––and that applies to all of you––we would first like to formally apologize for raising the bar too high. More importantly, however, we’d like to thank you all for your friendship. For our dear 10th and 11th graders, we wish you the best of luck in your DP journey. You’ll certainly need it. But just remember: if Joe could make it to the end, so can you.
We’d like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has made it possible for us to reach the end of this road. First and foremost, we’d like to thank the school administration for upholding the foundation of our personal and academic growth. You have instilled in us compassion and taught us the importance of integrity––values we’ll maintain in every stage of our lives. To the counseling department, Mr. Tony and the stunning singing siren Ms. Johanna, thank you both for the long afternoons spent re-editing that final essay with us and all the late nights of sending in recommendation letters and outreach emails. Shoutout to Mr. Jay, Khun Kay, Dr. Tresa, and Ms. Lindsay for your support during college apps as well. To our elementary teachers, most of which have left Concordian already, thank you for shaping the most primitive years of our life. Similarly, thank you to our MYP teachers for building such a strong foundation for our IB journey. Now onto our DP teachers, who have been our anchor at sea these past 2 years. You have all given the IB a soul with your vibrant personalities and aptitude for teaching (although both apply to some more than others).
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The class of 2026 is unique in that nobody ever really falls into a categorical role within the grade. For instance, you take the stereotypical label of a “jock”, and the closest thing you get to that are Ken and Pote, who aren’t brainless bullies but are rather acute. You can picture their crying faces more vividly than most of our classmates. Burger, while he may not be the smartest member of our grade (he’s obviously no Chino), is certainly the loudest, and therefore often represents us. We are deeply embarrassed at the possibility that you have used him as a benchmark of comparison to the people in our grade; we promise none of us are as odd as him. With that being said, all of our prayers go to Otto for the next four years, who will be attending college with him. Furthermore, we could drop the words slimlim, green grass, ballroom dancing, matty yu, king julian, airplanes, elf costume, and sober, and two completely different groups of people would perk up. But neither would understand the other half of our references. Our point is, that’s the nature of our grade. We have our distinct circles, but each of us belong to multiple distinct circles. And together, we make up this eclectic mosaic of a class.
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