So,
I know this is pretty cliché around this time of year because everyone is
graduating but please, just bare with me for a little while. Now last week, I attended
3 graduations…why, I really couldn’t tell you. I was feeling the grad spirit.
But out of these three I was outside for one, listened to a good part of the
other and was inside for more than half of the last one. And out of these three
graduation services (all of which I was late to beyond my control), I was
present for only one of the guest speaker’s speeches. And if the others were
like the one I had to sit through, I’m very happy for that. Now I understand
that you’re there to motivate the graduates and so forth but please could you
at least try to grab everyone’s attention? The fact that people had to leave
during your speech was not an indication to you to try and cut it short or try
to spice it up a bit. I mean really, I understand we’re adults now, blah, blah,
blah…but we still get restless and would like to get something to eat since we’re
missing dinner.
To
anyone that has ever or is going to do a speech at a graduation please keep
these things in mind:
-
We’re only there to take pictures, get certificates,
hear the grad song and leave
-
We love the person who we came to watch
graduate but at the same time, we’d also like to eat dinner
-
Not everyone attending the dinner is in their
prime, meaning elderly people will be present as well and cannot manage the
drawn out services
-
For students with a big number of people
graduating, remember each of these persons has to get called up, get their
certificate handed to them AND get their picture taken, so no one has time for
a drawn out speech
-
There’s also the valedictorian speech and this
person understands that we all want to go home….why can’t you?
I understand, technically it’s your time to shine
(not really) but please make your speech short AND interesting so that we want
to pay attention and not disrespect you by chatting and falling asleep.
Xoxo
:)
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