Graduation Speech: Lifes Defining Moments :: Graduation Speech, Commencement Address

I was watching a re-run of the Dr. Phil show the other day, and he was offering advice to someone who had an displeasure problem. Dr. Phil asked him to recall the top 10 defining moments in his life, which is where the secret to his anger problem was supposed to lie. So, I began thinking about what are the top ten defining moments in my life? The birth of my daughter was the first thing that came to my mind. She made me a mother, along with a 24-hour worrier and an insomniac. As I began to pout more on the topic I realized that going to college has not only been one of my defining moments, it has made me who I am. With all the different classes we fill up Community College, we realize interests we n ever so knew we had. My first three quarters here, I was in the Running Start program, which allowed me to graduate high school while victorious college courses. I took a political science class, just to fulfill my American history credit, and I realized I love politics. I never kne w I had such a passion for debating heated topics like gun control until the teacher couldnt get me to stop talking in class. psychology taught me that my weird 2-year-old isnt so weird after all. And chemistry taught me that I really dont care for science that much. So, when my friends tell me they arent going to college because they dont know what they want to do, I ask them how are you ever going to figure it out? As you guys have your celebrations and get-togethers today, I encourage you to think about your first day at Johnson and how you have changed since then. Do you notion on the world in a different way, or did college just confirm that this is the person you truly are? On one hand, my viewpoints on topics changed completely, when my professors subject up my eyes to things like discrimination and class-ism, and on other hand some of my beliefs were strongly supported. Throughout school, I had everyone supporting me. When you have a indulge young, everyone pressures you to finish school. Im very proud to say that I continued school, not only for myself, but for my family too. Not because it is what I was suppose to do, although it is what was best for me.