Write Your Own Valedictory Speech

In keeping with today's theme, I figured I'd throw together a template valedictory speech. This is presumptuous of me, as it seems there is already one (ONE.) and I may be breaking a copyright. Given a couple of hours, I guess I could throw together a whole big overblown Mad Libs valedictory speech, but Mad Libs are supposed to be fun, not repetitive and dull and cliched.

So here goes.

Friends, faculty, and guests, I was thinking about what to write today. For the past four years we've [vague positive memory], [vague negative memory], [humorous memory bordering on in-joke]. [pause for polite laugh] And I realized today that this may be the last time we see each other. After all these years of supporting each other through [sentimental situation] and [feeling], [negative feeling] and [cliched sentimental situation].

I remember the time I [thing that overachieving nerds do] and I [problem that overachieving nerds have]. With the help of [teacher's name] and a lot of hard work, [positive resolution to overachieving nerd problem]. I couldn't help but be over whelmed by [something or other].

[required sentence] This is not an ending, but a beginning. Some of us will go to college, some of us will [job the valedictorian would never do], or [other job the valedictorian would never do], or even [different job the valedictorian would never do]. But we will always remember our friends in the [high school name] class of [year].

As [someone] once said, "[quote from someone]". Thank you.

If any of you people has additions, let me know. Feel free to email since I won't do comments. Will be reflected in the post.