JK Rowling Speech

I am standing in line for my graduation certificate. The line is long and excited. Every individual feels as though they have finally made it out of the grave yard, where they had left there dramas, embarrassing social moments, their long days of sitting for hours on end, and there restless nights cramming in examination information before the early morning exam. This is the moments life starts a new. "Take it in and don't forget a single moments of your situation Madison." The line gets smaller and smaller. I begin to fill my imagination with what the future holds for me. "The world is waiting for you." I feel like a small maggot hungry for those wings to buzz of and make myself known to those worldly faces, who I know may be slapping me away, or greeting me with a hopeful hearts for my success. My time has come. I dream about my adventures. I am in strange lands in New Guinea, traveling with experienced thrill seekers and science whizzes. I am special for my knowledge and accepted as a famous Entomologist. I am about to discover one of the most important discoveries of bug history. Then I flick on back to reality and slide into the past soon after. I stand in front of my Biology class, trying to think what I am suppose to do. "Oh the horror," I think. What embarrassment I must have been to my teacher who had worked so hard to teach me these concepts. I feel as though I had failed both him and I. My memories flow to all the times I know I had made a mistake. All those lonely feelings being away from home crushes my confidence. But I am almost to the front of the line and I feel bold, brave, and ready again. I see my family in the audience. My Mom is crying and my Dad is proud. My life is changing. I then float back to the situations and the people that have helped me get here. All those wonderful teachers who cared about me. All of those A+ that I worked so hard for. And all of my friends I could not breath without. I shake my Certificate presenters hand and look into his eyes to show my thanks. I almost trip on the state with excitement and finally stumble down the steps. The paper I hold in my hand represents success and my final day as a college student. The tears come. That night, I celebrate watching movies and eating ice cream with my family. Peace at last.