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Huron Expositor, 2007-10-17, Page 42CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2007 — PAGE 13 CENTRAL HURON SECONDARY SCHOOL immmmmmmmrwam),, summummomm Anything can happen.. CURTIS LOBE Good evening graduates, family members, teachers, faculty and anyone' else who got stuck being here tonight. My name is Curt Lobb, and if I say anything remotely funny during my speech, I would like you to please stay quite and refrain from laughing. It is a great honour to be Valedictorian for the CHSS Class of 2007. I am graduating with some very talented, brilliant peo- ple...and Josh Nurse. I would first like to thank everybody that I know...Bill, thank you. John, thank you. Susan, thank you. My hair- dresser, thank you. That one guy 1 met in kindergarten but I forget his name and I haven't seen him in awhile, thank you. Actually, it will probably take along time to get through everyone so I'm not going to name them all. However, to everyone in my class who voted for me, thank you. Also, for the people who did not vote for me...why? What did I ever do to you? Whatever it was, I'm sorry. Now, I'm not sure how good my speech is going to be. because I haven't written one since Grade 8, and, it was about my dog Piper. She's a good girl. .Speaking of speeches in public school, I had a friend who said the same speech for four years in a row, and got away with it because we always had a differ- ent teacher. This makes me think it is good that Matt Goldsworthy is not our valedictorian because there is a good chance the entire speech would be about dinosaurs. Hey do you want to know how you ruin a joke? This makes me think it is good that Matt Goldsworthy is not our valedictorian because there is a good chance the entire speech would be about dinosaurs. See it's not as funny now is it. Looking at all of my fellow students makes me think of how we all got through high school together and have grown to be the people we our today. It is crazy to think that four years ago a lot of us did not know each other, Scott Somerville did not have a beard, and I thought everyone that was not from Clinton Public School were jerks. I'm just kidding...Scott always had a beard. On another note; Pat Trapnel, Matt Fisher, Breanne Hulley and Nathan Wilson wanted me to say their names in my speech...that is all. I know that we couldn't make it through high school without our parents, our family, our friends, Harry Potter, and the great teachers we've had. Personally I would like to thank my parents, my grandparents, my friends, my siblings and their girlfriends and anyone else who is in my family who has supported me along the way. They have all helped me to be the person I am today. Although, I'm not sure if I should thank them for that or not. All of us graduates have to thank our friends for sharing this experience with us and helping us out during this time. We have to thank our teachers for being patient with us and teaching us what we know. We have to thank our families for always being there whatever the prob- lem, and we most importantly have to thank our parents for telling us "Curtis, . don't stop believin' you're the most popular and handsome guy in school and don't listen to what all the other kids say." I therefore think we should give all of them a round of applause right now. And another one for just Harry Potter on its own. Now, high school has taught us a lot of important life skills. These range from proper reading and writing techniques, to how to fix a car. But most important- ly, we now know how to find the third side of almost any triangle. I mean that'll always come in handy. Some important life lessons we've learned on our journey are; enjoy life while you're young, try hard at every- thing you do, and, putting sick chickens in the school that can barely move actu- ally is not that funny at all. Besides the worst grad prank ever, our class has achieved a lot over the years. Without all of our different personalities and unique characteristics, we wouldn't be the same group of people overall. From one extreme to the other, whether you're a jock or a nerd, prep or a smok- er, cool guy or...me, we all contribute to the group we have become. An example of something we've accomplished is this gym that we are in tonight. Ever since Grade 9 we've been raising money to get this new gym, and now, a lot of us have left and only had use of it for one year. This might sound like a rip-off to the average human, but at least we are the first class to graduate in this gym and I think that is pretty awesome. Because if history repeats itself, it will be approximately another hundred years until they decide to reno- vate it again. I have now come to the part in my speech where I say... Adam Doupe! So last night I was at home relaxing and trying to figure out the third side to a triangle, like I usually do on my spare time, when I remembered that I have to have a message in my valedictorian speech. I then decided that I should also start writing the speech. After thinking long and hard about it, it finally hit me; the third side to the trian- gle was 20 centimetres. Then I also thought of a good message. If we would have voted for a valedictorian in Grade 9, I know I would not be standing up here right now. However, ever since Grade 9, I always wanted to deliver the speech on this night. It took time for people to see what type of person I am and this Lead to enough of you thinking I was the right person for the job. After it was said over the announce- ments that "Curt Lobb is Valedictorian for the Class of 2007" one Dustin Crich came to me and told me that after the class he was in heard the news, his teacher said something that went like this... "Wow...Curt Lobb is your Valedictorian." I guess this surprised a few people. I don't want to say it was Mr. Middleton who said this... but I don't think he meant it in a negative way, he was more proud of the fact that I received it and that I'm given the chance to say something meaningful to all of you. Now, my goal in life is to be in the film industry... no, no not that film indus- try...but like to be a famous director or actor. Someone once told me that "Sure you can work in film, but not everyone can be Steven Spielberg." They were exactly right, not everyone can be, but someone has to be. And why not make that person you or me. It could be in anything, film, sports, education, politics... the point is, if you try hard enough and are determined to be the best at something you can be, then there is no one stopping you from being the next; Spielberg, Gretzky, Mrs. Jankowski or Prime Minister of Canada. Someone has to do these things, why not make it us. In conclusion, my dog Piper is a great dog and I hope — oh wrong speech, sorry — although in Grade 9 I was an unlikely candidate for valedictorian, I stand up here today delivering the speech. I would now like to quote some lyrics from the band Journey that I feel we should all remember when we live out the rest of our lives. The song is called Don't Stop Believing "D000n't Stop, Belieeevin. Hold on to that Fee-aaal-in. Street Lights, People. 000o-0000- 000aww Doon't Stop Belieevin, H0000ld on— oh ee awwwn. Street Lights, People 000o-0000- 000aww High school has been the best time of my life, but as they say, all good things come to an end... I guess that means Mr. Barton's civics class will last forever. It's now time for us to move on in life to bigger and better things. So, next time you stumble across something that seems impossible to overcome, or before you make the decision to stop following your dreams, just remember that Curt Lobb was your valedictorian... anything can happen. Don't stop believing.