The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-07-08, Page 38' , Page 10. 4
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The following ,artiele is
reprintedfrorn list year
Grade Eight,Souvenir Edition • '
by popular. demand:It is the
.• tat 'of a' speech .written and
delivered in 1975 by Mrs.
Shirley 3. Keller, Editor Of • :
• The Goderith Signal -Star, for
the graduatien...-eicercises. at
• Robertson'. Memorial School
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in Goderich._
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Well' kids, you ye made it. ,
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• that juvenile - grade school
system • into the • grownup-;
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world known as high 'school.
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to feed them„ someone to'- re so you could get your seed
changethem, someone to - collection completed in •time
form a rk••
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...baththern. thttig$:.
mother and fatherMay do _ ,•
' everything within their tiowei:: •
to keep baby comfortable and
safe, the baby resporidS with
loud bav,rling when the diaper
gets wet • or • fussing and -
squirming when put into the
bath: ,.•
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'Sometimes it takes us a
long, long finite toget overlhe;,.
"babyblinds"; Sometimes we •
whinearld complain, kick a
squirm and genet-allY raise a
• stink all the While -others are •
• doing everything ,in • their •
It'S a big day for you. You re
• 'proud , and happy. You -• •
cleserwe to be; -too:. There s a
whole new adventure',
awaiting you out there. tt's.
, •?•; • • " thestart of a new 'life with
__.n.e.w chaflenges:,new
•achievements, new friends;, •
new hopes,new dreams.
4., What you may not realize is
that your parents: and, your
teachers are just as proud
and happy as you are. Thai's
why :they're .here. tOnight. •
really want .to share •
with yoti this big moment.in
your life, They want to show
by „their attendance, this • ..
evening, that they. Irani only
the -best for you. •••!-----
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You may not believe that.
, ••• yoti may still have what I like
-J-to-call tlw bab.yinds No_
, • one is 'blinder .than • babies
when. it comes - tp. un-
derstaridIng and appreciatinv
• • ""'What others ao for the -m.
Babies are absolutely
helpless - they need sorne6ne,---
There's your teacher: She s
the .che who Worried over
your math rol) 1 ejn. s enough •
to offereastra help before and. •
after class; he's the one who
observed your tight on the.
• , playground and tried 12 ex-
plain how 'you .qoula"
another one; they re the
people who, introduced you to •
the sounds of good Music.and
thefeel of good -poetry and the
• 'sights; of fine art7When you.
wanted none of it. ' •
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fed and clothed educatedind • '
prepare'd for what's ahead,
kept safe -rand warm until we
- = can really look 'after.
... our-
seves °. • - • ,
If you don't 'believe me, . •
look. around . you.= ,There's •••
mom over thererShe'S the gal
who makes sure you have a -
clealtpair of jeans „to wear to •
the roller rink Who made
those hainbur.gers - the last
time you had yout'' friends •
Over • who fielped you out of •
that mess you were in when
your friends thought you had
ratted on,them. ... •
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dad. He's .the guy
who paid the cleaning bill the
last time you spilled mustard
. 4'1a11 over your leather jacket;
who.. 'saw. to it- that your
was-pickecrup'
off the, back lawn and pitt
away so that you'd have it
• when you veded it for the
game; who • drove yo u 10
miles out of town on his day
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-.Toyed .;
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And now you come 'to":
graduation day happy and •
proud. But you dicln'tget here
--by yourselves: Your morn and .
dad and your teachers helped.,
.you ' every -step of the way.
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That's:Why this day is just as,
irapPrtant.tp theta as it is to •
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And even though you are •
going into *high -"School; you
are still going to need your ,
mom and ' dad- and your
teacher_s. Suike. you are
-glowing up and making more •
• and More decisions than ever.
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' But you are still goihg to heed-
-plenty 'of 'helix; rots of .adVice,
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and all.the love and' simport
you can find. •
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• Many young people make a ,
:serious ' mistake 'on
- • fgaduation • day. Kids
somehow get the Ttpression
they ki.e.gralluating not only
from Soho& T.. batzdrorn •
authority. They geethe idea .• •
that they are masters of their -
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own fate. They feel wise
enough to lOok after their own • „ • .•
needs,make' • up their -own
---•;,,minds, think,- their own .
thoughts. What they don't _
. know • is that every human • •
being - old .or young is
dependent 'On someone for
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something, From cradle' to .
'the grave, people must-Iive by
- rules; 'consider otler people, - .•
accept help_andadfte. .
The older I get, the less free ,
' • I am to d"6 exactly as I wantto
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do. That may •surprise you; •
but its true. .
When a person leaVes home
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whether: to go to University ,
' • or to take a job - he has so'
inany'.nei,iY•reSponsibilities he
has less freedom than he had
•while living With morn. :aiid ',••••
• 7--e- yen if that meant
cutting :thp grass on. Satur-
days and 'having a' curfew,...
Friday night., „ - —
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The minute you leave your
home -you must depend on
yehrself. Stare you Stay up as
late- as you want tirrbiif you*
alSo. haVe "to get up in 'the
`Morning to get to .worlcor to . •
• • school; or you 11 los e your job
• or fail. You can 'leave your
bed unmade if yOli-wish, but •
you ...have to have enough__
money to pay the :fent dn the. •
, . • , apartment or...be evicted.
Two •can live:as cheaply ag
one, they say-; so kids often
get , marriedNo.w- yOur
decisions, must always be '• -2
;4747.'with -your—spouse .in
mind husband can't go
• golfing --Saturday morning •
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