hello everyone I would like to start on
my talk by asking all of you to reflect
on your middle school lives especially
your middle school friendships and are
you still friends with people today go
ahead anything okay thanks for doing
that and I’m gonna looming up you but
that’s time in your life but I
appreciated so when I started thinking
about what I wanted to make this talk on
I immediately jumped to my awesome
friends they’re pretty easy to brag on
so I thought this is a fun topic I got
this easy as I thought more and more
about my friends I thought about what
those relationships and how I got there
I also put a lot about the difference
between my middle school friends and my
housekeepers personally those schools
are really weird tribe u11 I found
myself being friends with people that I
didn’t have a funny comment I just
thought I had friends with them I didn’t
do feeders I didn’t think I could be
friends with the feeder kids they didn’t
put the cross-appeal copies so I didn’t
think I could be friends with them
either I did have overly one direction
and so it turns out the most no
survivors have also fans are the most
bars out the only thing I had in common
with the ton of them I didn’t realize it
at the time but I was totally looking
who could be friends with in my country
princess well I they stink I think
that’s a big part of middle school I had
no clue who I was or what or what my
interest and you didn’t any of my
it has five your middle schoolers the
only building United me and my friends
phone directions and that’s kind of that
I’d like to clarify it’s not sad like
directions when I finally graduated
middle school and we’ve drawn to the big
scary role of high school I figured I’d
just india thats with the same my same
crew for all four years of high school
but fully towels are wrongs sure for the
first few months I come pretty close to
them because I was comfortable around
them and change is hard but as the game
of dawn and it half-assed inside of them
and it’s both of them didn’t play this
one’s a thai place so we just learn to
grow apart and i got closer and closer
with it before my teeth teens during
past countries people might see we could
bond over the terrible workout we did it
our crazy coach in the terrible for
scamper on the upcoming weekend and then
during that even fonder we’re trying to
get out of the workout or annoying our
coach as much as we could through sports
I started to confront with people and
grades other than just my own in middle
school is kind of unheard of when I
started becoming friends with sophomores
and juniors and seniors presently felt
so cool at the weirdest part was it was
so easy to talk these people we could
literally talk about anything and still
have a great time and that’s because I
didn’t feel like I had these people
anymore I wanted to and they wanted to
be friends with me and let me tell you
best feelings in the world I no longer
at the awkward silences talking about
some Harry Styles picture I saw on
Instagram the night before conversations
just flowed and even silences became
comfortable I think one of the best
parts of high school that is so
different from middle school is there’s
no longer than spring dividing
friendships some of my best friends or
people that aren’t even in my grade they
taught me so much about Who I am and
about high school and built life in
general some of my older friends have
taught me without even meaning to it’s
just that in high school people are a
lot more in touch with who they are
people are sick of faking personality is
just think cool or popular and everyone
just starts to chill out and come
comfortable themselves I learned and no
longer have to fit this mold I don’t
impress people I’m just have to be
myself and if you don’t like me that’s
fine I have my old friends I’m good it’s
way easier to make real friends from
just myself and I don’t like anybody
else in high school you’re no longer
confined to your brain or just one
direction or just sports one of my best
friends is going to
or VCU arts next year and another friend
is going to play Division one volleyball
for William and Mary I have friends who
were sophomores in their streaming to AP
world history just like I did last year
and I have friends in college that I
call it a weekly basis to get updates on
their not so exciting love knives I have
best friends with you either best
friends to go to summer camp something I
never understood it was a part of but
please don’t support them one of my
favorite activities with my very best
friend is going to cookout you can
milkshakes in their parking lot late on
a Saturday night because we had nothing
else to do that day and believe it or
not SL a prize like one direction well I
guess my friends are all over the place
and interests and hobbies we still for
this awesome squad of people who just
genuinely like being around each other
and we make each other’s lives better we
share our experiences and stories with
each other and it’s so easy I don’t have
to force it because these are the people
that make me happy all the cards you pop
in your laps you might have read my
favorite quote hello yes that’s a great
pool I so badly wanted to put your low I
know yeah it’s laying but unfortunately
it is something either side you only
look once i’m so happy that i chose to
surround myself with people that I
really love and make me a better person
this up america i watch half of my
friend is walk down the green
dresses for graduation I honestly don’t
know what good it feel even though they
they are you great about me I’ve become
so close to these people and I honestly
do consider than my family well I guess
that will be a very sad day it’s also a
great day because now realize junior
bffs are stepping up to put your shoes
and we’re going to run this place we’re
in last year it’s a camera ok I will all
be the person in the white dress walking
down the green unfortunately graduating
and I hope that what freshman or
sophomore or junior feels the same about
me that I do about my seniors in this
past year I’ve never been more
comfortable in my skin and happy with
who I am and I know a lot of that’s my
friends they made me who I am today and
I tell them all of you to go out for my
own friends one because it’s true you only look