法国留学读研究生申请书大全

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president [name], faculty, parents, classmates, and guests, i am honored to stand here today as your valedictorian. the path that led me to this podium required hard work, determination, courage, and motivation. these are qualities that i also admire in my classmates, and i am proud to be a part of this class and this college. today, we look to our horizons and see the future stretched out before us. this should also be a day when we remember and pay tribute to our pasts.

the path that led me here took an important turn one seemingly ordinary day in high school. i sat in class as my 10th grade history teacher continued our unit on world war ii. on this day, he split the class into small groups and told us that we would be taking the perspective of the various countries that were involved in world war ii in a debate. as he distributed the names of countries, each group hoped to open its paper and see america?written in bold letters. when our group received the folded slip, we opened it and read it with dismay: japan. thinking we were sure to lose the debate, we settled down to prepare our explanation for attacking pearl harbor. after a few minute