Salutatorian Speech
Salutatorian Speech, by Heoi Jin Kim
Many of us mark our journey through life counting our successes. For
example, take tonight’s graduation from high school. All of us here have
succeeded in mastering a challenging course of study, and we are now
prepared to enter the adult world as full-fledged members. Others will mark
their journey through life by highlighting their failures, recalling that
wonderful college they did not get into, or that special friend they lost. I am
not sure who is right, the counter of successes or the recorder of failures.
However, what I do firmly believe is that we need to share it with someone−
along with our laughter and our tears.
My life in America began with a series of rapid transitions, many of
these changes were quite bumpy, and often I felt hurt inside. Upon leaving
Korea in 4
th
grade, I started 5
th
grade at P.S 150 in Sunnyside Queens, not
knowing a word of English. Just as I was getting familiar with one school I
had to switch to another. This time it was Intermediate School 73, and my
world turned upside down once again. Very often, I felt terribly lost trying to
master a new language, socially awkward trying to make new friends from
so many diverse cultures, and emotionally exhausted trying to make sense of
so many confusing experiences.
Then after the chaos of middle school, my bumpy ride through life
continued. Like you, I entered the far more demanding world of high school.
If I had complained the difficulties of middle school, those problems were
nothing compared with the academic challenges of high school. How many
of us had to make similar adjustments or even faces more traumatic
transitions?
However, what made all of my days endurable, were my family and
friends. I want now thank my parents, Regina and Samuel, who despite
coming home very late every night would take time to listen to my problems
and soothe my anxiety. Next, I want to thank my awesome friends: Robert,
Jenny, Stacy, Kaina, Jennifer, especially, my wonderful mentors in the
college office wise woman, and spider woman, as well as so many of you
who accepted me for who I was and what I could contribute, not judging me
from where I came from. Life always seemed more tolerable when you were
there to sympathetically listen to my complaints, to gently advise me when I
was about to make a huge mistakes and to patiently allow me celebrate a
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