Speech of the principal of the school at the last bell. Solemn speech for the teacher at the graduation, presentation of certificates and the last call

Graduation party for school. A detailed and detailed graduation ball script for 11 classes.

Solemn music plays. First-graders form a living corridor in the hall, along which graduates go to their assigned seats in the front rows. Those present in the hall standing up to greet them.

Head teacher(introduces members of the presidium and opens the solemn part of the evening).

Speech by the school principal at the graduation party (address to graduates)

D. Kabalevsky's waltz "School Years" sounds in the recording.

Together with the certificates, the school principal presents the graduates with commendable letters. Comic certificates and symbolic souvenirs are handed over from classmates in parallel.

While the graduate being called rises to the stage, the presenters briefly characterize him. For example.

Head teacher: Petr Ivanov, 11 B, is invited to the stage!

Leading: Who better than him could design a wall newspaper? Whose jokes were passed from mouth to mouth and became school folklore? The grieving school gives him a souvenir photo of the last wall newspaper he designed.

Head teacher: Alexander Sidorov, 11 A, is invited to the stage!

presenter: At one time, a rare girl saved her braids from him, and now it’s time to envy his gallantry! As a keepsake from classmates - this bow. Keep and remember us always!

Head teacher: Anna Kotova, 11 A, is invited to the stage!

Leading: Modest but charming! How many control notes were written off from her by grateful neighbors!

Head teacher: Ivanova Elena, 11 A is invited to the stage!

Leading: Her craving for knowledge of us, blockheads, to be honest, has always been a little amazing. We think that over time, perhaps, we will be proud that we studied with Elena in the same class. Good luck to you! And as a keepsake from us - this notebook with our phones. When you become famous, don't be arrogant!

Head teacher: Sergey Kolobko, 11V, is invited to the stage!

Presenter: Seryozha pierced our hearts once and for all with his songs. We give him this CD with a recording of his favorite band - our girls!

Head teacher: Etina Tatyana, 11V, is invited to the stage!

Leading: It's even scary to imagine that today we are parting with Tanechka, our constant lifesaver. Tanechka! We love you! And in memory of us - this notebook with wishes! Happiness to you! And good luck with everything!

Head teacher: Yegor Koshkin, 11A, is invited to the stage!

Presenter: Yegor is a serious person. The invariable head of the class, the bulwark of order, he had a hard time trying to organize us unorganized! In memory of the sloven classmates, this is a multi-talented manual "How to Succeed". When you succeed, remember that this is also our merit!

Head teacher: Fedotova Maria, 11 B, is invited to the stage!

Leading: Our star! Masha traveled all over the region with performances, and soon, we hope, she will be applauded in Europe and America. Masha! Our hearts are always with you! (Gives a souvenir heart.)

Head teacher: Mikhail Fedorov, 11 A, is invited to the stage!

Presenter: We admire the incredible courage with which Mishka overcame his natural laziness and successfully passed the exams. Keep it up! From classmates, Mishka is awarded a certificate of honor "For the services shown in the fight against laziness!"

After the presentation of certificates, the children are congratulated by the class teacher of the graduating class, parents, honored guests.

Leading: We all know that, unfortunately, there are schools, parting with which is a holiday. One can only sympathize with those who studied in them. Although today, unlike us, graduates of such schools are happy to part with the place where they studied for 11 years, the place where they spent most of their lives without leaving a good memory.

Two people enter the stage - the Graduate and the School.

The School's costume is an ordinary white fabric over clothes, the school building is conditionally depicted on the fabric - windows, the inscription "school".

Graduate: Has this moment really come, and we part?

School: It looks like it. Are you very sad?

Graduate: And no one will wake me up at a hopeless early morning just so that I can study all sorts of logarithms and syllogisms all day long?

School: Knowledge is light! I've been explaining this to you for 11 years!

Graduate: Aha! Until the darkness in the eyes! I almost went blind while re-reading everything that was required for the exams!

School: Only a man enriched with knowledge can become...

Graduate: Highly skilled unemployed!

School: So you're not sorry to leave me?

Graduate: Not a little!

School: Quite quite?

The graduate shakes his head.

School: Wasn't there anything good?

Graduate: Well...

School: Do you remember, you, very small, came to the first class? You couldn't read or count. I taught you! Without me, would you know the difference between a parallel and a cosine?

Graduate: What? He lived peacefully and cheerfully, no worries. And then study until you're blue in the face. They are also punished for unlearned lessons.

School: I introduced you to your friends...

Graduate: Well, yes ... Nothing unites like a common struggle for freedom.

School: Won't you remember me with nostalgic sadness and sadness?

Graduate: Fifteen thousand hours deleted from life, taken away from football, discos, hanging out with friends, the Internet and other interesting activities?!

School(sadly): So, we are parting forever ... (Sings with anguish from Juno and Avos.) “I will never see you ...”

Graduate(with a shudder): I will never forget you!

Leading: Fortunately - and unfortunately - we have a different situation. We ourselves do not know what we experience more on this day - joy or sadness. On the one hand, yes, such an exciting event - we are already adults, we are on the threshold of a new life, and it's terribly interesting what's next. On the other hand... Imagine that the bell won't ring, your friends won't rush into the classroom... I think that after a while we will desperately miss each other. We will miss our Elena Antonovna, who was not only cool to us, but also a great friend. It happened that you could not tell everything to your mother, but you could always talk heart to heart with Elena Antonovna, consult Elena Antonovna - this is a person! And Natalya Petrovna! We have five people going to enter the Physics and Mathematics, because thanks to her, physics is dear and close to us. And the guys from other schools claim that the subject is complex, boring and incomprehensible. Galina Antonovna! How much you drove us, we grumbled and whined, and cursed our fate, but the result - after all, we know mathematics! This was confirmed by the city olympiads! And it's only thanks to you. Tatyana Kirillovna, do you know that after you came to us, half of our class writes poetry? How can you not miss such a school? How can you not miss such teachers?

Graduate: Dear teachers! That exciting moment has come when we say goodbye to the school. We rejoice and at the same time we are sad, we are sad to part with each other and with you. Wherever we live, no matter how our fate is, we will never forget you. With a feeling of deep gratitude, we will remember you and your native school. You taught us not only the basics of science, but also kindness, justice, honesty, taught us to be people. On behalf of all graduates, please accept our deepest gratitude and low bow for everything you have done for us. Thank you, dear teachers, for your wonderful, noble work!

Graduate:

you every day and every hour

Dedicated to hard work,

One thought of us

Live with one concern

So that the Earth is famous for us,

And so that we grow up honest.

Thank you teachers

Thanks a lot for everything!

They taught to appreciate beauty,

Gave knowledge and skills.

Thank you for your kindness

For unwavering patience!

Graduate:

Graduation night tonight

We look fake

Do not hide your excitement with a funny joke ...

We go up the same stairs

All the same windows, the same house,

Which for ten years we called the school.

Well, it is necessary, it is necessary:

We are seventeen years old already,

And everyone can not believe that they have become adults.

Like it was only yesterday

Mom took us to school

And here we are at the big crossroads.

Let's not forget this day

Lilac blossoms outside the windows,

In the very spring, happiness is prophesied to us!

The earth is still spinning

The teachers are all around

And we say "Thank you!"

All of you want.

The song "Thank you, teachers!" (lyrics by M. Plyatskovsky, music by Y. Dubravin).

You loved us all the same

Share your love equally with everyone.

For the fact that you sculpted people from us,

Thank you teachers!

And it was not kinder and stricter than you,

When we opened the world from scratch.

For the fact that we are a little like you,

Thank you teachers!

We worried all of you little by little,

Sometimes angry, sometimes funny.

For taking us on the road

Thank you teachers!

For the eternal multiplication table,

For the fact that we were given the Earth,

For the fact that we are all your continuation,

Thank you teachers!

Graduate: We ask our adored class teacher 11A Gorelskaya Elena Antonovna to come on stage!

The class teacher 11 A enters the stage. Her students surround her, say all kinds of pleasant words to her in turn (5-6 people), hand flowers and souvenirs, then take pictures on the stage in a close group, hugging all together.

The class teacher, in response, talks about his class, about how he will miss him, invites him to come to school, call her at any time. Wishing the children success and happiness. Everyone leaves the stage together.

Graduate: We ask you to go on stage to the invariable class teacher 11B Viktor Ivanovich Plekhanov!

The class teacher 11A enters the stage. The students thank him for all the years that he spent with them, list what they learned from him, give flowers and souvenirs, take pictures with him on stage. Similarly, all subsequent classes.

Graduate: And now let's welcome our first-graders! They came to congratulate the graduates.

To the sounds of the march “Our school country” (lyrics by K. Ibryaev, music by Yu. Chichkov), first-graders with flowers enter the hall. Applause sounds.

First grader:

Walk you long ways,

Don't back down from anything.

And everything you planned

Let it be done on "five"!

First grader:

You graduated from school, and we are your shift,

We will take your place at the desks.

We also learn everything gradually,

We will master all the knowledge and by all means

We will follow you into adulthood!

Don't worry about us, we won't let you down!

First grader:

We will study well

Really be friends

Strive to be the first in everything

And cherish the honor of the school.

Graduate(to the graduate): Just look at what nice guys have come to replace us. Were we like that too?

Graduate: It seems that we can leave our native school to them with peace of mind.

Graduate: Dear Guys! We leave our dear school, our beloved teachers, to you. Please treat them with care!

Graduate: Now we seem so big to you. But you will not even notice how ten years will fly by, and you yourself will turn out to be graduates, and it depends only on you with what baggage you will leave school.

Graduate: With knowledge, self-esteem, self-confidence, purposefulness...

Graduate: Or with laziness, frivolity, carelessness, wretchedness ...

Graduate: Right now you should think about whether you want to become pilots, scientists, engineers, bankers...

Graduate: Professionals, specialists, respected people...

Graduate: Or lazy, worthless dropouts, who can do nothing, who do not want anything.

Graduate: Who have nothing to respect.

Graduate: We hope you all make the right choice! And in memory of us, take these books as a gift from us!

Graduates give children's books to first-graders. After that, everyone leaves the stage, only the Graduate and Graduate remain.

Graduate:

We no longer sit at a narrow desk,

So we are a little sad.

The last call in us remained music,

Like those last, farewell words.

Graduate:

And in the class the lines of the classics are cherished

Now tell other students

We must the theorem of eternal life

Prove your own destiny.

Graduate:

We still remember the first exams,

Everything that you dreamed about will come true,

Only childhood we can not return again.

Like the first waltz, it will not be forgotten.

Graduate: Dear our teachers! Thank you for your lessons, advice, for your endless patience. We know that it has not been easy with us at times. We wish you continued success in your hard work as a teacher.

And we - we will not forget you.

Yes, we grow up every day

But all your lessons

We will take with us on the road,

Entering the wide world.

Graduate: And now we would like to give you albums with photos of our class and memorable souvenirs as a memory of us.

Graduate: We address our love, our sincere admiration and gratitude, first of all, to our director, Galina Stepanovna, who somehow manages to keep up with everything and, like a real mother, takes care of the whole school. We give you the most valuable thing we have - our dreams. In this envelope, we all wrote what we want to be. Please open this envelope in 5 years, when we gather at the school for the alumni reunion.

Graduate: In this hall sit the teachers who were the first to lead us along the path of knowledge.

Here we are kids

With pencil cases and books

They entered and sat down in rows.

Here ten classes are passed,

And here we are the word "Motherland"

For the first time I read it by syllables.

We want to express words of great love and gratitude to our first teachers - Galina Ivanovna, Irina Dmitrievna, Irina Stepanovna. Your love and warmth helped us get comfortable at school. You taught us the most important and fundamental things - not only to read and write, but also to love books, to count and reckon with other people's opinions, to respect ourselves and others. Thank you very much!

Graduates give flowers to their first teachers.

Graduate: In this hall are those teachers who brought us by the hand to graduation.

Graduate: Although some of us, at the same time, desperately resisted!

One of the graduates peeks out from behind the curtains.

2nd graduate: If not for Galina Ivanovna, I would definitely have done something stupid and left after the ninth grade! My certificate is your merit! Thanks

Graduate:

All our lives we will remember

How, without melting a smile,

You returned the notebook to us,

Where there was no mistake

How upset you were

When, though rare,

You should have put

Bad mark for us.

We were children sometimes

Shalya, did not notice

In your kind eyes

Worries and sorrows.

Graduate:

Wise people taught us the mind,

After the class, we finished the class.

Thank you very much, thank you

Who spared no effort for us.

We ask teachers to come up to the stage. (Names are listed.)

The song “Farewell Waltz” sounds (lyrics by A. Didurov, music by A. Flyarkovsky). The teachers take the stage.

Graduate: Look at these people! They are the ones who made us who we are. It is to them that we owe everything that we know and can do.

Head teacher: Good luck and happiness to you, dear graduates! We will miss you!

The host invites everyone to dance. Sounds "Waltz on asphalt" (lyrics by D. Sedykh, music by P. Aedonitsky).

Sorry avenues,

Sorry, boulevards

Allow this night

Break the peace.

And on your asphalt

Spin to the guitar

Waltz in white shoes

White waltz graduation.

He is sad and funny

This waltz on the pavement at night.

Goodbye childhood

Hello youth,

Let's go to life tomorrow!

Excuse us moms

Excuse us dads

We probably today

We'll be back in the morning.

Somewhere waiting for us platforms

Or gangways and ladders,

Your farewell handkerchief

Will be sad in the wind.

Sorry avenues,

Sorry, boulevards -

This is childhood and youth

Raise bridges.

belated passerby,

Get down to the guitar

Wish it come true

Definitely dreams.

In between dances, competitions, games, attractions are held, graduates read their poems and poems of their favorite poets, sing songs, act out skits. And in the morning they meet the dawn.

More recently, you went to first grade. You were so small and shy that it seemed to me that you would not even speak. Usually small children make noise, but first graders sit intently because they do not understand what is happening. We just started talking to you, showing you our backpacks and briefcases, you shared pencils and pens with each other, and after that our long-term friendship began. I confess that at times I did not want to teach at all, but just wanted to sit and talk with you, because each of you is an incredibly interesting conversationalist. You yourself taught me a lot, so I want to wish you not to stop there. I have no doubt that you will achieve a lot in life, because you are capable and hardworking guys. So good luck and all the best.

***

Guys, you probably remember the day when you first went to school. Remember your feelings? Was it really unforgettable? You were even a little afraid, because you did not know what to do, to say how to behave. Many of you just got up and started walking around the classroom, but I accepted it all, because I understood that you need to put your energy somewhere. I confess that all of you have become for me family and friends with whom I would like to maintain friendly relations. But the most important thing is that you also maintain relationships with each other that have been built over the years. I know that at times it was very difficult for you, you did not want to go to classes, but it was friendship that saved you, because you helped each other out. My dears, today you are already standing in front of me not just as students, but as graduates. I am proud of you and I want you to succeed in everything in life.

***

The day that you have all been waiting for has arrived. My dears, I would like to wish you that you are not in a hurry to grow up. You still have time to grow up, it's better to enjoy the time that you have now. I want to congratulate you on the day of your last call! Today you just look great, you are all so smart and beautiful that I can’t even see enough. It seems to me that this is the only day when you all came to school, and even came in uniform. But now it's not about that, but about the fact that I want to wish you all good luck. You guys are capable, creative and creative, so I have no doubt that you will become real professionals and specialists, but luck will definitely not hurt you. Happy holiday to you, my dearest and most beloved graduates. Let everything in your life be the way you want it to be. I wish you success!

***

My children, my most beloved and dear graduates! I still cannot believe that this day has already come, because it seemed to me that I would have time to mentally tune in to the fact that you are already such adults. Very soon you will have final exams, then admission to the university. This will be a difficult period, but incredibly interesting, which you will certainly cope with. I want to wish each of you the fulfillment of all your cherished desires. You are all great fellows, because you were able to withstand the real school of life. Don't forget what school taught you. And we are talking not only about formulas and rules, but also about how to behave in a given situation, how to communicate with people, make friends and get to know each other. You have become real individuals! I congratulate you on the holiday, my dear! Relax and have fun today, because this is only your day.

***

My dear graduates, I cannot believe that the day of your Last Call has come. You have been preparing for this day for a long time, because you decided to organize an interesting and memorable event. Do not even doubt that you will succeed. But before that, I want to say that each of you has become a dear person to me, and I am really very sad to say goodbye to you. But I know that a lot of interesting things await you ahead, and you yourself are striving to grow up as soon as possible. I would like to wish you all good luck, my dears. I have no doubt that each of you will succeed in one way or another. The most important thing is that you don’t forget about school later, because we will be waiting for you all at any time. Remember that we do not say goodbye to you because you are part of our big family. Happy holiday to you! May this day bring you a lot of pleasant impressions.

***

Well, my dears, the day has come for which we have been preparing for so long. You told me all the time that there was a lot of time, but before you even had time to blink an eye, the time flew by, and the day of your last call came. I don't want you to be sad or cry, because this occasion is not sad for you, because you so wanted to finish school as soon as possible. But today I am sad because I managed to become attached to each of you. I want you all to become real experts in your field, so that you achieve success and sometimes come to visit us, to school. My dears, do not forget that here you received not only compulsory knowledge, but also knowledge in the field of friendship, if I may say so, and even love. After all, you have made so many friends and acquaintances here. I hope you keep this connection for years to come. Good luck to you!

***

Well folks, the day we've been waiting for has arrived. I confess that I really wanted to delay the time, because I did not want to part with you, because you have become my family and friends. Believe me, I didn't treat you like the younger guys, because I knew that each of you is a person to talk to. You yourself have taught me a lot, for which I will always be grateful to you. I want you not to lose the connection that has been established between you over these long years. You are all very strong and purposeful guys, so I have no doubt that you will succeed. But promise that you will not forget about the school, about the teachers. We will all miss you, our beloved graduates. And let everything in your life develop as you yourself want. If you need support or assistance, please feel free to contact us.

***

My dear graduates, you may not believe it, but I remember the day when we first met you. Back then you were small, shy kids who didn't even know how to behave. But we quickly found a common language with you, and therefore became friends just as quickly. Now I am very sad, because I do not want to say goodbye to you, to the guys who themselves were able to teach me a lot. I am infinitely grateful to you for the fact that you were able to create a unique atmosphere in our team. I congratulate you on the day of your last call and want to wish you only the most positive and pleasant. Today is only your day, so you should rest and gain strength. I even allow you to forget about your lessons today, because they can wait a bit. And you should have fun, because such a holiday happens only once in a lifetime.

***

It seemed to me that we met only recently, but in fact you are already standing in front of me today in such beautiful outfits - real graduates. Of course, you will have a graduation party only in a month, but you can call graduates now. I want to wish each of you to pass all the exams perfectly. I do not even doubt you, because I know what a serious and difficult work you have done. Don't doubt yourself too, because you are great fellows, so just remember that. I would like to wish you more and success in admission and good luck. Well, in addition to all this ordinary, I want to wish you to maintain your solidarity and friendship. I want you to never lose this connection because it is unique. Well, do not forget about your native school, which is always ready to accept you, but already as former students.

***

My dear graduates, I look at you and cannot understand at what point I missed your growing up? More recently, I thought that there was so much time before the Last Bell that it was not even worth thinking about, and today you were already standing on the stage where graduates usually perform. This is all very touching and exciting, because today you are all incredibly beautiful and a little excited. But you were able to arrange a real holiday for everyone who was present in the hall. You touched us, made us laugh, made us happy and simply helped us to have a good time. We all want to wish you good health, as well as good luck and fulfillment of all desires. I hope that you will all remember your native school, which gave you so much knowledge. We are waiting for you at any time of the year and any day of the week. Let this day not only be remembered by you, but bring a lot of positive emotions.

***

I want to congratulate my incredible graduates who are one step closer to adulthood today. My dears, I would like to warn you that in adult life there are sometimes very difficult and incomprehensible situations that require endurance from you. Believe me, they are much more serious than a deuce in physical education. But you will definitely cope with each of these problems, because you are all wonderful and such capable guys. I want you to find your calling and your place in this life, but I don't even doubt you. You grew up before my eyes, so I became attached to you, and now I am very sad that you are already leaving. On the first of September of this year, you will no longer come to school, but go to your educational institutions. I'm proud of you my dear children. I have no doubt that you will achieve all the best in this life.

1. So the time has come to say goodbye to the native school walls. Behind were the ringing trill of the bell, homework, control and final exams. But this is not the only thing we will remember in the coming years. Dear and beloved teachers will forever remain in our memory. We know that there are still many interesting sciences and professional teachers ahead of us, but it is you who have become an integral part of our soul. Largely thanks to you, we have become who we are - people who have something to be proud of and who look to the future with confidence. We are sure that we will endure the great gratitude and love that we feel for you throughout our lives and will always remember you with respect and warmth.

2. Today's prom is a great occasion for happy smiles and eyes sparkling with joy. However, there is an echo of touching sadness and quiet sadness in this joy, because the time has come to say goodbye to the school. But we, the graduates, are saddened most of all by the fact that we will have to part with our dear teachers. We want to say from the bottom of our hearts that you have forever become a part of our world, have taken a safe and valuable place in our memories and hearts, so it is so hard to say goodbye to you. Thank you very much not only for the invaluable knowledge that you put into our heads, but also for the sincerity and warmth that, like a bright sun, have grown in us the sprouts of respect and gratitude for you.

3. Today is a truly festive day, filled with joyful excitement, sincere wishes and slight sadness. The graduation party with its touching warmth, joyful smiles and festive fun reminds us that the time has come to say goodbye to the school, and, therefore, to our dear teachers. Over the past school years, you have become for us not just good mentors, but also a part of our life, and, most importantly, you have taken one of the most important places in our hearts. Today, to the clink of glasses and the pleasant melody of dance, we recall the past years and realize that you will forever remain in our memory as a warm and reverent memory of the school, which fills the soul with aching joy every time we meet you. Thank you for your great work, for your incredible kindness and great patience.

4. Our dear teachers! So one of the most touching and unforgettable holidays in our lives has come - graduation party. Today we say goodbye to our beloved and expensive school classrooms, comfortable desks and wide corridors. They will always sound our bursting laughter and quiet noise from the discussion of homework. However, it is even sadder for us to part with you - our beloved teachers. You helped us get through this difficult school path, opened up incredible expanses of knowledge and sciences for us, taught us to strive for our goals and work on our mistakes. Therefore, leaving the school walls, we leave a piece of our soul here, which will belong to you and remind you of what an incredible feat you accomplish every day, changing the lives of your students for the better, and filling them with new knowledge. Thank you!

5. On this festive day, we, the graduates, leave the friendly school walls behind us and set off on an independent flight. However, no matter how many people we meet on this path, we will always remember those who helped us gain wings - our dear teachers. Eleven years ago, you welcomed the fledglings who crossed the threshold of the classroom for the first time, and confidently led them along the thorny school path. You were able to convey to us the sciences and knowledge that became the basis of our future life, taught us to believe in ourselves and always hope for the best. Thank you very much for everything and may those tears of sadness from parting with you that shine before our eyes today become tears of joy at the next meeting.

6. So the trill of the last bell rang, the excitement about the final exams was left behind and we can say with confidence that we successfully passed one of the most important stages of our life - school. A huge part of this success undoubtedly belongs to our dear teachers. It was the professionalism with which you approached our education that allowed us to overcome all the school tests, and, therefore, make a huge contribution to our future. But not only the knowledge gained will remain forever in our memory and hearts, your trust and kindness have long taken a safe place in our souls. We hope that for many more years you will continue this important and responsible work, and your students will always be proud that you were their mentors.

7. How quickly the carefree and happy school years flew by. Today we are yesterday's first-graders, we are preparing to say goodbye to our beloved teachers and the school walls that have become so dear. Ahead of us is an adult life filled with new knowledge and acquaintances, but now we know for sure that no one can replace you - our dear teachers. Your kind hearts, great support and high professionalism will forever remain in our memory. We are immensely grateful to you for the invaluable work that helps your students to rise higher and higher in the levels of knowledge and constantly strive to achieve their goals.

8. So the long-awaited graduation party has come. Behind were school lessons, the first homework and exams. However, even now this beloved school life is becoming a part of our history. Undoubtedly the most important people, without whose knowledge and support we would not have been able to overcome all school trials, are our dear teachers. Your love for your chosen profession, touching attention and care have become for us not only a reliable stronghold in the raging sea of ​​school knowledge, but also a real example of diligence, honesty and kindness. Thank you for being you, for the contribution you make to the lives of your students and for our wonderful memories of the school.

9. Today we, the graduates, found ourselves in a fairy tale, because such an unforgettable and wonderful evening was organized for us. It seems that it will last for a very long time, and we will not have to say goodbye to the school and our dear teachers. However, time flows without stopping, and we will meet the dawn as adults, independent people, ready for life outside the school walls. Today, we want to say a huge thank you to our teachers, who, like good wizards, at the wave of a pointer and a stroke of a pen, created for us a real journey into the world of knowledge and discoveries from everyday school life. You turned us from outside observers into active participants in this magical process and were able to turn us into inquisitive and enthusiastic students. We will never forget this exciting journey into the school world and will forever keep a piece of it in our souls.

10. Today we celebrate an unforgettable celebration - graduation party. There are happy and smiling faces around, but when it comes to understanding that you have to leave the hospitable school classes and go on a free swim to another educational institution, in new sciences and disciplines, it becomes a little exciting and sad. We still cannot fully realize that other teachers will lead us further along the road of knowledge, and new students will take the place at the school desks. I really do not want to part with you, our dear teachers, because you have already become a part of us, and the knowledge that we received thanks to you changed our lives forever. We want you to know that we will miss you, to tears, to sadness, and rejoice at the realization that new meetings are just around the corner and there are always opportunities to come to your own school for a graduate meeting!

Many foreign universities have a tradition of inviting famous people to the presentation of diplomas, who should admonish and inspire graduates. And very often famous people tell graduates about their failures - perhaps because it is failures that yesterday's students are most afraid of. JK Rowling, Steve Jobs and Steven Spielberg explain why you shouldn't be afraid.

For those who are preparing for the main school exam

JK Rowling, writer

This year, 51-year-old JK Rowling is in the top 25 most influential authors in Hollywood according to The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Twenty years ago, before Bloomsbury published the first Harry Potter book in 1997, she was an obscure single mother living on welfare and irregular earnings.

“Seven years after my graduation, by any measure, I suffered the most terrible failure. My marriage broke up, I was left alone with a child, without work and money. I'm not going to convince you that failure is great. That period of my life was the blackest streak, and I could not imagine that it would turn out to be a fairy tale with a happy ending, as they now write in the newspapers. But failure set me free - my main fear had already come true, while I was alive, I had a beloved daughter, an old typewriter and many ideas. If I had been successful in something else, I might never have worked up the courage to do what I truly love.

It's impossible to avoid failure unless you live so carefully that it's hard to call life at all. True, in this case you fail by definition.”

Steven Spielberg, film director

One of the most successful directors in history did not receive a higher education diploma until 2002, when he was already 55 years old. In his youth, he twice tried to enter the California film school, but he was not accepted, calling him "talentless". Then he entered a technical college, which he soon dropped out to take a "dream job" at Universal Studios. Five years later, the thriller "Jaws" was released, which made Spielberg famous.

“I left college because I knew exactly what I wanted, and so did some of you. Maybe you're sitting right now trying to figure out how to tell your parents that you really want to be a doctor, not a comedy writer. I told my parents that if the cinema didn't work out, I would go back to university. But everything turned out great.

For the first 25 years of our lives, we are taught to listen to the voices of others. Parents and teachers fill our heads with wisdom and information, and then bosses take their places to tell us how the world really works. And even when we think: “I look at the world in a completely different way,” it’s still easier to just agree and nod.

The films I made up until the 1980s were mostly far from reality. I was like in a bubble because I lacked education, my worldview was limited to what I could think of in my head, and not to life experience. And then I shot "Purple Flowers of the Fields." This story was filled with deep pain and deep truth, such as when Step Avery says, "Everything in the world wants to be loved." While making this film, I realized that cinema can be a mission. I hope that each of you will experience this feeling.”

Steve Jobs, entrepreneur

In 1976, 20-year-old Steve Jobs founded Apple in his parents' garage with Steve Wozniak. In 10 years, the company has grown into a $2 billion company with more than 6,000 employees. Among them was marketer John Scully, who led Apple at the invitation of Jobs. Over time, their views on the future diverged, the board of directors supported Scully, and Steve Jobs had to leave Apple.

“At 30, I was furiously fired from the company I founded. Everything I had dedicated my adult life to was gone, I felt empty. I didn't realize then that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have happened to me. The heavy burden of success was replaced by ease - I again became a beginner. With this feeling began one of the most creative periods in my life. Over the next five years, I founded NeXT and Pixar and fell in love with a beautiful woman who became my wife. I'm sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. The medicine tasted terrible, but the patient seemed to need it.

I am convinced that I did not give up and continued to move forward only because I loved my job. If you haven't found what you love yet, keep looking."

Jim Carrey, actor

Jim Carrey first appeared on stage with a comedy number at the age of 15 - his debut was a failure. The film Once Bitten (1985), in which the 23-year-old Kerry, after many unsuccessful castings, received his first major film role, was also coolly received by the public. And only at the age of 31, fame came to him after the low-budget film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, the script for which, like the image of Ventura, Jim came up with himself. For the film, Carrey was nominated for the "Golden Raspberry", an award for the worst acting work, but among the audience the film was a great success, and Ace Ventura became one of the most famous comedy characters. Carrey's next films - "The Mask", "Dumb and Dumber", "The Truman Show" - became classics of cinema.

“So many people choose the path of fear, calling it 'practicality'. My father wanted to be a comedian and he had every chance. But he did not believe that this was possible, and preferred to have a quiet "warm" place, becoming an accountant. When I was 12 years old, he was fired, and our family had a hard time. On his example, I realized that it is possible to fail in an unloved business - so why not try your luck at what you really want. It may seem impossible or ridiculous, and we don't even try to ask the Universe for it. I tell you, I'm living proof that you can ask for anything you want."

Oprah Winfrey, TV presenter

Oprah Winfrey was educated because of her talent: winning the eloquence competition gave her the opportunity to enter the university. In interviews, she repeatedly talked about her dysfunctional childhood and running away from home. Yet she became the first black female reporter in her city, and then the first black female billionaire in history. The Oprah Winfrey Show is rightfully called one of the greatest TV shows of all time.

“I have done over 35,000 interviews in my career. Every time the camera turned off, the guest of the program turned to me and asked: “Did everything go well?”. I heard it from President Bush and from President Obama. I heard it from heroes and housewives.

It doesn't matter how high you reach. At some point, you will definitely stumble, because the bar is constantly being raised. If you constantly strive higher and higher, then, as the myth of Icarus predicts, at some point you will begin to fall down. And when that happens, I want you to know and remember that there is no such thing as failure. Failure is the way life tries to convince you to change direction.

I have often had to say these words to myself. When you fall to the very bottom, it is normal to feel bad for a while. Give yourself this time to mourn what you think you have lost. And then realize that you actually hold the key, because mistakes teach you and make you more of who you are."

Whoopi Goldberg, actress

Caryn Elaine Johnson, an ugly girl from a poor family, had to leave school because of dyslexia: she had problems with writing and reading. But dyslexia did not interfere with Helen Rubenstein's children's theater, and the unusual appearance and strange behavior, which made it difficult for Karin to communicate with peers, came just in place. In addition, the theater was free. There, Karin received her first acting lessons, and later took the pseudonym Whoopi Goldberg and became a great actress who was the laureate of the most prestigious American ones and was awarded a nominal star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

“I was lucky - I had a really unusual mother. She told me: “It's okay that you are strange. But are you ready for the fact that not everyone will be ready to accept you, not everyone will see and feel the same as you? Someone won't like you. Can you be yourself?"

When I was little, I dreamed of the world of cinema, television, fashion. I couldn't read because I was dyslexic and didn't start studying until I was 15, but I knew what I wanted. You have to be able to stand up for what you believe in. Don't just be afraid to be wrong or wrong. If you feel in your heart that you are moving in the wrong direction, you can stop at any moment and say: “You know what? I changed my mind"".

Ellen DeGeneres, comedian and TV presenter

Ellen DeGeneres' speech, which she gave at Tulane University in New Orleans in 2009, is not exactly ordinary. At the graduation ceremony, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton delivered the official speech, and Ellen decided to speak spontaneously to the students. New Orleans was the actress's hometown, and her graduation year consisted of students who began their studies just two days before the terrible hurricane Katrina, which in 2005 caused terrible destruction to the city.

“When I finished school, I was completely lost. I didn't have any ambitions and didn't know what I wanted. I did everything: peeled oysters, worked as a bartender, as a waitress, painted houses, sold vacuum cleaners. All I wanted was to just settle into some kind of job so I could earn enough money to pay the rent. I lived in an apartment in the basement, where I had neither heat nor air, only a mattress on the floor and fleas. I thought I knew who I was, but I had no idea.

One day I sat down and started writing, I had an imaginary conversation with God. I looked at him and said to myself: “Why have I never tried stand-up? I'm going to do it on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson." He was king at the time and I was going to be the first woman in the history of the show to be on the air with him. And so it happened.

Follow your dreams, stay true to yourself. Never follow someone unless you are lost in the woods. And even if you are lost, but you see the path, you must follow it by all means. Don't take other people's advice. And my only advice is this: be true to yourself, and everything will be fine.