   Grade 8 graduation
  Im grade 8 valedictorian at my school so I have to write a speech to say at grad. What should I write about? I dont want to just write "Oh ya, school was ok, thanks teachers, bye". I need something to talk about.   
  If someone else tells you what to write, then it really isn't your speech. Say something profound or funny. Make a political statement if you like.   ;  You registered on a game development forum...just to ask this?   ;  I think this one is ancient as all hell. But the stoners will love it.Personally, I'd get up, bang on the podium, and scream "HAIL XENU" at them. I was never the valedictorian because I was a snarky, upsetting bastard who never bothered with schoolwork when there was hackery at hand. And despite my school being a wad of feel-good bullshit backed up with zero-tolerance policies and idiotic administrators, they never had a grade eight valedictorian.Either that, or you could go up and talk about how much Bush or Harper sucks until someone pulls you forcibly off the podium. I was never much for the "it's been a long, strange road" part of public school (particularly that people I would complain with and to would suddenly forget how miserable it was a few weeks before graduation and start pretending it was the best years of their life), and I wish I had taken the opportunity to disrupt conventional flow more often.   ;  I have become convinced that there is some particular wording of a vague Google search, like "what should I do" or "forum where people can answer my question" where Gamedev inexplicably bubbles up to the top search result.   ;  Almost on cue, this article appears. This is more or less what I would've wanted to do were I valedictorian in high school.   ;  If i could just say a few words... i'd be a better public speaker.   ;  "Classmates, Teachers, School staff, Friends and Families, I feel humbled to be here today and I am grateful to have the opportunity to drop my pants in front of you today."*drop pants*.I hope you'll remember this moment forever, and that you will cherish the memories of the time spent at Random High and of the sight of my crotch in its pretty pink panties.   ;  I also recommend just standing there and staring at the assembled masses with an angry look on your face.   ;  Personaly, I would try to stretch the classic "Aristocrats" joke to about half an hour. Maybe an hour, who knows.   