第一篇：成都七中高中畢業(yè)聚會(huì)晚宴流程

四川成都七中高中畢業(yè)聚會(huì)晚宴流程

晚宴時(shí)間：18：58 晚宴地點(diǎn)：成都武侯區(qū)世外桃源別墅聚會(huì)中心 18：30同學(xué)入場(chǎng)，播放《同桌的你》

背景音樂：《同桌的你》老狼、《再回首》姜育恒、《朋友》周華健、《大約在冬季》齊秦、《睡在我上鋪的兄弟》（老狼）等； ● 18：58分，主持人一段幕后音后，有請(qǐng)聚會(huì)組織者代表發(fā)言?！?19：00聚會(huì)組織者發(fā)表致辭，介紹本次聚會(huì)的概況

●一陣上課鈴聲響起之后，由班長進(jìn)行點(diǎn)名（同學(xué)們分別起立答道）

●班長點(diǎn)完名后請(qǐng)校領(lǐng)導(dǎo)或班主任致辭，宣布晚宴正式開始，大家共邀舉杯、共進(jìn)晚餐

●晚會(huì)活動(dòng)（晚宴開始10分鐘后）【晚會(huì)活動(dòng)】 主持人上臺(tái)介紹晚宴活動(dòng)內(nèi)容和規(guī)則，并開始互動(dòng)。? 活動(dòng)一：《尋找人氣王》

請(qǐng)桌長全部上場(chǎng)，每位桌長通過才藝或其它形式展示自己，由臺(tái)下所有同學(xué)投票，選出臺(tái)上的同學(xué)中誰是人氣最高的桌長。得票最高者發(fā)表感言，并頒發(fā)《最佳桌長獎(jiǎng)》。

1、建議獎(jiǎng)品：5份小紀(jì)念品，1份份量突出點(diǎn)的禮品。

2、注意事項(xiàng)：同學(xué)投票的方式，包括十項(xiàng)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)的決出方式，要有利于快速統(tǒng)計(jì)，建議可用以下幾種方式根據(jù)活動(dòng)類別交替進(jìn)行：

1、舉手表決

2、掌聲

3、每人一支鮮

花送到臺(tái)上同學(xué)的手中，可重復(fù)使用，如采用此方式要準(zhǔn)備鮮花或塑

料花。

● 活動(dòng)二：《猜猜TA是誰》

由各桌長依次抽取桌號(hào)，抽中的同學(xué)上臺(tái)抽取同學(xué)名單（準(zhǔn)備10名左右同學(xué)名單的卡片），讓其用語言描述一位同學(xué)的特點(diǎn)或者特色，讓在座其它同學(xué)猜，無人猜對(duì)，則自行罰酒三杯；猜對(duì)則發(fā)獎(jiǎng)。

1、建議獎(jiǎng)品：12份小紀(jì)念品，以防上臺(tái)同學(xué)全部猜對(duì)。

2、注意事項(xiàng)：此活動(dòng)猜的人數(shù)不宜過多，6人為宜，可分二個(gè)階段進(jìn)行，中間串插同學(xué)唱歌，到時(shí)主持人根據(jù)現(xiàn)場(chǎng)氣氛再靈活掌握。● 活動(dòng)三：《頒發(fā)十最獎(jiǎng)》

提前設(shè)計(jì)制作十個(gè)左右證件：《最大肚腩獎(jiǎng)》，《最佳身材獎(jiǎng)》，《最佳組織獎(jiǎng)》，《變化最大獎(jiǎng)》、《變動(dòng)最多獎(jiǎng)》、《最佳歌唱獎(jiǎng)》、《最佳才藝獎(jiǎng)》、《最佳桌長獎(jiǎng)》、《最佳珍藏獎(jiǎng)》《最熱心同學(xué)獎(jiǎng)》等十個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)證書，穿插在晚宴活動(dòng)中。

1、建議獎(jiǎng)品：每個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)各設(shè)1份獎(jiǎng)品，共10份

2、注意事項(xiàng)：此活動(dòng)中《最大肚腩獎(jiǎng)》、《最佳身材獎(jiǎng)》可通過走臺(tái)步的形式展示?！蹲罴呀M織獎(jiǎng)》，《變化最大獎(jiǎng)》、《變動(dòng)最多獎(jiǎng)》、《最佳珍藏獎(jiǎng)》、《最熱心同學(xué)獎(jiǎng)》需要會(huì)前定好或提供候選人信息在現(xiàn)場(chǎng)選出。另外如方便的話可否提供相關(guān)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)的具體要求。如變化最大獎(jiǎng)》、《變動(dòng)最多獎(jiǎng)》、《最佳珍藏獎(jiǎng)》、《最熱心同學(xué)獎(jiǎng)》?！?活動(dòng)四：《十八歲生日》

由同學(xué)代表用推車推出象征大家成年的“生日”蛋糕，大家齊唱《生日快樂》《今夜無眠》

注意事項(xiàng)：準(zhǔn)備蛋糕和手推車（手推車可由飯店準(zhǔn)備）● 活動(dòng)五：《永恒的記憶》

工作人員準(zhǔn)備好簽字筆，在《花開在眼前》或其它推薦背景音樂中，請(qǐng)所有同學(xué)在KT板上簽名留念。注意事項(xiàng)：KT板和簽字筆

●20：30晚宴結(jié)束，背景音樂《20年后再相會(huì)》或《明天會(huì)更好》

第二篇：成都七中之行

成都七中之行

宜賓市翠屏區(qū)方水中心學(xué)?！咳f潔 學(xué)校選部分教師到成都七中參觀學(xué)習(xí)，其中有我，我感到很榮幸也很興奮。一是難得有機(jī)會(huì)出去學(xué)習(xí)，看看外面的世界；其二是想看看有名學(xué)校有什么不一樣的，他們的教師和學(xué)生和我們究竟有什么差別？

帶著種種疑問和滿懷期望我們于12月30日早上8點(diǎn)踏進(jìn)了成都七中的校門。首先進(jìn)入眼前的是用行楷刻在石頭上的“卓爾不群，大器天下”八個(gè)大字?！按笃魈煜隆庇玫谜媸菤鈩?shì)磅礴，抬眼一看整個(gè)校園緊湊而又錯(cuò)落有致，倒也大氣。在去教導(dǎo)處的一路上，看見有學(xué)生在掃地和拖地，給人感覺很認(rèn)真，不像是在完成任務(wù)，也不斷有學(xué)生向我們問好，很誠心的那種。整個(gè)校園肅靜但又不乏有學(xué)習(xí)的聲音。教室和辦公室不顯豪華沒有什么非常特別之處，只是所有教室的前后門上面中間有一個(gè)直徑約為30厘米的玻璃洞，我覺得設(shè)計(jì)還比較科學(xué)，我估計(jì)既可以增加教室的明亮度，又便于從外面觀察里面的情況，當(dāng)然主要是班主任。另外，教室的前面都有“班級(jí)新視角”，是一塊小白板，上面記錄著遲到的，受表揚(yáng)的和批評(píng)的等等人和事。這一點(diǎn)有意義，完全可以借鑒。我是教數(shù)學(xué)的，上午聽了兩節(jié)九年級(jí)和一節(jié)七年級(jí)的數(shù)學(xué)課。他們上課都在多媒體教室，每節(jié)課教師都是用筆記本電腦備的教案，學(xué)生都有一份學(xué)案。下來我和一起來的同數(shù)學(xué)組的同事都認(rèn)為：那就是一堂除了硬件設(shè)施好一點(diǎn)的普通數(shù)學(xué)課，沒有其他特別的和沒有花架子。學(xué)生大部分基礎(chǔ)可以，也有差的，調(diào)皮的；教師有年輕的也有年老的；教學(xué)課堂有分組學(xué)習(xí)的，也有師生互動(dòng)一起學(xué)習(xí)的。

第三節(jié)課間操，全部學(xué)生和班主任都在操場(chǎng)里，主席臺(tái)上有專人主持站隊(duì)列，班主任做輔導(dǎo)和糾正，然后在做操。除了全部是穿校服以外，讓人感到很整齊很規(guī)范。11點(diǎn)過我們繼續(xù)帶著疑惑在會(huì)議室聽了教導(dǎo)處丁主任對(duì)學(xué)校的介紹，以及我們宜賓師培中心劉部長和我校侯校長帶領(lǐng)大家與丁主任的交流。成都七中目前大致可以從這樣幾個(gè)方面概括：第一，學(xué)校占地僅僅20畝，但生源多，達(dá)3000多名學(xué)生。以各種競賽（如省級(jí)、國家級(jí)數(shù)學(xué)、物理競賽）、科創(chuàng)作品、論文發(fā)表、升學(xué)率升重率（達(dá)91℅）而領(lǐng)先同類學(xué)校和出名。第二，自97年改制后，學(xué)校取得一系列成就的原因主要是：班子成員的齊心協(xié)力，要求與時(shí)俱進(jìn)不能慢；評(píng)價(jià)教師既要看分?jǐn)?shù)，還要看教育教學(xué)是否適合學(xué)生的身心健康和學(xué)生發(fā)展的理念；過程中學(xué)生、學(xué)校、家長既要共同分擔(dān)又要共同分享。第三，教學(xué)方面主要是大的課程觀，統(tǒng)一備課資源共享。要求30+10要大于40，就是一節(jié)課30分鐘教師講10分鐘留給學(xué)生，但效果要多于40分鐘的內(nèi)容。語文實(shí)行梯度教學(xué)，數(shù)學(xué)實(shí)行學(xué)、究、講、用等，課堂有三講三不講，作業(yè)有三布置三不布置。讓我感到最有意義的是，每周七八年級(jí)有一節(jié)選修課，那就是教師根據(jù)自己的特長開設(shè)自然、人文、藝體、生活等方面的專題講座，比如最火爆的是“二戰(zhàn)金典”、“雯雯談金庸”。另外考核教師主要是以三年的教學(xué)成績和學(xué)生、家長的量化評(píng)價(jià)。學(xué)校是制度管理，更在于自覺管理。

末了，我們一至要求丁主任和我們共進(jìn)午餐，丁主任婉言謝絕了，她要準(zhǔn)備下午的課，還要排練明天的元旦活動(dòng)，說明天的元旦活動(dòng)師生一起上臺(tái)表演，很有趣。整個(gè)學(xué)校就儼然是一個(gè)整體，沒有什么非常特別之處，沒有等級(jí)，也沒有界限，是大家共同學(xué)習(xí)共同進(jìn)步而造就了今天赫赫有名成都七中。這次的參觀和學(xué)習(xí)雖然只看到冰山的一角，但還是感到形成冰山絕非一日之功，一人之力。對(duì)于我而言，班級(jí)管理和數(shù)學(xué)教學(xué)方面都有觸動(dòng)和借鑒的，還有開闊了視野，讓我真正體會(huì)到站在不同角度看待問題，和站在另一個(gè)高度看待問題。

第三篇：成都航空職業(yè)技術(shù)學(xué)院畢業(yè)聚會(huì)、班級(jí)活動(dòng)晚宴流程

成都航空職業(yè)技術(shù)學(xué)院畢業(yè)聚會(huì)晚宴流程

晚宴時(shí)間：18：58 晚宴地點(diǎn)：成都武侯區(qū)威廉古堡別墅聚會(huì)中心

● 18：30同學(xué)入場(chǎng)，播放《同桌的你》 背景音樂：《同桌的你》老狼、《再回首》姜育恒、《朋友》周華健、《大約在冬季》齊秦、《睡在我上鋪的兄弟》（老狼）等；

● 18：58分，主持人一段幕后音后，有請(qǐng)聚會(huì)組織者代表發(fā)言。● 19：00聚會(huì)組織者發(fā)表致辭，介紹本次聚會(huì)的概況

●一陣上課鈴聲響起之后，由班長進(jìn)行點(diǎn)名（同學(xué)們分別起立答道）

●班長點(diǎn)完名后請(qǐng)校領(lǐng)導(dǎo)或班主任致辭，宣布晚宴正式開始，大家共邀舉杯、共進(jìn)晚餐

●晚會(huì)活動(dòng)（晚宴開始10分鐘后）【晚會(huì)活動(dòng)】 主持人上臺(tái)介紹晚宴活動(dòng)內(nèi)容和規(guī)則，并開始互動(dòng)。? 活動(dòng)一：《尋找人氣王》 請(qǐng)桌長全部上場(chǎng)，每位桌長通過才藝或其它形式展示自己，由臺(tái)下所有同學(xué)投票，選出臺(tái)上的同學(xué)中誰是人氣最高的桌長。得票最高者發(fā)表感言，并頒發(fā)《最佳桌長獎(jiǎng)》。

1、建議獎(jiǎng)品：5份小紀(jì)念品，1份份量突出點(diǎn)的禮品。

2、注意事項(xiàng)：同學(xué)投票的方式，包括十項(xiàng)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)的決出方式，要有利于快速統(tǒng)計(jì)，建議可用以下幾種方式根據(jù)活動(dòng)類別交替進(jìn)行：

1、舉手表決

2、掌聲

3、每人一支鮮*** 花送到臺(tái)上同學(xué)的手中，可重復(fù)使用，如采用此方式要準(zhǔn)備鮮花或塑料花。

● 活動(dòng)二：《猜猜TA是誰》 由各桌長依次抽取桌號(hào)，抽中的同學(xué)上臺(tái)抽取同學(xué)名單（準(zhǔn)備10名左右同學(xué)名單的卡片），讓其用語言描述一位同學(xué)的特點(diǎn)或者特色，讓在座其它同學(xué)猜，無人猜對(duì)，則自行罰酒三杯；猜對(duì)則發(fā)獎(jiǎng)。

1、建議獎(jiǎng)品：12份小紀(jì)念品，以防上臺(tái)同學(xué)全部猜對(duì)。

2、注意事項(xiàng)：此活動(dòng)猜的人數(shù)不宜過多，6人為宜，可分二個(gè)階段進(jìn)行，中間串插同學(xué)唱歌，到時(shí)主持人根據(jù)現(xiàn)場(chǎng)氣氛再靈活掌握?！?活動(dòng)三：《頒發(fā)十最獎(jiǎng)》 提前設(shè)計(jì)制作十個(gè)左右證件：《最大肚腩獎(jiǎng)》，《最佳身材獎(jiǎng)》，《最佳組織獎(jiǎng)》，《變化最大獎(jiǎng)》、《變動(dòng)最多獎(jiǎng)》、《最佳歌唱獎(jiǎng)》、《最佳才藝獎(jiǎng)》、《最佳桌長獎(jiǎng)》、《最佳珍藏獎(jiǎng)》《最熱心同學(xué)獎(jiǎng)》等十個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)證書，穿插在晚宴活動(dòng)中。

1、建議獎(jiǎng)品：每個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)各設(shè)1份獎(jiǎng)品，共10份

2、注意事項(xiàng)：此活動(dòng)中《最大肚腩獎(jiǎng)》、《最佳身材獎(jiǎng)》可通過走臺(tái)步的形式展示?！蹲罴呀M織獎(jiǎng)》，《變化最大獎(jiǎng)》、《變動(dòng)最多獎(jiǎng)》、《最佳珍藏獎(jiǎng)》、《最熱心同學(xué)獎(jiǎng)》需要會(huì)前定好或提供候選人信息在現(xiàn)場(chǎng)選出。另外如方便的話可否提供相關(guān)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)的具體要求。如變化最大獎(jiǎng)》、《變動(dòng)最多獎(jiǎng)》、《最佳珍藏獎(jiǎng)》、《最熱心同學(xué)獎(jiǎng)》。

● 活動(dòng)四：《十八歲生日》 由同學(xué)代表用推車推出象征大家成年的“生日”蛋糕，大家齊唱《生日快樂》《今夜無眠》 注意事項(xiàng)：準(zhǔn)備蛋糕和手推車（手推車可由飯店準(zhǔn)備）*** ●20：30晚宴結(jié)束，背景音樂《20年后再相會(huì)》或《明天會(huì)更好》。

第四篇：成都婚慶界同行聚會(huì)流程

歲月年輪金秋喜，蓉城婚慶大團(tuán)聚

活動(dòng)流程

10：00，所有硬件設(shè)施準(zhǔn)備就緒，所有工作人員到位。開始簽到

11：30，開始時(shí)長兩小時(shí)的同行分享與交流會(huì)（繁星主持）：

1，多位著名主持（化妝，攝像，跟拍等），主持培訓(xùn)老師分享主持人的宣傳包裝，定價(jià)技巧，接單技巧，自我提升等等。

多家婚慶公司老總分享婚慶公司的經(jīng)營策略，廣告宣傳策略，婚慶公司的管理體系，婚慶公司如何選擇優(yōu)秀的合作伙伴等等。

2，現(xiàn)場(chǎng)交流，現(xiàn)場(chǎng)同行朋友可以通過提問的方式請(qǐng)分享經(jīng)驗(yàn)的資深人士幫助自己解決職業(yè)生涯和經(jīng)營過程中的問題。

13：00，婚禮秀展示：（浩宇，文嫻主持）

婚禮秀展示不超過10場(chǎng)，每場(chǎng)20分鐘，間隔10分鐘。

所有參會(huì)同行會(huì)場(chǎng)就坐，所有餐桌放置涼菜，酒水，碗筷等（屬于道具性質(zhì)，不許偷嘴哈）。將觀眾席完美的偽裝成來賓席。將10場(chǎng)婚禮秀秀成真實(shí)的婚禮現(xiàn)場(chǎng)。燈光秀開場(chǎng)，主持希子（四川大學(xué)研究生）獨(dú)舞拉開秀場(chǎng)的序幕。

雙主持浩宇（男）、文嫻（女），登臺(tái)至活動(dòng)開幕詞。、主持秀間隔期間：1，眾多才藝同行表演歌曲，舞蹈，魔術(shù)等為本次盛會(huì)助興。2，現(xiàn)場(chǎng)抽獎(jiǎng)，抽出全部30名三等獎(jiǎng)（價(jià)值600元的婚慶配套服務(wù)產(chǎn)品），10名二等獎(jiǎng)（價(jià)值1800元的婚慶配套服務(wù)產(chǎn)品）

18：00，集體用餐：

200多位婚慶同行（根據(jù)目前報(bào)名人數(shù)統(tǒng)計(jì)，可能還會(huì)增加）共同分享喜慶盛宴，同行相互敬酒，遞送名片，交朋友，尋找資源。（歌舞演出助興），同行朋友相約舞臺(tái)拍照留念

18：40，拜師儀式，三火（王焱）老師主持傳統(tǒng)拜師儀式

來自西安的著名主持弓喜，名天向中式主持繁星行傳統(tǒng)拜師禮。為婚慶同行展示傳統(tǒng)拜師禮儀。

19：00，繼續(xù)抽獎(jiǎng)活動(dòng)，交流活動(dòng)：（浩宇，文嫻主持）

1，本次活動(dòng)所有贊助單位負(fù)責(zé)人，個(gè)人贊助者走上舞臺(tái)介紹自己的產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)，并現(xiàn)場(chǎng)解答參會(huì)同行提出的關(guān)于服務(wù)方面的問題，以及相關(guān)產(chǎn)品設(shè)施技術(shù)方面的問題。

2，抽出活動(dòng)的3名一等獎(jiǎng)（價(jià)值3600元的婚慶配套服務(wù)），1名特等獎(jiǎng)（價(jià)值6000元的婚慶配套服務(wù)）。

20：00，活動(dòng)閉幕：（浩宇，文嫻主持）

主持人宣布閉幕詞，活動(dòng)主委會(huì)成員，活動(dòng)贊助單位和個(gè)人，現(xiàn)場(chǎng)工作人員等共同走上舞臺(tái)想?yún)?huì)同行致謝，合影留念。全場(chǎng)同唱《明天會(huì)更好》，以此祝愿婚慶業(yè)，所有婚慶同行兄弟姐妹明天會(huì)更好。

活動(dòng)圓滿謝幕，所有同行嘉賓退場(chǎng)散會(huì)。

第五篇：米歇爾成都七中演講稿

米歇爾在成都七中的演講稿

Chengdu, China

10:50 A.M.CST

MRS.OBAMA:(Applause.)Nihao.It is truly a pleasure to be here at theNumber Seven School.Thank you so muchfor your warm welcome.Now, before I get started, on behalf ofmyselfand my husband, I want to say that our hearts go out to all those withlovedones on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.As I said this past weekend when Ispoke at Peking University, we arevery much keeping allof them in our thoughts and our prayers at thistremendously difficult time.So now, let me start by thankingyourPrincipal, Principal Liu, and your classmate, Ju Chao, for thatwonderfulintroduction.Your English, Ju Chao, isexcellent, and you shouldbe very proud.Thank you so much.(Applause.)And I want tothankall of the students here today, both those of you here in person and thoseofyou joining remotely from across the region.I’m thrilled to be visiting yourwonderful school.Now, in preparation for this visit, beforeIleft the U.S.I visited the Yu Ying School.It’s a public school near the White House in Washington, D.C., andallof the students at this school study Chinese.And I met with thesixth-grade class, kids who are 11 and 12 yearsold.They had recentlytaken a trip hereto China,and they were bursting with excitement.They were eager to tell me abouteverythingabout what they had seen.But they admitted that before their trip,theyhad all kinds of misconceptions about China.They thought theywould see palaces andtemples everywhere they went, but instead they found massivecities filled withskyscrapers.They weren’t sure thatthey’d like the food here inChina, but they actually loved it, and theylearned how to use chopsticks.And inthe end, one of the students told me –-and thisis his quote--he said,“Coming home was reallyexciting, but was at the same time sad.”

Now, meeting these students reminded methatwhen we live so far away from each other, it’s easy to develop all kindsof misconceptions and stereotypes.It’seasy to focus on our differences –-how we speak different languages and eatdifferent foods andobserve different traditions.But as I travel the world, and I meetyoungpeople from so many countries, I’m always struckby how much more we have incommon.And that’sbeen particularlytrue during my visit here in China.You see, the truth is that I grew up likemanyof you.My mom, my dad, my brotherand I, we lived in a tiny apartment in Chicago, which is one of the largestcities in America.My father worked atthe local water plant.And we didn’thave much money, but our little homewas bursting with love.Every evening, my family would laugh andsharestories over dinner.We’d playcard games and havefun for hours.Andon summer nights, I remember, when our apartment gottoo hot, we’d all sleepoutside on our back porch.Family meant everything to us, includingourextended family.My grandparentslived nearby, and my elderly great auntand uncle lived in the apartmentdownstairs from us.And when theirhealthstarted to decline my parents stepped in, helping my uncle shave anddress eachmorning, dashing downstairs in the middle of the night to check onmy aunt.So in my family, like in so many ofyourfamilies, we took care of each other.And while we certainly weren’t rich, my parents had big dreams formeand my brother.They had only a highschool education themselves, butthey were determined to send us both touniversities.So they poured all of their love and alloftheir hope into us, and they worked hard.They saved every penny.And Iknow that wasn’t easyfor them, especially for my father.You see, my father had a seriousillnesscalled multiple sclerosis.And as he gotsicker, it got harder forhim to walk, and it took him longer to get dressed inthe morning.But no matter how tired he felt, no matterhowmuch pain he was in, my father hardly ever missed a day of work, because hewasdetermined to give me and my brother a better life.And every day, likeso many of you, I felt theweight of my parents’ sacrifices on my shoulders.Every day, I wanted to make themproud.So while most American kids attendpublicschools near their homes, when it was time for me to attend high school,I tookan exam and got into a special public high school where I could get abetter education.But the school was very far from my home, soI had toget up early every morning and ride a bus for an hour, sometimes anhour and ahalf if the weather was bad.And every afternoon, I’d ride that same bus back home andthenimmediately start my homework, often studying late into the night--andsometimes I would wake up at 4:30 or 5:00 in the morning to study even more.And it wasn’t easy.But whenever I got tired or discouraged, Iwould justthink about how hard my parents were working for me.And I would remembersomething my motheralways told me –-she said: “A goodeducation is something that no one can take away from you.”

And when it was time for me to applytouniversity, I had many options, because in America, there are many kindsofuniversities.There are four-yearuniversities.There aretwo-yearcommunity colleges which are less expensive.There areuniversities where you take classes at night while workingduring the day.So you don’t have to beatop student to attend a university.And even if your parents don’t have much money or you live in a tinytown in a rural area, inAmerica, you can still attend university.And you can get scholarshipsand governmentloans to help pay your tuition.So I attended Princeton University formyundergraduate degree, and I went on to Harvard University for mygraduatedegree in law.And with those degrees Iwas able to become alawyer at a large law firm, and then I worked as anexecutive at a cityhospital, and then I was the director of an organizationthat helped disadvantagedyoung people.And my story isn’t unusual in America.Some of our most famousathletes, like LeBronJames, and artists, like the singer Janelle Monae, camefrom strugglingfamilies like mine, as do many business leaders--like HowardSchultz.He’s the head of a company calledStarbucks,which many of you may have heard of.When Mr.Schultz was a boyhis father lost his job, leaving their familydestitute.But Mr.Schultzworkedhard.He got a scholarship to auniversity, and eventually built thelargest coffeehouse company in the world.And then there’s this other guy I know whowas raised by a single mother whosometimes struggled to afford food for theirfamily.But like me, this guygotscholarships and loans to attend universities.He became a lawyer and aprofessor, and then he was a state senator andthen a national senator.And then, hebecame President of the United States.This guy I’m talking about is my husband, Barack Obama.(Applause.)

These stories are the stories of somanyAmericans, and of America itself.Because in America, we believe thatno matter where you live or how muchmoney your parents have, or what race orreligion or ethnicity you are, if youwork hard and believe in yourself, thenyou should have a chance tosucceed.We also believe that everyoneisequal, and that we all have the right to say what we think and worship aswechoose, even when others don’t like what we say or don’t always agreewith whatwe believe.Now of course, living up to these idealsisn’t always easy.And there havebeentimes in our history where we have fallen short.Many decades ago,there were actually laws inAmerica that allowed discrimination against blackpeople like me, who are aminority in the United States.But overtime,ordinary citizens decided that those laws were unfair.So they heldpeaceful protests andmarches.They called on governmentofficials tochange those laws, and they voted to elect new officials whoshared their views.And slowly but surely, Americachanged.We got rid of those unjustlaws.And today, just 50 years later, myhusbandand I are President and First Lady of the United States.And that isreally the story of America –-how over the course of our short history, through so many trialsand struggles,we have become more equal, more inclusive, and more free.And today in America, people of everyrace,religion and ethnicity live together and work together to build a betterlifefor their children and grandchildren.And in the end, that deepyearning to leave something better for thosewho come after us, that issomething we all truly share.In fact, there’s a Chinese saying that I lovethatsays, “To achieve true happiness, help the nextgeneration.”

And like so many of your parents, myparentssacrificed so much so that I could have opportunities they neverdreamedof.And today, as a mothermyself, I want even more opportunities for myown daughters.But of course, as I always tell my daughters,withopportunities come obligations.And that is true for all of you aswell.You all have the opportunity toreceive an education from this wonderful school,and you all have an obligationto take the fullest advantage of thisopportunity.And I know that’s exactly what you all aredoing.You’re winning prizes in math andscience.Here, you are stagingmusicalperformances around the world.You’revolunteeringin your communities.Andmany of you are working hard to get an educationyour parents never dreamed of.So you all have so much to offer –-andthat’s agood thing, because the world needs your talent.The world needs yourcreativity and energymore than ever before.Because we facebig challengesthat know no borders –-like improving the quality ofour airand water, ensuring that people have good jobs, stopping the spreadofdisease.And soon, it will all fall toall of you to come together withpeople on every continent and solve theseproblems together.Now, fortunately, here at thiswonderfulschool, you’realready well on your way.For more than a decade, you’ve been building special relationships with aAmerican school in--an American high school, and many of you will attenduniversities in America orfind other ways to reach out beyond your borders.So in the years ahead, much like you and Iaredoing here today, you will be creating bonds of friendship across the globethatwill last for decades to come.Andover the past week, as I have seen boththe ancient wonders and the modernachievements of your fascinating country, andas I’ve met withextraordinary youngpeople like all of you, I am more confident than ever beforein our sharedfuture.And I cannot wait to seeeverything that you willachieve here in China and around the world.Thank you again for hosting me and myfamily atthis extraordinary school, and I wish you all the best of luck inyour journeyahead.Xie-Xie.(Applause.)