A book which is both a tribute and an English assignment!

Graduación CIM promoción 2021-22

Good afternoon everyone. Friends, family, staff members, honoured guests and fellow graduates. On behalf of the Grad Class of 2021-22: today is our day. After ten years of knowing only these walls around us, our time here has come to an end. We are officially stepping forward into our futures. No longer united on one path, as we are now branching off on our own, taking our own paths. Ten years ago, we met for the first time. Along the way, some additions and some subtractions were made throughout; leaving us with the group you see before you. Throughout our high school and music school journey, as a family, many good memories were made that shaped us into the people we are today. Each of us now have our own goals, and we are wishing everyone luck when it comes to the path that each and everyone one of us will take now. We will never forget this journey in our life that we have shared together. It is always difficult as things come to an end, and even more difficult to say goodbye, but we cannot look at this as goodbye. This is simply a farewell until we meet again. We wish you all the best in your futures and hope that everything you achieve is what you expected and more, as we know you are all going to do great things.

Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the graduation of second of bachillerato. Who would have thought that we would achieve so far? Personally, this school has changed my life totally and my way of thinking. I have been in between these four castle walls since I was eight years old and I have so many good memories that will never be forgotten. Do you remember when the first year we did the carnival of the animals? I was playing an elephant. It was amazing. Another memorable performance was when we did the zarzuela, and all the rehearsals we had to do with Jose and Fran. I would also recall the two years we went with the band to Bilbao, I will always remember when Juanma put every one of us a “parte” because we were in the same room at 2am. Some stories that I would highlight was when we Julian, Nico, Guille and I ran to the Zaburdon instead of getting on the bus with Xavi on our way back to school. It would never be forgotten. Another good story was when “someone” unscrewed the doorknob while we were at Valores éticos class with Alfonso. There are an infinite number of anecdotes that will be remembered, some of them can’t be told here, for our safety. Not only we will remember things, but also maintain good friendships. The CIM will be the best part of my life, I said it proudly.

Congratulations! We’ve done it, all the hard work has finally paid off and we’re all ready to take the next big step in life beyond high school. I was lucky enough to be chosen to speak today before all of you and reflect on our collective journey in this school, and if I were to think of one word to describe this journey, it would be: Unprecedented. Unprecedented is defined as never done or known before, and I’m sure all of you have heard this word countless times over the last year, being normalised into a word that correlates directly with COVID-19. But here, my intention is to connect this word with all of us; we are unprecedented, you are a high school class that has done something never known before. You see, all of us have had a roller coaster ride; from week-long quarantines to distance learning, masked classes to countless pending Google Classroom assignments and numerous other things. Living in such unprecedented times made us cherish the small yet important aspects in life. Sunbathing out in the “jardincillos” whenever the first glimpse of spring arrives, popping into each other’s practice rooms just to say hi and end up wasting the whole hour, and, most importantly, forming relationships and music with people we love, people that have shared this crazy journey with us and are ready to make their way in the world. Learning from these experiences, I’m sure all of us will remember the families of friends we created amongst ourselves that looked out for each other at every step of the way. 

I love you, guys. It is always said that the CIM is a special school and it truly is. The family circle that we have created will never be destroyed because we have all learned from all of us and we all carry a piece of all of us inside. My goodness, what philosophical thoughts, Pilar, help me!! The truth is that I can only say good things about this school. I've always felt loved, that's how you made me feel guys. You teachers have been not only our teachers but also our friends. You have helped us, you have understood us and you have given us your time and affection, two of the most valuable things in the world. I prefer not to continue talking. If I do I'm going to start crying and I'm going to wet my suit and,thanks, but I don't want to. I started by thanking everyone and I will finish by doing so. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I am very happy to be able to enjoy this party together but at the same time I am sad because I know that this party also means goodbye. They say that childhood and adolescence are very important stages in a person's personal development and that they reflect how we will be in the future. For all that we have lived together, I am sure that we will be great people. Thank you for everything. See you tomorrow!!

My dear peers, we only arrived here 10 short years ago, and now it's already time to set off. How did it all go so fast? I guess that we spent our time studying how mitochondria’s create the cell´s energy. Now we are the same useless pieces of garbage that once came in through this door but we older. Yet at this glorious moment, we can't help celebrating. How do we measure the time we've lost in high school? We have to multiply the hours we have spent studying literature for the number of wives al-Haham II had, then we have to add the years Felipe II held power and divide that figure by the third part of our age. That is only an average, some of us may have thrown away even more years. High School is known for altering the way we perceive time: days seem to be dense, gigantic and overwhelming while months last less than a sight . We began high school as children, but we're leaving here as old infants. We've completed a basic education that will serve as the platform we use to launch ourselves into our futures. Some of us will go on to college, others will go straight into the work force, but each of us will end up being exploited in a despicable job and each of us will eventually ask his self: Why couldn’t I notice that this was a rat-race? Congratulations my fellow graduates of the class of 2022. Stay partying, stay Borish

Welcome friends, family, and teachers that helped us get to where we are today. It is an honour to be standing before you on such a memorable occasion. Thanks to all of you who are here today, it's a great pleasure to represent our classmates in this special day. It has been an amazing journey and one our fellow Class of 2013 members will most likely never forget. Four years ago, the Class of 2013 was just walking through the doors of CIM padre Antonio Soler and we have had many memories over the course of our school journey. We had grew up together since we were very little, and this has helped us to develop our personalities, not only as students but as musicians. We all have different career choices but we're all bound by the same common cause and that is to graduate. It is almost impossible to choose one memory that we have together. I am personally really proud, of all of us, because we are not only such great human beings, but a real generation of artists. It is a true pleasure to listen to all of you performing, how we have improved, and how we make the public feel. I am convinced, that we can reach whatever we want in our lives, because we have the world for us, it is up to us to take advantage of it. I pray that our class will walk out of here today feeling proud of all they have accomplished over these last ten years. And always remember, it's not about the friends that you make while you're in school, it's the memories that you leave behind that really count.

Good afternoon distinguished guests, professors, administrators, families, friends and members of the class of 2021/22. I am very grateful and honoured to have the possibility to share my speech with all of you and share my emotions on this important and special day. First of all I would like to say thank you to my class, for living with me these last three year of my high school experience and for accepting me from the first moment. I remember my first day. I arrived at the door of the school and I didn’t know anyone. I was afraid, I didn’t speak Spanish, I didn’t know what I had to do. So a girl, maybe because she saw me scared, came to me and said “Hi, are you new here? I’m María.” We started to talk and she guided me in the school, which looked like a castle to me. My new experience had began. Staying here I discovered so many beautiful things, sites and persons. I was able to learn about myself and people around me. I could grow with my music personally and professionally. And all of this due to magnificent professors and persons who have helped me make my life in Spain better and full of exciting feelings. I want to say of all of you, classmates, that today is our day, today is our start. Today we don’t end, today we start our new life.

Despite all that, we knew that we were all going through the same exact thing, we knew that we had eachother and right during those moments where nobody knew what was going on, somehow we all understood eachother. So thank you to all of you, to all this amazing people who have been and guided our journey. Because I know I couldn’t have done it without you. We are all growing, changing, becoming the person we want to be, and this has been another little step to getting there. So cheers to the people we are today and what we’ll become. Thank you very much.

I begin my speech today with both a happy heart and a heavy heart. You cannot imagine how much I will miss all of you when we leave this school. My friends, my teachers, my juniors, my seniors, and all the non-teaching faculty on school, you have been a great help and played a crucial role in my life and helped me shape my career. With pride in my chest and confidence in my heart, I can say that you have made me a better person and helped me overcome all the future challenges that life has in shop for me. I would like to conclude my short farewell speech by saying that we still have some wonderful years ahead of us and this is just the last day of our school. But that does not mean at all that this is the last day of our friendship. Let us promise each other that we will definitely keep in touch and keep coming back to the school, with no obligations and no strings attached. There may be a farewell to our school days, but there can never be a farewell to our friendship

I couldn’t be more grateful for all the things that have happened in these years, I may not have the same friendship feeling that others may have, but even if you only get to talk to some classmates for two minutes, you realize that everyone feels the same way and even if the relation is not strong you care for others and have an affection. It’s a feeling that is due to being together since the beginning, even if our paths have been different. With this speech I want to thank all of my classmates and especially the ones that have made me a better person. Also all my teachers of the last years that have cared for as the way that no other teachers could have, and have appreciated each of our achievements as our family has. The same as with my classmates I feel with the teachers, my life can’t have been the same without getting to know them, they will always be the best with no doubt, I'm sure of it. Thank you all.

Wherever you may go, never be afraid to accept challenges and take on all tasks you may face head on. And remember, life is a dance, you learn as you go! Class of 2011, congrats to everyone! We did it, and see you in twenty years for our reunion!

When my parents told me 10 years ago that I had to leave my former school, my friends, my town and I had to travel 45 eternal minutes to go to my new school and almost another 45 minutes to get back home, I almost died. I didn't believe that my parents wanted me to suffer so much. Today I know that their decision couldn't have been better. Coming to this school has been one of the most exciting experiences of my life: I immersed myself into the world of music, I 've learnt to play the flute, I've participated with my friends at concerts, I 've played many times in public, I have been part of an incredibly family with whom I've shared more than half of my life and I have met many amazing, marvellous and encouraging teachers, both music and general teachers. I want to thank all the people that have been by my side all these comforting and amazing years: my parents for giving me this awesome opportunity, the teachers who have accompanied us and always cared for our well-being and future, as well as my friends that I love so much and to whom I owe so much of who I am and what I know. Saying good bye to such a fascinating family is very difficult, but it is true we will never be completely separated as we are all part of all and I know that wherever I go I will bring with me a memory of all these people and the experiences that I lived with them. I can only express gratitude and joy for having lived these spectacular years.

Good morning everyone. For me it is an honour to share these grateful words with all the people here; parents , teachers and all graduating students. I am very happy we can all meet here today and finally can see each other's faces after this pandemic. Today we celebrate the end of a beautiful and intense stage to start what will be our new life away from our second home, the CIM. I can still remember when we first met, our first concerts, our few but beautiful excursions, and a long and great etcetera of memories of you that I am taking with me and which I will always remember. I want to thank our teachers. All of you have guided us on this long road that we finish today. Without you it would not have been possible. Many of you have had to act as parents, psychologists and even sometimes as animal farmers. Although sometimes it may not seem like it, we will always be grateful for it. Thank you, teachers, for being an example to follow and always being by our side, both in the good and the bad moments. I will miss you all!

Hi everyone! First of all I want to say I'm honoured to be giving this speech, I am grateful to everybody who has made this possible for me, my teachers, my friends and my family but I am not only talking for myself but for all my classmates. We are now finishing a really important period of our lives by graduating. But the most important part of it has been the amazing journey we have gone through all together. Most of us joined the school when we were seven or eight years old. Now we are seventeen or eighteen and we are ready to start a new period of our lives. Some of us have got into international music schools, some others are going to universities. And although it can be sad to leave here we are all excited to start our new lives. I don't want you to get bored so to finish I would like to say to all of our parents not to wait for us tonight because we are going to be celebrating! Thank you very much!

Welcome friends, family, and teachers that have helped us get to where we are today and thanks&nbsp;to my classmates who have trusted me - I don’t know why - to give this graduation speech. I hope not to disappoint you - or bore you -. First of all, I want to express my gratitude for having belonged to this wonderful school, to this class with this fantastic teachers and classmates with whom I have shared more than 6 hours a day from Monday to Friday for several years. It is said soon, more than 8 years of our lives from Monday to Friday about 6 hours a day. And now, at this moment that from the beginning we knew would come - but we never truly&nbsp;believed it - here we are. We're finally graduating!&nbsp;I am scared to death! Since we were born, the most important decisions we have had to make for our life and laboral future, were choosing whether to take economics or biology, Latin or maths, be dumb or smart. Now we have to face a tremendous range of possibilities, that are going to change our lives for ever… and I 've just turned 18 years old!&nbsp;Well, but we aren’t going to make a storm in a teacup because luckily, our teachers have taught us tools such us integrals, phrasal verbs&nbsp;or syntax to be able to face this uncertain future. I - although I'm the guy with the microphone - cannot give you any advice to deal with this situation, with this important moment of our lives.&nbsp;I can only tell you that I hope that the path you choose makes you happy.

Introducción Este libro pretende ser un homenaje a la promoción de 2021-22 que se acaba de graduar pero se gestó como una parte de la actividad final de la clase de inglés. Por ello, no están presentes todos los que son, porque no todos entregaron su tarea...siendo procrastrinators o escaqueitors profesionales hasta el final... ¡Qué bien se vive debajo del cocotero! Al ser un libro personal, escrito desde la libertad de expresión individual de los alumnos, las opiniones que se vierten en sus páginas no han sido censuradas ni prácticamente corregidas. Tampoco tienen que ser necesariamente compartidas... Para mantener su autenticidad - también la del copieteo obvio y descarado de algún caso - se ha mantenido el inglés que cada uno ha sabido expresar. Por eso, habrá errores gramaticales, léxicos, discursivos. Who said perfection exists? Entre alguna imperfección, también hay muchos aciertos. Y mucha gratitud. Y un gran orgullo. Dear class of 2022: Congratulations! San Lorenzo de El Escorial, mayo de 2022

Good afternoon everybody, fellow classmates, teachers, parents and Board of the Centre. We are finally on our last day of school, our graduation. This journey has definately not been easy, but it is not meant to be. We have been here for a total of ten years my friends, some people have left us and some have joined us, but, all of these people have been a very important part of my life, dare I say even family. Seeing their faces every single day for a whole decade was at times excruciating, but I couldn´t have done it without them. I have found in them friendship, support and much love, a bond that will never break even when distance break sus apart. For this, I thank you. A special mention to all the teachers that make our journey less boring, teachers we have grown to love very much, who care for us, help us and keep up with our stupidity every day. Jose mates, Marta Ferrer, Ana, Marcelino, Maite, Jose Antonio, Pilar and many more. We musn´t forget all the ones that have gotten us here but aren´t here now, such as Rosa, Inma, Maite y Alicia, Fran, Patricia,etc. Thank you, I cannot express it enough. To our parents, the people that have lived with us during the worst years of development. They have had tokeep us going when we were doing, put up with our tragic episodes of romance, not having clothes to wear, not getting the grades we want and many more. They are the ones who are always by our side, even when we don´t want them to be, they are references and models we look up to and very important people to us. Thank you.

If there is one sentiment I want you to take away from this speech, it’s this: You are all capable of taking on any obstacle that may lie in your life in any country in the world at any time of the year. You have all faced a challenging high school experience that has never happened before, and you overcame it, made it worthwhile . . . something that I would like to call: Unprecedented.&nbsp;

Good afternoon everyone, I am pleased to be presenting the graduation speech of the 2nd of Bachillerato but before I start I would like to thank all those who have interfered in our formation: teachers, management and the big family that is our class. Who would have thought 10 years ago when we came here that we would be here today? I don't think anyone would. During these 10 years so many things have happened that it would be impossible to name them all now: We have had many teachers, some of them are still with us putting up with us or us having to put up with them, classmates - some of them have left for other schools and from here we send them our best wishes - and the accumulation of experiences which, if I mentioned here, could cause a uproar among the parents attending, for which I will refrain from doing so and just thank them. I want it to be a very short presentation so I just want to say that it has been a hard school year but that we have all managed to move forward. We still have one last push that is the EVAU or the tests of the superior of music, but sorry for the lack of humility, we will all get out very easily. I want to say that it has been an honour to share 10 years of my life with the beasts that I have as classmates and that I will miss you very much.

I thank you all for being here today on this special day for all of us. Thank you to the school and everybody that has been involved in the process of organising this space and making this possible. As I stand here, I must say it feels a bit intimidating whilst also very strange as I´m getting a lot of mixed feelings. I don’t mean to rumble so I’ll cut right to the chase. I’m going to tell the story of our year stopping at the beginning, following it with the “today” of the matter and adding a finishing touch as I describe this beautiful journey. Knowing this is our last year, brought a lot of feelings out on the surface. They all say that although this year is going to be tough we’ll get through it “JUST FINE ”. That exact same sentence I’d say every day to myself before going to school. It is funny because at the start of the year we all just heard the word “ EVAU ” it was as if it were a mantra for us, but what most of us didn’t think about at the time, was that maybe it wouldn’t be so bad, if we didn’t worry about it that much. And just like tha,t we are here today, it has been the most gruerling exasperating year of our school life. It feels like it has been too long whilst also having gone really fast and at last I must say, most of us got through it “JUST FINE ”; because we are all here today sitting right here, so it means we were able to “cruise through” and get the job done!! so I say we give ourselves a high five and congratulate ourselves for being able to handle well this year. We have had so many moments of laughter and crying and every other emotion that there can possibly be, because we are all teens who are experiencing this incredible rollercoaster of emotions and I’m sure many of us can relate when I tell you that I’d go from laughing to crying from one second to the other. 

The freedom that we all have been waiting for has arrived When we entered the CIM we didn't realize that the first relationships which we were going to make were going to be forever. This is something that you believe is amazing, but in the end each of us have thought about leaving the school to get to know what else is in the world. This happens for the reason that the number of people that entered but finally went to other schools is way more than the people that wanted to start a new life with us, so we never really get to know new people and make new friends there. I am not the one that hadn't thought about leaving, but it was not only to make new relations, it was also because when the groups have been made, it is difficult to introduce someone else. Nevertheless, I can't imagine my life now without my period at the CIM, I am so glad that I never left.  What happens here are the most strange and ridiculous things ever and also other things that annoys us a lot, but these no one can ever understand the same way as we do. The fact that the bathrooms are for girls and boys is something weird to others, when we say that we are not more than 35 in each class is unbelievable and also that we haven’t playgrounds and sports facilities. We share all the weird things together, but most importantly, we share the education that we are given and all the difficulties that includes. The fact that studying music is the same as playing the flute in a subject called “music” in other schools, might make people keep thinking that playing an instrument, and all the other music subjects that we have are just an entertainment which don't require time at all. The environment of our school is unique and this is why we are unique.

I can´t believe that we´ve made it so far.&nbsp;It seems like yesterday the day i was doing the&nbsp;tests to get in here, but the only thing i´ll have to say is that i am gratefull. I am gratefull with everyone that was with me the whole time, i can´t be more happy to see you all in here i here i say to you: Thanks. For everything one and each of you have tought me, and no doubt you will still be teaching me. If we stop one second to remember the people that has been leaving us in the way, we will take the afternoon talking about it, but i am sure Isabel will cut me first. I miss the people that is not here with us, but they will always remain in our hearts and our memories, Oscar, Nico, Isa, Paula, Carol, Carla etc.. and they are just a few. I am not trying to make you cry, and it seemes quite obvious, and i say it because my message to the school is very simple: "Bye Bye with pain, i don´t want to see you again", i just made it up but it fits pertectly, becuase we´ve had a hell of a year, and we can´t wait to get the hell out of here. I am sorry but i don´t regret anything i could have done to anyone in here, specially to the teachers, and we don´t realise that there is life outside the CIM, and its our time to live it, so i say, let´s go and start our lives.

Promoción CIM 2021-22 It's over! Bust just a few words before we go...

Class of 2021-2022 Just a few words before we go...

This school has been the scenario of happiness and pain, everywhere we look there is at least a memory, and we will always leave a piece of our hearts here, in the Centro Integrado. And now, before we figure out what we are going to do with our lifes from now on, let´s have fun, enjoy our Company, and make some more memorable memories!

Dear students, I don't think I should be writing this in English because, let's face it, I am bound to be the teacher from whom you seem to have learnt more nonsense and Spanish gibberish than English! Or so you make me believe... Somehow, you have managed to take with you expressions like "se vive bien debajo de un cocotero" or "si mi abuela tuviera ruedas, sería un tranvía" or "cómprate un bosque espeso y piérdete". Quizá también " ¿Por qué no te compras un hámster para reirte de él en vez de reirte de mí?" o "Que se mueran los feos"... So I might as well go on in Spanish... Os he llamado también ensalada primaveral. Una ensalada primaveral a la que siempre le falta un ingrediente, porque nunca lográbamos estar todos... Sois pepinos, berros, tomates, brote de soja, cebollino, albahaca, pimiento, alfalfa, quinoa y ajonjolí. Yo soy el lecho de lechuga, claro. Os habéis burlado de mí pero también conmigo, os habéis pasado pueblos, pero también me habéis cuidado, habéis soportado mis estallidos de ira y mis ataques de amor y entusiasmo. Vosotros os vais con mis absurdos dichos y refranes - que ni siquiera son míos - y yo me quedo con vuestros "Caaaalm, down, chill out", "Can you say that in English, please?", "Mental grit..." y con la esperanza de que os hayáis aprendido que mi nombre es capicúa y de tres letras, y no me llamo Coño. Ya sabéis dónde encontrarme, porque si los dioses me escuchan algún día, terminaré de gallo en Madagascar... ¡Mucha suerte a todos! Cheers! Ana

So, I want to say that we can smile, we have to smile, because from now we will be able to create new pieces of our puzzle, we will be able to share new pictures in our memories. So, graduates, keep your life and smile with it. You have a world of opportunities around you and this is its beginning.&nbsp;

Good afternoon!! Welcome!! Thank you very much for being here today!! I will start by saying that I am very proud to be able to give this speech. When I was writing the speech I didn't really know what I wanted to say or how. This is why I thought of the CIM and what characterized it. Thinking back, I came to the conclusion that at the CIM,  even in moments of seriousness, something ridiculous always happens: I am sure that it's not the heavy workload that makes us do strange things, I think it's that we're all a little crazy, not only the students. That's why I wanted this speech to be something spontaneous or something like that. First of all, I would like to thank all those who have organized our graduation, an applause for them!!. We also have to applaud the teachers who have been putting up with us all this time. And of course, a big applause for us too: today we are the protagonists; well, in fact thanks to music many days we have been the protagonists, but today even more. I wish I had time to remember all the moments we've spent together. Well, in fact It is impossible to remember all of them because every day has been a day to be remembered. It cannot be said that we have not taken advantage of the time. Each of us, in his own way, each way crazier than the last, has left a mark on all of us. Some with their great sense of humour, others with their ability to understand the problems of others and others with their love and affection. We have managed to be a great, wonderful and awesome family.

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