Welcome to our world...
Al Mawakeb… 31 years later… ISAS... 3 years later... over 400,000 students who at some point or another made our schools their home… over 6000 graduates later… all are celebrating with us tonight every one of them proud of you…
It is never easy to bid a loved one farewell… you have watched them grow…you shared some of their dreams…you have seen their passion and you may have even glimpsed into their future…you have seen them fall and rise again… you know their strength and their weakness and they have made you proud…now they leave you and are left with the wonder of their memory, and the gnawing need to find out what they have achieved…
We are teachers and it is our destiny…you pass through our lives every year and move on…we are privileged for we touch your lives, and through them we better our own… We shall always hear of the riches of the world, and never see any of it. What we will always have is the feeling that no profession can offer… The satisfaction that comes with a smile of gratitude, or with a handshake and a hug and a sincere expression of thanks.
At the end of today…there will be a lot of tears and a lot of smiles… And tonight right before they turn in, your teachers shall think back upon the years… those who worked with you in any class along the way, shall remember how you have progressed and they shall know, that they shall always be part of your lives…
Then they will switch off their lights, smile and sleep very well for they know that you are going to be fine…
Fare well and know that you are in our hearts...