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HEAD GIRL’S ADDRESS

giving this speech today. I was born with a body even when we didn’t do most of them.
that often felt like it was working against me—an Mrs Ogunlowo, who refused to give up on us
illness that predetermined my life expectancy to even when we gave up on ourselves.
the age of six and set me up for the expectation Mr Oluwayi, who is the single funniest person
of failure. But I’m sixteen now. And from a very I’ve ever met.

young age, I learned how to keep going, even
when it hurt. So thank you to all of our teachers who
continued to care, even when we showed up
But the point I’m trying to make is: while some of to class half-asleep or with a bad attitude.
us survived illness, others survived grief, anxiety,
self-doubt, failure—and some survived all four. Thank you to our form tutors who stuck with us
through it all.

Not everyone’s struggle made it into their report Thank you to the SLT and SMT for ensuring
card. that we had a safe and consistent learning
Not every tear was seen. environment over the years.
Not every battle was public. Thank you to the support staff and kitchen
But every single one of us—every student seated staff, who worked tirelessly behind the scenes,
here today—fought for this moment. dealing with never-ending complaints—often
And not only did we survive, but we won. without recognition. They are truly the unsung
heroes of the school.
And though I would definitely love to take all

the credit for making it across the stage today,
Thank you to the support
I know for sure that there is no way any of us
could have made it here on our own. So, on
behalf of the entire Class of 2025, I would like to staff and kitchen staff,
who worked tirelessly
say thank you to the entire Regent family:

behind the scenes,
Thank you to the people who showed up to

school every single day to teach children that
simply did not want to be taught—incredible dealing with never-
ending complaints—often
men and women like:
Mr Akin, who explained the same topic to me
three times over the course of four days, and without recognition
still did so again the following week when I had
forgotten over the weekend.
Mr Onokoya, who could make us laugh in every
single class, no matter how bad of a mood we

were in.
Mr Inyang, who printed hundreds of worksheets

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