2017 Graduation Speech by Noor
Dear guests, thank you for taking your precious time to attend this ceremony today. It is an honor. Your attendance adds joy to our joy because no graduation is complete without the participation of parents and friends. This day is a great opportunity to give thanks to our distinguished teachers for their continuous efforts and support to help us reach this day to achieve our goals. I would like to share my experience. I am from Iraq. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture from the University of Baghdad. Because of the war and confrontation in my country, I left Iraq in 2014 looking for peace. I left all my goals and dreams there. I came to Maine as a refugee and I struggled to integrate into the American community. I faced the challenge of speaking English and building a new community. It was not easy for me to find myself alone and disappointed in a new community with different people and different cultures. Attending Portland Adult Education was a turning point in my life
