Welcome friends, peers, teachers and parents. We are finally graduated! It's been four long years since I first walked into these halls as a freshman, but I can't help but think that it was only a short time in my life. Today I had two jobs to do, that's all. The first was to show up to this event, to consider it done. The second was to give a memorable speech about perseverance and what it means to me. It is therefore with this introduction that I begin my speech. The dictionary defines perseverance as a constant effort to maintain a plan of action, goal, or belief, often despite difficulties. So today I ask you: what does perseverance mean to you? Each of you has faced many difficulties throughout your life, and this is just the beginning. Each of us has, at some point, needed perseverance, and we will continue to need it in the future. When I hear the word perseverance, two things come to mind, my efe class and my university. The reason I think of my efe class when I hear the word perseverance is for several different reasons. The first...