I.

PEMBUKAAN

Assalamualaikum Wr Wb.

With all due respect to the honorable judges, to the teacher from all Senior High Schools in
Bekasi, and all the audience here, ladies and gentlemen… Good Morning!!

First of all, let us thank Allah SWT because of his blessings, we all can gather here on this
sunny morning. Shalawat and prayer, we will say to our greatest prophet Muhammad SAW,
his family, his friends and his followers. Amen.

In this chance, I would like to tell you my speech that has the theme “Go Green!”

II. ISI

Saving Our Planet is a program that was persuading the earthlings so that they would become
more concern and care to their entire environment. It was because the civilization that has
been created by the modern people in this millennium era had affected so many destructive
impacts which are really needed to be concerned. These impacts are causing a new problem,
The “Global Warming”. In prediction, that in the last 100 years the temperatures of our planet
has increased by 1’ every year. Meanwhile, the ocean surface has increased for about 1 meter
from its former level. The problem is, modern people not only wanted to increase their
prosperity, but also increase their rate of comfortable & luxurious life.

The situation was very different if we looked back to the last century where the pollution, the
industrial garbage, and the toxin gases were friendlier. Friendlier, because on the 19 th Century
the technologies improvement and the consumerism character was not yet significant. Or
should we say in this millennium era, the Earth exploitation and exploration were causing the
crucial problem for the earthlings.

How crucial the earth environmental problems we face are for example: The protected
animals & plants from certain species nearly extinct, the plantation sector is causing another
problem for environment & ecosystem, forest logging without reboization, and the impact of
mines exploitation that cannot be recycled and maintenance of mine sector, etc. For us, the
youth generation is asking to the politicians and the government especially in Indonesia,
“Why do those problems I mentioned left uncared without any preventive actions?” In fact,
our ex-Minister of Environment of “Orde Baru” era Prof. Dr. Emil Salim has warned and gave
us an opinion about will happen on the next 20 years. He said that the situation will be
dangerous if there are no actions to prevent this. We need the proactive steps to maintain the
nature and to rehabilitee what we have disrupted from every department that is connected
with the environmental cases and our community. The example about the impact of human’s
greed to the nature is The Lapindo Brantas case. That’s how the nature shows us their power.
There’s not even one human could stand against the power of nature. Until now, there are no
ways to stop the mud throwing and even the poisonous gases that is unwanted by the people.

We as the khalifah of the Earth can only begging, begging, and begging to the nature and
destroy the nature. But when we must give something to the nature or maintain the nature,
we feel that we don’t want to! Is the nature retaliating our doings? When we think deeply over
this I guess the answer is “yes”, the nature is angry to us. The nature’s balance was really
disturbed by the mortal’s hands and this behavior has spread widely over the world because of
our hedonism.

The question is “How”? How do we realize collectively for the world’s life so that so that the
Earth could become a better place to live…?

We as the youth generations, the lines of the civilization must be as one to create the vision &
mission to help the government and the people for watching over the reboization program and
for the environment reparation that is caused by the industrialist and the people generally
wherever they are. We as the youth generation without exception must be totally devote our
bodies & wills for the sake of healthy world, comfortable world, and for the sake of better
place to live…

I suggest to the government and the people of Indonesia to plant the cambium plants or the
pot plants on every one of the house garden. Everyone, every people must be responsible for
every single of plants. Imagine! If every people have 1 plant in one house, there are 200
millions of plants in Indonesia. This is a very good step to begin our mission to prevent the
Global Warming. Start this on any time now! For my recommendation, the sansivieras (one of
the most beautiful pot plant) is really good to kept because of its great use of anti-pollutant &
anti-free radical. Besides, its beauty will decorate our house so that we won’t feel bad to buy it.

III. PENUTUP

Well, I guess that’s all I can tell. In the end, to show our devotion as the youngish, the lines to
the future, we must be balanced it with faith and taqwa because those are our capitol to realize
our wishes so that we can live in perfect harmony just as Allah SWT has confirmed to us.

Wassalamualaikum Wr Wb.

First of all, let us praise to the Almighty Allah SWT, because of His Blessing we
are
able to come here, to attend a farewell ceremony for the students of SMPN 1
Tikung
grade IX in the academic year 2009–2010.
Secondly, may shalawat and salam be upon the Prophet Muhammad SAW who
has
guided us from the darkness into the brightness.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Brothers and Sisters…
In this good opportunity, I stand here to represent all the students of SMPN 1
Tikung Grade IX to give a valedictory speech.
On the behalf of all students grade IX ….
Firstly, we would like to say thank you very much for all the teachers of SMPN 1
Tikung who have taught, educated, and guided us so that we can pass the
national
exam (UN) successfully. Thank you very much for your dedication. We know that
your advice, guidance, and motivations have made us better not only in thinking
but also in attitudes. My teachers… we realize that we cannot give you reward.
We
can only give you gratitude and pray. May God repay your kindness. May God
always bless you all…

Secondly, we would like to apologize to all of the teachers, administration staffs

and
all the elements of SMPN 1 Tikung. Please, forgive our mistakes… forgive all the
bad
things that we have done… and hopefully we can make our attitudes better than
before.
Thirdly, especially to our younger brothers and sisters in grade VIII and VII, we
would like to remind you, please keep studying hard, obey your teachers’ advices,
try to be better than us. And, please pray for us to be able to continue our
study...
so that someday we will become successful and useful persons for this country
and
our society.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Brothers and Sisters…
I think that’s all my valedictory speech. I am so sorry for all my wrong words.
The last, on the behalf of students grade IX, once again, I would like to say:
forgive
us… remember us… pray for us, for the students of SMPN 1 Tikung grade IX
academic year 2009-2010. Thank you very much.
Wassalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb

Words to remember:
farewell ceremony : upacara perpisahan
valedictory speech : pidato perpisahan
attitude : tingkah laku
on the behalf of : atas nama (untuk mewakili)
represent : mewakili
realize : menyadari
reward : hadiah penghargaan
gratitude : ucapan terima kasih
apologize : meminta maaf
repay : membalas
kindness : kebaikan