17 August Speech

Name : Calista Aulia Riza

Class : 3SA04

NPM : 11619407

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatu. 

The honorable ladies and gentlemen and my dear friends, today may we be in a state of happiness and prosperity without any shortcomings. We don't forget to say thanks to Allah SWT because with His grace we can gather and commemorate this happy day.

We all know that August 17th is the most meaningful day. So for that purpose the national ceremony was held. The importance of ceremony is the best reason why we gather here to celebrate such a very special day.

Every year on August 17 our country celebrates the ceremony to celebrate the Independence Day. August 17th is a day where all the Indonesian people rejoice to recall the merits of the heroes who have gained independence for all of us. I can’t believe that time flies so fast and our country is growing fast too every year. We are all lucky to be assembled today because of the merits of the heroes who have defended our country since decades ago.

ladies and gentelmen and my dear friends,

Remembering how the efforts of our heroes to fight for our independency, it is right for us to appreciate the Independence Day by doing something positive with the spirit of nationalism so that we can contribute something to celebrate the Independence Day.

The spirit and the high sense of nationalism can be realized in many ways, but the most important thing for us as the students is to study well and not being just lazy. We as the students have been facilitated by various technologies and internet. It can bring positive impacts but also negative impacts for us. The positive impacts are we can get a lot of knowledge and information. We can learn many things from the internet, such as history lessons, biology, mathematics, physics, social sciences, and also foreign languages. However it can also bring negative impacts such as playing games and also social media too long. It all makes us become lazy. Therefore, my dear friends, let us be the useful generation for the nation. Competitive, active and imaginative generation for the name of our nation so we can give the pride to our nation, so our nation can be proud with us.

Don't make this day to remember independence, but make this time a moment to be able to dedicate yourself to be better. Be part of the development of this nation. Keep the unity and integrity of this nation. For that, show what we can do for this nation. 

Ladies and gentleman and my dear friends,

So many speeches from me, hopefully what I say can be useful for all of us and many people. Hopefully this year, on the 77th year, Indonesia will always grow better. Thank you for your attention.

Wassalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatu.