I’d like to apologize to all of you for / to apologise to all of you for (pyytää anteeksi teiltä kaikilta) taking up your time, but this might end up being a rather long speech.

Most people disapprove of (paheksuvat) long speeches, but I hope my audience will approve of / will accept(hyväksyy) this one.

As we have reached (olemme saavuttaneet) the end of our studies at this school, weare looking forward to celebrating (odotamme innokkaasti juhlimista) our achievements together.

We have spent a lot of time on (olemme käyttäneet paljon aikaa) homework and have devoted ourselves to devoted ourselves to (olemme omistautuneet) our studies.

Perhaps all of us haven't considered studying / haven't regarded studying as studying (eivät ole pitäneet opiskelemista) important but at least our friends have always been ready to talk about / to discuss (keskustelemaan) anything with us to kill time.

Together with online computer games and social media, this has made participating in / attending (osallistuminen) lessons more tolerable.

I’m also convinced that we have benefitted from / have benefited from olemme hyötyneet) all the lessons, especially the ones where the students have commented on / 've commented on (ovat kommentoineet) current affairs.

I’d like to thank our teachers for looking after / taking care of (huolehtiminen) us so well.

I’m convinced that their constructive criticism has affected / has influenced (on vaikuttanut) me positively.

We’re sure to come back and visit (vierailla) the school in the future.

I’d like to congratulate everybody on / to congratulate everyone on onnitella kaikkia) their success and wish all of us a very bright future.

Next, I’d like all of you to listen to (kuunnella) me read aloud the epic I’ve been writing during the past three years…