This is due to the fact that although we are a world power, we fall behind our diversified peers academically. I agree with Baldwin’s essay that every single student should have the opportunity to be in charge of their own success and be able to determine such decisions regarding their own education. His speech makes me feel inspired and determined because of how determined he is to urge teachers to extinguish the unhealthy state American education and transforming it into a forum of empowerment. Baldwin states several pieces of information regarding our society and those made me stop in my tracks for a minute and re-evaluate how our society can change and affect people. Students must be taught within themselves and not by society.
It means thinking about how you could have done something differently, what you did well, what you could have done better, how could you improve what you did. It also means reflecting on your own values, beliefs and experiences which shape your thoughts and ideas. I am responsible for providing an equal , non discriminatory and inclusive service to all individuals no matter what a person’s personal beliefs and values may be. Reflective practice is exploring why and how you practice, thinking back over a situation or activity and then developing a different approach to gain insight into a new way of learning. I believe that reflective practice is a very important tool the adult social care setting as I have found that I am faced with new challenges and obstacles in the clients home each day.
McNeill mainly stresses about the relevancy of history from an academic viewpoint, focusing on which parts belong in the classroom and how they benefit an individual. On the other hand, Stearns views historical knowledge from an artistic angle, stating that “History as art and entertainment serves a real purpose, on aesthetic grounds but also on the level of human understanding.” (Stearns, Pg.2) He focuses on how studying history can help someone understand the beauty of society and morality, but agrees with McNeill in that it is also crucial as a source for the future. Furthermore, Stearns explains that the skills one develop when studying history will also benefit them in a broad branch of studies. The ability to efficiently assess different evidence and form an argument, for example, is important in many fields other than history itself. Ultimately, the purpose of studying history is to gain knowledge and experiences that forms “ that elusive creature, the well informed citizen.” (Stearn, Pg.5) With historical knowledge itself, an individual is well immersed in their own culture and identity, and able to understand the values of the current society.
He has a family whit two girls who are in school even though their father is the president. Obama is a good speaker and know how he should talk to the people so that they would listen to him. The speech was the beginning of the campaign and a good beginning for Barack Obama. After this speech Obama had to make a lot of other speeches and debates on what he said in that speech to confirm who he is and what he stands
David J. Holt Dr. Robert Cohen COMM 321 Essay March 9, 2012 How have you improved as a speaker in communications 321? I try to set the standards high for myself and give myself many challenges because without a challenge, life can be overwhelmingly boring. I was offered this course by the English department at OSU and saw it as a considerable challenge for Winter quarter 2012. As a journalist in the Army reserve, I have gone to many cities as well as overseas to interview and report on public affairs type situations. I have had the opportunity to meet celebrities including a famous A-list rap artist as well as the Sergeant Major of the Army (Ret) Jack Tilley.
I found it engaging how he hooked his audience in by starting his speech with a parable, a typical approach for most addresses, and then made it instantly clear that he wasn’t going to stay on that traditional path and opposed his opening introduction. By doing that, Wallace set himself up to the students as someone who isn’t trying to lecture them. Wallace is merely trying to warn the graduating students what they’re in for in regards to their futures, and how to help guide them to sanity and hope. Wallace addresses the audience, a group of students significantly younger who haven’t experienced the “ins and outs” of life yet, as peers rather than minors. Wallace achieves this by using a tone more casual than preachy.
The Irony In Words In President Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” he states, “The world will little note nor long remember, what we say here but it can never forget what they [the brave soldiers] did here”(Lincoln, 378). The irony in this, is that those words happen to be some of the most famous to date. This quote is clear in what he wants to say but in basic terms Lincoln is saying that his words will not last forever, but that the actions of the soldiers will prevail. In Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech, he speaks the opposite. Dr. King starts off by stating that his speech “will go down as one of the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation” (King, 383).
Recent controversy has been spared over and around two recent articles that originated as commencement speeches. David Foster Wallace’s “This is Water” given to the graduating class at Kenyon college in 2005 was a revolutionary moment in the history of Commencement speeches because instead of traditional motivational tactics he tried to explain to the graduates how to better use their educations. A similar speech “Congratulations, by the way” was given by George Saunders and tried to touch upon the same message but failed to clearly see Wallace’s message. One clear difference in these two speeches is apparent by just looking at the message that the author is trying to convey to the audience. Wallace starts his speech by saying “liberal
In the story the writer begins it with a causal story line, he later follows it with very elusive and interesting concepts to help build the story up to its climax. in the story, there is a an old man who is considerd to be one of the best college professors in the nation named Morrie. He is a faboulos professors who teaches his students life lessons that will carry with them forever. he tells them to think outside of the
B. Commencement Address Essay by Tone M. H. Petersen Most people know that it is important to show kindness towards other people and it might seem like a very trivial piece of advice to give people if you tell them to remember to be more kind. However sometimes in the grand scheme of things and in the overpowering and overwhelming light of our own ambition and need for success we still let opportunities of kindness pass us by. This is what George Saunders addresses in his commencement addres that he delivered in May 2013 at Syracuse University in New York State. In his speech Saunders uses 2nd person singular/plural, 1st person plural, and 1st person singular. The use of 2nd person plural makes it clear that Saunders is addressing the audience directly and that he wants them to think, take action and be responsible.