Booker's Graduation Speech

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Booker took his chance in addressing at the Atlanta Exposition as the essential opportunities in sharing his thoughts about the race problem. Therefore, he composed it cautiously. He was the first African-American to address in front of the white audiences about race relation. In his speech he used the analogy “Cast down the bucket where you are” to express his opinion. What he meant by this was the friendly cooperative work between two races, just as the friendly ship alerted the distressed ship to cast down the bucket right there to take fresh water from the mouth of the Amazon which meeting. He wanted to notify the people of his own race to cast down to making friends with the whites, to great agriculture, mechanics, and in professional

I have the distinct pleasure of welcoming all of you into the National Honor Society, a group built off of high standards of achievement, not only in the area of academics but also in character and leadership. I congratulate each of you and your parents.

Is it possible to fix the relationship between two teams, friend, and races for just a few days? What about convincing a gathering of persons divided and with prejudice and racial discrimination over many years to live and work side by side? It some how seems unreasonable but maybe is it not. Nevertheless, ignoring the traditional notions concerning the taxing relationship between whites and blacks, Booker T. Washington, through The Atlanta Exposition Address from Up from Slavery Chapter 14, notices the importance of mutual progress regardless of the conflicts or challenges the races had before. Booker T. Washington was a prominent educator and the lone founder of Tuskegee National and Industrial Institute. In his speech, Washington makes use of rhetorical devices like repetition and metaphor, pathos and logos to support the collaboration between the white race and the black race to promote the development of the financial success within the South. In this particular speech, he opts to caution his fellow blacks against a feeling of claim to accompany their new attained freedom, while at the same time soothing his audience of whites that the eradication of oppression and servitude is nothing to be worried about, since the whites and blacks have similar mutual objectives in pursuing the renaissance of the South.

“The Atlanta Compromise” is one of the most important speeches delivered in American History when it comes to relations between the African American and Southern White races. The speech was delivered by Booker T. Washington, a very famous, passionate orator for the Black community, who believed that the African American community should rise to equality with Whites gradually under the umbrella of segregation. Through this speech he embodied his beliefs of gradual equality, also known as gradualism. The speech gained praise from both races afterward and gave great reasoning used to help the issue of segregation both during Washington’s lifetime and after.

Booker T. Washington’s speech “Atlanta Compromise” stressed on the importance of economics. Washington argued that blacks’ need for education and economic progress were foremost the important. He believed that blacks should focus on learning industrial skills for better wages. I believe his political views were shaped based on the way he was raised, Booker T. Washington was born into slavery on a southern plantation. His political positions were based on how blacks should focus on raising themselves through their labor work and to rather accept the discrimination that they received. In his speech he mentions the phrase “Cast down your bucket”, this hold strong importance because throughout the speech he stresses the powerful meaning that white men should be able to trust a black man. Washington wants white men to understand that black men are the ones who never get anything in return for doing jobs for white men, while they do these hard labor jobs it turns out successful. I believe that this what Booker T. Washington wanted, he wanted recognition for black men doing these hard labor jobs to one day earn better wages. Booker T. Washington wanted to please white men and white society to not cause a stir during the civil rights movement.

Hello Everyone! My name is Carolyn, a recently divorced mom of a beautiful 11 year old daughter and a feisty, but adorable, 13 week old kitten. I am currently working on my last few pre-requisites before applying to TCC Nursing Program. It is so wonderful to be here with you all. Good luck on a successful

Thomas Jefferson High School welcomes a new addition to the English department, Jennifer Stephenson. Stephenson, who student taught with former English teacher and current CCT teacher, Matthew Santambrogio, now teaches Honors Introduction to Literature (Intro to Lit) and Composition and AP Language and Composition. “Ms. Stephenson definitely has a passion about the subject,” commented Santambrogio, “she is really involved and she is really cognizant of what she is teaching.”

I’m writing this letter to you to let you know what to expect for your sophomore year. I will be giving you some advice for some of the classes you will have to take in 10th grade. It is your second year in highschool and you still have a while till you graduate so you still have to try your best. So the classes we will be talking about is English 10 with Mrs. Ladwigs, Speech with Mr. Oakander, Health with Miss Maresh, Spanish 2 with Miss Messerer, Fitness training (weight lifting) with Mr. Worm, Economic and Business Law with Miss Gestring, Geography and American History with Mr. Vanwinkle, Biology with Mr. Carmichael, and Geometry with Backstrom. I am going to give you some tips to help you in those classes.

Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the United States and other places all over the world. Throughout all the years of basketball there have been some very talented players that have become superstars in the basketball world. Between all these fantastic players, everybody has to have their favorites. For example, my three favorite basketball players are Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, and Steve Nash. These three basketball players are some of the most talented players to ever play the game.

When dealing with different races like Hispanic and black students we are less likely than a white student parent that will attend general meeting or school events I’m not saying just because you are this race you aren’t going to attend meeting for your child, I’m saying that dealing with other races you might see a lot of them attending the meeting but that doesn’t mean they don’t care about their child education. Because they do in “2012, 85 percent of black, and 86 percent of Hispanic students had parents who attended a general meeting”, then you have to compare “Sixty-eight percent of Black, and 64 percent of Hispanic students had a parent who attended school event,” as you can see there is a lot of different numbering when dealing with parents and students of different races I don’t have a reason why these parents did not attend any meeting but it could be several reason why like transportation, not involved, non- English so cannot understand. there is many reasons and valuables to why they didn’t attend but it still doesn’t have any proof that it truly effects child education. “In a study that was cited by the SEDL by meta- analysis, the Gutman and Midgely (2002)” when they had examined on many factors that involved combination of research, of parent and school involvement had a strong effect on grades of low-income African American students.

It is my privilege to write this letter of recommendation for Madeline Garza. I have had the pleasure of teaching Madeline in my Honors Geometry class as a freshman, Honors Calculus as a senior and also coaching Madeline on the Centurionette Drill team. Before beginning high school, Madeline was home schooled. As a freshman, Madeline adjusted to the rigor of the typical high school program with ease. Although she was not the most outspoken, she was extremely hardworking and dedicated. Her work was always turned in on time and impeccably neat. That year, I also got to coach Madeline on the Drill team. During this time, Madeline’s inclusive and friendly personality really shined. Although she decided that the Drill team was not for her, she followed through with her commitment and left a long lasting impression on the team.

You held on tight to me from the get go and told me that I would be okay. You allowed me to unapologetically be me. You held my hand and guided me through college. You taught me right from wrong. I enjoyed the laughs we shared, the games we played and the times we helped others in need. You introduced me to lifelong friends and mentors. You taught me who I was and where I came from. You pushed me when I was too scared to move on my own. You gave me a lending ear and we even shares a few tears. You shared secrets with me and kept a few of my own. You taught me what hard work was. You didn't try to make me someone else but instead helped me become a better me. You gave me a sense of belonging. You always greeted me with a smiling face. You feed me well. You gave me opportunities I couldn't get anywhere else. You made a huge impact in my life.

“There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone’s life.” (Mary Rose McGeady). A quote that accurately depicts a shared ideology among those in the profession of Social Work. The quote portrays a mutual belief among Social Workers and gives the profession a motivating appeal to the importance of helping others. Even through the tremendous impact the helping profession, Social Work, has had on multiple of groups and individuals, it is been looked down upon by many with the lack of credit attributed which only has led to problems among the profession such as monopoly, lack of education and low pay being ignored.

I am a student of Booker T. Washington High School. I think it’s awesome how you wrote us this letter about your school and its history. It was very interesting to hear about your school and the way it is operated.