Captain's Niner Speech

Tuck Northrop should receive the Beard Award because I truly cannot think of a person who is as caring and kind as he is and also excels in so many areas. I’m a junior at Fairfield Ludlowe High School, and though Tuck is not one of my academic teachers, he coaches me in both the fall and spring on our high school sailing team.

Patrick Henry was a prominent lawyer, politician, and orator in colonial America, representing Hanover County, Virginia in the Second Virginia Convention and Virginia in the Second Continental Congress (history.org). He is most well known for his proposition to the convention concerning the institution of a standing army to defend Virginia, and his speech given in defense of said proposition wherein he boldly challenged the crown to “Give me liberty, or give me death” (historicstjohnschurch.org).

These three speeches The Declaration Independence, Patrick Henry, and “From Subjects to Citizens”, had basically the same interpretation. In Patrick Henry's speech he mainly was trying to convince the delegates to secede from Britain; moreover, to fight back against them. The Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal and are entitled to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." "From Subjects to Citizens", people are not always sure they have the power or resources they need to make decisions or to act. The government does not give everybody a chance to express their feeling about what's going on around them.

In the document Chief Sharitarish on Changes in Indian Life (1822), Chief Sharitarish addressed President Monroe as “my Great Father”. He used flattering statements when referring to Americans, such as “good chiefs” and “good people”. The chief was wise enough to know that insulting Monroe’s people would not have rendered a positive result for the sparing of the Pawnees’ land and needs that he went to Monroe to petition for. Surely, the chief could not have thought of the whites, who were trying to take their land and livelihood, as good.

Sophocles wrote, “I call God to witness that if I saw my country headed for ruin, I should not be afraid to speak out plainly.” Patrick Henry shares Sophocles’s sentiments in his Speech to the Second Virginia Convention, in which he seeks support from his colleagues to save his country from the hands of the English king. In Sophocles’s play Antigone, Antigone challenges a rule in order to lay her brother to rest. Conversely, in Dudley Randall’s poem, “Ballad of Birmingham,” a mother does not allow her daughter to take a stand against the government. It is appropriate to take a stand when the authorities are against the best interests of the majority of the people.

On January 18, 2016, I took part in the Martin Luther King Junior Day of Learning at Capital University. I attended the opening convocation amongst other students in Mees Hall in the Conservatory of Music. The Gay S. Steele Keynote speaker was Terrance Roberts, who was a member of the Little Rock Nine. This means that he was among the first nine African American children to attend a primarily white school after desegregation. He dedicated his life to dealing with the injustices that he and other African Americans faced. He was a historic civil rights activist and a very successful man overall. Terrance Roberts served as a representative to the African American population and gave powerful insights based

LAWRENCEVILLE Ga. – On the heels of her third-consecutive collegiate tournament win, dating back to last year’s Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships, junior Centenary Ladies golfer Jessica Varner garnered SCAC Golfer of the Week honors for the second consecutive time.

Congratulations I.J.! On receiving the first ever Richmond Flying Squirrels Spirit Award. I wish I could have been there in person to see you get this award. After seeing all of the former and current Squirrels players talking about how much you mean to them makes realizes how lucky I am to have you as my brother. Congratulations again and see you

I attended the Constitution Day assembly on September 15, 2016. I receive a large amount of information from Cezar E. McKnight’s lecture. Honestly, I ignorant to several laws before I heard Mr. McKnight’s speech. This assembly was very informative and it is one of the most relevant assemblies I have experience since my matriculation at Claflin.

“Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad”, a

In 7th grade, my friends and I discussed trying out for the golf team and imagined it would be an exciting task to venture. The previous summer, I had gone to the golf course and practiced a generous amount of time on my game and I believed I would be skilled

I believe we will be celebrating for a long time! Huge win for us cubie fans:)

We all look out for each other no matter whether it’s good or bad. For example, when I say that I mean we watch each other's houses when they are gone on vacation , if the person is sick we try to help out the person maybe even get them soup or the medicine that they may need, and when it snows we are all out there shoveling each other’s drive ways . It's a very loving and caring environment to be a part of, I am blessed to be involved to a group that has such excellent and selfless

This summer I competed at the 2016 PDGA Amateur and Junior Disc Golf World Championships. From planning, to competing the whole experience is one that I will remember fondly for the rest of my life.

Two great chiefs, Tecumseh and Seattle, attempted to address the U.S. government's negligence against the Native American tribes, who preceded the very men who ignore their needs. Chief Seattle delivers a speech to President Pierce in 1855, and in it contrasts nature and artificial cities. “There is no quiet place in man’s cities, no place to hear the leaves of spring or the rustle of insect wings. But perhaps because I am a savage and do not understand, the clatter only seems to insult the ears.” (Seattle). He uses imagery to describe the delicacy of nature to the crude artificialness of “man’s cities”, and provide a greater understanding of how their lives differ. Chief Seattle knows that the President, just like all other white me, has preconceptions about Native Americans. He most likely believes them to be too simplistic for white society, and even more so fears them. He already knows that white men perceive them as savages and acknowledges this in his speech in a repetitive manner saying, “but we are just savages and do not understand” (Seattle) three times. Chief Seattle despite knowing all of this, still attempts to get the white people to understand, because he doesn’t want the two peoples, white and red, to live in fear of the other. He wants them to change their ways, and stop destroying the Earth. He want’s both the Tribes and the white men to become co inhabitants and stop fighting for the sake of land. He is aiming for mutual respect and understanding, if not