Graduation Speech : Life Long Learning

Audience Assignment At a young age, about two or three years old, children are taught by teachers or parents to learn how to spell their name. At that moment in my life, that was my biggest worry because I had trouble learning how to spell my name. It was six measly and easy letters to write in two large dotted lines. Nevertheless, I was able to concur that task in a time span of a week and a half, but its funny because in that moment in time I thought I wouldn’t be able to concur the task presented

graduating from the eighth-grade the completion of public schooling for many. In her memoir “Graduation Day,” Maya Angelou describes the events and excitement leading up to and including her eighth-grade graduation ceremony. The events that take place at her graduation transform Angelou’s views of her education in a profound manner. The value Angelou places on her education increases throughout the events of her graduation. Angelou’s value of education strengthens when her community celebrates and encourages

in attendance in his speech to the class of 2005 of Stanford University came from a middle class family and had dreams of making an impact on the world. After a long, brutal fight with Pancreatic cancer Steve Jobs at the age of 56 passed away, leaving behind a legacy like no other. In a short time he accomplished and experienced much more than what most people of his age. With accomplishments regarding his involvement in Apple and Pixar Jobs’ in the eyes of many lived a life enviable to millions

While I understand why David Foster Wallace makes his argument, I believe that college does prepare you for life and gives you the knowledge and skills to become a well-adjusted person. It is the college experience that allows a person to really learn about themselves. I do not believe that anything is wrong with being self-centered and focusing on yourself. Being consumed with yourself does not necessarily mean that you have no awareness of what going on in the world or have limited ability to

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In my last speech I joked around about my dad and his degree in mathematics as a computer technician saying that it was such an odd match up; but in reality, it couldn’t have worked out better. Though the concept of math does not directly apply to his current position; he still utilizes the deep analytical skills that he obtained during his years of calculus to solve problem solving issues that arise with the computers. Education has value in many respects, ranging from the social connections that

A friend once told me about his life changing event, an event that shaped who he is today. He also explained that almost everyone seems to have that type of event at some time in their life. At this point in my life, I don’t have a major event which has changed me or shaped me drastically. However, I have had an event which meant a lot to me and strengthened many things which I had already believed. What was your high school graduation class size? Maybe somewhere from 50-500? Well my class had 4

In the first week of the second semester starts on my long road of potentially becoming a teacher. My Educational Psychology class had me thinking and analyzing the issues in the world specifically education. I have always known that there are issues in the world of education but I didn’t know some of the issues are close to home such as our community of De Pere. The issues, conversations we talked about included the high rates of poverty in children, America’s drum major instinct, and the opportunity

gave a unique commencement speech to the 2005 graduating class at Kenyon College. This is Water was not a typical commencement speech a person would except to hear at a college graduation. Nonetheless, Wallace’s speech help deliver the reality of how a typical adult life goes. It helped me realize that paying attention to others is vitally important The video to “This Is Water” had a different and unique approach to sending an extremely important message. Wallace’s speech talked about changing a

A rite of passage is ceremony that marks a person's transition from a role to another life or status. There are three stages in a rate of passage. Three stages of rites of passage are; Segregation, transition, and incorporation. Early stage, segregation is the phase of preparing to leave everything behind. Second stage, transition starts when the person is becoming his or her new self and learning the new role. Very last stage, incorporation begins when person reintegrates into his or her society