High School Persuasive Speech

Throughout high school, I harbored a deep admiration for debate and dreamed of joining the team. Its quintessence of ideals in rational argument, tolerance for conflicting points of view, and rigorous self-examination appealed strongly to me. Yet simple things, like pronouncing a word wrong or having an accent, were enough to hold me back. Thus, I passed through my high school years unnoticed.

Hello, my name is Susan Stewart. I am a member of the Wheatland High School Grad Night Committee. The committee is comprised of Volunteers who plan and facilitate the Safe and Sober Grad Night event for Wheatland High School graduates. Committee members are meeting with local community businesses and leaders like yourself, to ask if they would be interested in supporting an event aimed at keeping our local teens safe on such a celebratory night.

I am sure that everyone of you have heard about aliens and UFOs. Indeed, we all have heard about the famous case of aliens and UFOs in Roswell, New Mexico. Most people might be interested in the topic of aliens, but I know that the majority of you just think of it as rumours and the existence of them are impossible. Therefore, I am standing here in front all of you to make you change your perspective. I am strongly confident that I have found the evidence of their real existence to convince all of you.

In my first tournament, out of 100 debaters, I placed 4th. With two weeks of preparation, I managed to powerfully and persuasively relay my viewpoints while eclipsing three-fourths of my competition. I realized that not only did I enjoy debating, but I found my niche.

“Ms.rosa, this is the eighth time your brother has gotten into a fight with mason and I just need to say that this can not be tolerated! Every fight, he has flipped tables, thrown chair and broken windows, the only thing is that your brother has not explained what exactly happened.”

Middle school is a weird time for everyone I am pretty sure. The three-year time period is filled with hormones, drama, and stinky boys who have yet to learn the wonders of deodorant. You find friends, lose friends, everyone begins to get their first phones, you start “dating”, and you gain a whole new taste of freedom that you never had before that first day. All is which to be expected, but the one thing you can not prepare an 11-year-old girl, who has lived in a tight perfect bubble her whole life, for is the death of someone close to you, someone you have looked up to for over half of your short life.

With the classic top-down, the kids are joking, passing the marijuana joints around and drowning their senses with beer, completely unconcerned that everyone can see them. To the people passing, it looks like a bunch of delinquent high school kids on drugs out looking for trouble. None of them the least bit concerned that at any given moment, a simple phone call to local law enforcement and their little party is over, and instead of heading to a festivity, accompanied to jail.

Have you served in a war? Has your father or mother served in a war? How about your grandpa? As we honor those who have served we typically do so by standing for the pledge of allegiance or star spangled banner. We say thank you to our war heroes or we go and visit them and listen to their stories. In this paper I will be discussing why NFL players should not be allowed to kneel for the flag. Although the NFL players have the right to peacefully protest, they should find a different way than kneeling as it shows disrespect towards the flag also active duty military and veterans, it teaches young children this behavior is okay, what they are protesting has nothing to do with the flag and there are many different ways to get their message out.

Time flies in the blink of an eye and going into freshman year most of the class of 2018 can agree that’s exactly what time did. Freshman year is when the excitement arrives. We wonder what our highschool experiences are going to be and start becoming shaped into young adults. Sophomore year we get into the flow of high school, we have a group of people we associate with and are pretty comfortable. Everything seems normal and we aren’t too anxious to leave our safe bubble.

As the 2017-2018 school year begins, we welcome you to Westview and encourage you and your child to participate in any and all the upcoming events planned for the year. Student functions are a great way for the class to bond and for students to meet new people. We, Audrey and Brooke, the freshman Co-Class Presidents, are extremely eager and thrilled to embark on this year and all of the events and activities that it has in store. Over the summer, we have been preparing for one of the biggest school events,     uniting the class to build the freshman homecoming float!

Walking into the stadium the screaming is like a train trudging through. Straight ahead i can see through the people at the 8 mats surrounded by the hard, green seats Each mat is a different color from schools all around Minnesota. There are 3 sections of seating the main floor and then two smaller cushioned sections above. As I look to the left there is a mom screaming jumping up and down in tears because her unranked son just beat the 6th ranked guy. I can also point out the father of the young man that lost that match, his face is blank he can't believe what has just happened. On the mat straight ahead there are two of the best wrestlers in the state going head to head for a spot in the finals. One of them had his head wrapped in what used

Almost a year ago, there was a young boy by the name of Jose who caused a lot of commotion in my community. Jose was a student who attended a middle school right down the street from my high school. Although, Jose and I never met, we did have a few things in common. We both grew up in a low income community, we both walked home from school and we both had big dreams and aspirations. One day, as Jose was walking home from school he was brutally murdered. The person who assaulted Jose was looking to take his phone and money which he didn’t have, so instead he took his life.

High school is a vulnerable time for anybody. We all have been there. It is when people are changing and different friend groups are formed, and you might be a part of a group if you are lucky. However, if you are not so lucky and left out of the in-crowd then your picture might as well not even show up in the yearbook. For me, I have felt invisible in high school on multiple occasions. The first time is when I did not start on the football team. My coach overlooked all my hard work and effort that I had put in just to play even a mere minute at the varsity game on Friday nights. The next occurrence is when I had a crush on this cheerleader for months. I tried everything to get her attention but she always seemed to ignore me for an older and better looking senior. Feeling like you are not good enough and being overlooked is the worst way to live. It hurts more than physical pain. There is no hope besides graduating and moving on to a different stage in your life where you can at least attempt to be finally seen and recognized. I believe the character in the song “Invisible” by Robert Medici is a depressed high schooler that represents most the insecurities that the young high school population has.

They pass you in the hallway like a cold wind you feel the presence but you don’t see a face to the body. A body in the shadows unwilling to be recognized. Any slight acknowledgement of existence is unimaginable to the shadow. This shadow is not the darkness in a white wall this shadow is a person with warmth to a hand and a beating heart like any other. The only difference is that this young soul has never been in a world so massive with all different types of people with different styles and personalities. A new universe was opened.

For example, using a leftover coffee can for loose nails or screws, or even washing and reusing a plastic zip-loc bag instead of throwing it in the garbage. Thrift shopping is a way of reusing someone else’s unwanted goods. As I spoke about in an earlier speech about thrifting, I included many locations and ways to thrift, also the benefits to the shopper and the donator. One place in particular was shopping at the local boys and girls club. I personally shop there, keeping my eyes open for a good deal. For example, the pair of jeans that I am wearing today was purchased from this store just a few months ago. I paid only $8.00 for this pair of Lucky Jeans and according to buckle.com, a retailer for lucky jeans the retail price is $99.00 that is a savings to me of $91.00.I am not the type to worry about name brands, but quality usually does cost more. If I can get a quality pair of jeans at a fraction on the price, I am glad to shop at the thrift store. I am thankful to the person that made the donation of the lucky jeans and they can benefit from that donation. According to the IRS webpage, IRS. Gov it explains that an individual can donate items like clothing, household furniture and furnishings, a car or boat, even taxidermy. The donations are appraised, by the donator, and recorded. At the time of filing taxes if the donation equals at least $500 for the year, the donator may take advantage of the