Failure is an essential step to success. This is what my life motto has become, for no failure is wasted effort, but a mere prelude to success. Back in Junior year one of our biggest projects to get done was a Graduation Worthy Portfolio Presentation (GWPP), which, as the name suggests, is a presentation that counts as a graduation requirement. The presentation entailed my argument for King v. Burwell, and how the decision has improved U.S. healthcare. Merely looking for sources to derive my thesis statement upon was excruciating, especially due to the recent conclusion of the court case in early 2015. It was very difficult to find verified information that I could use to support my argument. Gathering sources took up the most of my time, followed by the tedious process of creating three claims to further develop my thesis statement. Despite all of this, my mentor checked my paper and gave it full marks, which meant I was more than ready to face a panel for GWPP. …show more content…
Having formulated the first claim, I had to cut corners in order to create the next claim, which was in entirety, the same argument simply worded in a different manner. I steeled my resolve and started sweating bullets outside the presentation room, waiting for my panel of teachers to call me up for presentations, while I paced up and down the hallway reciting the facts of the court case as well as my arguments while cringing at the thought of failing because of my second
I also prepared my arguments beforehand. I then supported each of my claims or claims by solid arguments based on factual and objective.
The message I will be conveying is the importance of embracing failure. My role will be myself as I understand myself the best. The audience addressed will be my fellow classmates. In the format of a speech.
Thomas Edison -- the inventor of the light bulb -- failed 1,000 times before perfecting his design. Why should we raise a young person, a student no less, to a higher standard than America’s greatest inventor? The nation pushes people forward, telling each individual that they are not allowed to be unsuccessful. This causes a multitude of people unnecessary stress; there is no longer a “good enough,” one could always do better. However, one shouldn’t be required to always do better; according to Zinsser, we need to “take a hundred side trips . . . Faltering, drawing back, and starting again” in order to find our purpose. “Failure” isn’t a dreadful word -- it is a valuable one that holds no venom in its
I represented the Affirmative side in our recent court case, as I supported Philip and opposed the Negative side, who supported Ms. Narwin. Our main points included the following: Miss Narwin had a personal issue with Philip and that is why she acted so cruelly towards him, Miss Narwin started the entire ordeal and was the real disturbance, and finally Philip had the right to hum in class due to the First Amendment. The opposition had several points as well, such as Philip was being disruptive, he twisted the story in his favor, and he was kindly asked to stop but repeatedly defied the teacher. We showed the fault in these counterpoints through rebuttal. Philip was not being disruptive, as just humming along to the national anthem should be
The inclusion of himself as an example reassures the audience that there’s much more to come and that after the difficulties, opportunities always rise as he has gone through the same struggles that they might be facing at this time. He does not want them to worry as typically not all students have a job right as they graduate, some may even need a graduate degree. Moving on through the speech, his tone changes to passionate. He instructed to “Fail big… You only live once, so do what you feel passionate about, take chances professionally” (Washington). This is where he instructs to make big mistakes but to only grow from them and dare to do things differently. It may seem completely controversial to advise them of failing, however, through his experience, he realizes that it takes unpredictable failure to lead to success. Near the end, he revives encouragement, especially to be unique as “The only way to do it was to go outside the box,” (Washington), meaning that exploring new means of achieving greatness is not wrong. These tone shifts are quite essential as they help build up onto the students’ emotions and make the speech more lively and applicable to daily life.
Feeling like a failure is common among young adults, especially those in college. I've been coping with several failures this past year, most of which stemmed from ignoring my intuition and my rebel against western medicine. However, I’ve come to realize that acknowledging defeat and mindfully moving forward is the first step towards creating a life of success.
While discussing the strategy for Stu Beckman's case, it was evident that our decisions were bound by the insight gleaned during the client interview with Stu. Stu’s responses guided our decision-making process because we had to consider what he wanted out of the dispute, including the probability of gathering information and documents to strengthen the case and minimise the impact of any weaknesses.
During your presentation you need to state your claim, support your claim, provide reasons, and summarize your argument for it to be successful.
The briefing periods before this Court and the Supreme Court petition took up significant time counsel would have otherwise devoted to other cases. As a result, this case had a material impact on counsel’s legal practice as a solo practitioner with limited resources.
Claim(s) 1-15 are not fairly based because they travel beyond the subject matter described in the specification.
I was successful on doing a presentation i was really good on speaking and my presentations slides on buffalo was good. I was successful on some parts in others i just failed. If i knew i was not going to get
Finally, you need to make sure that your version of the truth explains away the story that the prosecution is building. You need to break down the prosecution’s story and show how their viewpoint of the truth is flawed
My strongest claim suggested that killing can be justified under certain circumstances. No one objected directly to this claim, they agreed there are occasions when killing is okay. However, it could be suggested that killing is immoral and goes against religious beliefs which makes it a weak claim. However, my weakest claim suggested that if the man was an organ donor and gave his consent then it was okay for the surgeon to kill him. The objection to this claim stated, that the process of transplantation is a “waiting game” and it is one thing for people to want to donate their organs, but they should not be murdered to expedite the process. I used more normative claims rather than descriptive claims. For example, I suggested that killing
As a young child, I quickly accepted that I would fail at things. I did not like failing, thus, I had to know how to learn from failure. Thus, I accept my shortcomings, but know that I need to understand my mistakes to improve myself. Karen Collias, Founder of Knowledge Without Boarders, says, “In the global knowledge economy, failure is an accepted part of doing business. Think about ideas and products that changed the world – the pathways to these successes are strewn with failures. Each failure offered a priceless opportunity for learning,” Therefore, advancement from failure eventually leads to success. To conclude, colleges should teach students to persevere through