A Rhetorical Analysis Of A Speech By Dr. Lepage

I think the speech I connected with the most in the opening ceremony was the main speech given by Dr. Marie LePage. It was not the whole speech, just one paragraph. Doctor LePage said that even though she had all this expertise in her field, sometimes she had this doubt that she belonged there with her colleagues, or even that she did not know she was doing. I missed a large portion of the next part of the speech because I was stuck ruminating on this confession of Dr. LePage. I had been struggling with much the same thoughts in my art courses. I am not new to the art world, I have taken many art classes in high school and a lot of after school activities, so I have a healthy understanding for my college level of art, but still, in my art courses I feel like I am faking being good at art or I don’t know what I’m doing.
After all, I am only eighteen and I am making decisions that will effect my whole life, who am I to decide? Dr. LePage says much the same thing in her speech. This honesty of hers really helped me to see that as humans we all have this overwhelming doubt, this confidence destroying brainstorm no matter our age or, skill level. Dr. LePage gave some advice to quiet down this doubt. She said to go out, tell ourselves to hush and just do what we do. So, in the spirit of this advice, next week I am going to be firm and declare major in Fine