Tradition has it that a commencement speech typically contains life advice, vision of the future, words of wisdom, lesson of life, ideas to succeed. David Foster Wallace, however, has a unique way of giving his own commencement speech. In 2005, at Kenyon’s College graduating class of 2005, he began his commencement speech with the story of two young fish confused when being asked how the water is by a wise old fish. Which explains that sometimes realities are often the ones that are the hardest to see and talk about. His speech contain mostly about reality in life and how to overcome it by changing the way of thinking. By using example as his explanation,…
The speech was delivered by Dr. David Dockery, the President of Trinity International University on November 10, 2016 at 7pm in the Belin Chapel of Houston Baptist University. He started with an opening remarks and appreciation to the Board of Houston Baptist University. He proceeded to explain how religion has been used as a form of identify in 1950s in United States of America. He stated that in the 1950s immigrants’ identify themselves by the denomination they belong. He explained that there were three major denomination, the Catholic, Presbyterian and Jews. He said immigrants’ were encourage to change their language to English but not their religion.…
As we consider the various constituencies of the Republican Party, we should keep in mind that a political party is a fluid entity, and often cannot be neatly categorized. Many voters will fall into more than one voting constituency described. It is fairly common, for instance, for a voter to exist somewhere in between the Christian Right and the "Yellow Dog" groups. That is, they highly value the Republican Party as their political home, yet they share many of the ideas of the Christian Right. It is useful to consider the following constituencies as voting "tendencies" rather that neat boxes in which to place voters.…
As Texas' governor, Rick Perry did not have a great record on race-based issues. He signed into law the controversial voter-ID bill which disproportionately burdened minorities trying to vote. He also advocated immigration policies that discriminated against Latinos. Most recently, he weighed in on the question of whether states should remove the Confederate flag from government property by saying that was a matter for the states, effectively dodging taking a real stand on an important issue. Overall, Rick Perry is the last person anyone expected to talk about race in a compassionate and inclusive way.…
Some of the things that I agree with on the republican side is their stance on abortion and gun control. I agree that things such as Planned Parenthood should be shut down. I feel as if a person should not be able to abort a baby just because they want to. There are better options such as adoption, for people to turn to rather than just getting rid of a baby…
After days of speculation, Senator Ted Cruz will announce today at his afternoon rally in Indianapolis, Indiana that he has chosen former GOP rival Carly Fiorina to be his running mate should he manage to win the Republican nomination, according to a close source familiar with the plan.…
John Coyle the speaker of my Ted Talk talked about strengths and weaknesses. Coyle encouraged his audience to focus more on their strengths rather that their weaknesses. Coyle believed that if a person worked too long to improve their weaknesses, then it is obvious that they can’t improve those weaknesses, and should move on to focusing on their strengths. Therefore, the best thing to do is to move on to building up their strengths, because they can surely improve their strengths. According to the author of the book The Other Wes Moore, Wes never took the time to focus on his weaknesses in school. Wes focused on what he thought as an easy way to make money by selling drugs. He had a strength to manage,…
I haven’t stopped running since May of 2013, and truth be told, I’m getting kind of tired of it. Not of the sweat, the fact that my legs are constantly sore, the nuisance of cycling all of my workout clothes through the wash every week, or even the fact that I still look like the skinniest guy in the gym. No, I’m getting tired of all the other baggage that’s come with it.…
Political parties have many more things that are bad about them than good. They are mostly an organized attempt to obtain power; they are…
The GOP was a corrupt party that I am ashamed to be apart of. I was lured in by hopes of activity, military growth, and stability. However, this all came crashing down in the first few days.…
Good morning everyone today I will talk about why Donald Trump should not be elected president of the United States. I think Donald Trump will never be elected president of U.S.A as he is making all of these crazy ideas like proposing to build a wall between Mexico and America and making Mexico pay for it. He also always thinks he is correct and has a hard time admitting that he is wrong. He plans to ban all Muslims until he knows what is going on and better security precautions are made.…
According to their actions, Republicans have no problem with the use of force the state to run runaway around the world, dominating and distorting the economies and cultures of other societies. Do not send a ball of individuals to do so. The Republicans have no problem with the use of force the state to imprison millions of people, mostly young black or Latino. No problem with the use of force the state to force women to give birth against their will. Not to mention because that would take forever, that all these determined individuals who oppose government handouts muzzle get into the trough at the time of tendering contracts for a new defense systems, and bigger prisons.…
All republicans share the same ideal of a limited government. Most Americans know this about the Republican Party but they do not know is the stances that the party takes on current political issues. Specifically, the Republican Party believes that there should be unlimited private funding for campaigns. Also, the party does not want any additional taxations on citizens. This is because republicans believe that there are already enough taxes. Also they believe that there should be little to no descriptions for gun owners because the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution protects gun owner’s rights. In addition, the Republican platform supports abortion and immigration restrictions. In order to improve the wellbeing of the citizens, the republicans believe that all children should receive a quality education. They also believe that job creation is needed in order to keep the economy growing and thriving (“Republican Platform”). All these stances are thought to be conservative because the views support traditional values and show that the republicans are more cautious about change in America. The republicans believe that their ideals and stances are going to make life better for the citizens of the United States. Politicians, are not the only people who can affiliate with the party there is also the voters who can affiliate with the…
Hello, I am Reagan and welcome to Livin the Life. How is everyone? I hope you guys are having a great time. I have come to talk to you about two little girls named Leah and Suzy. Well Suzy is a ordinary American girl while Leah is not. The problem was Leah knows nobody and is living in a refugee camp after she was rescued from the Nazis. And we'll there was a problem, knew nobody and is at a refugee camp after she was rescued and brought to America and does not eat the she is given and she gets sick and nearly dies. I bet you all are asking well when did this happen well it happened in August 5, 1944. Well where is it at, it is at a refugee camp where Leah is staying. And well, Leah is there because she is a refugee. She is a refugee because…
Conan O’Brien gave his commencement speech at Dartmouth in 2011, congratulating the graduating class and imparting a few words of wisdom.During his speech, he appealed mostly to pathos and ethos, being as this was a commencement speech, there wasn’t very much need to appeal to logos using stats or facts. He used pathos to appeal to the graduating students by telling about his falling out with NBC and how he came back to fame with his talk show on TBS. He said “I am here to tell you that whatever you think your dream is now, it will probably change. And that’s okay.” When saying that, he was telling them that it’s okay to be faced with failure or a change of plans, that it’s not the end of the world. He talked about failure and whether you fear it, or not, you will at some point be faced with disappointment. Through the use of his personal stories of struggle, failure, and success, he appeals to the emotions. But even throughout these stories, he would still sometimes slip in a humorous line to keep it light hearted and not too gloomy, which a commencement speech should all but not be.…