Rick And Dick Hoyt Essay
Biography Speech
Biography: rick and Dick Hoyt
General Purpose: To Inform
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience on the amazing love and perseverance of Rick and Dick Hoyt.
Central Idea: Rick and Dick Hoyt have lived an extra ordinary life and have a story that has inspired many
Introduction
I. Attention material
A. The dictionary defines Agape love as; a selfless love of one person for another.
B. This type of love puts all self ambition aside and does what is best for the other person at any costs.
II. Orienting Material
A. Today I want to share with you the story of a father and son who in my opinion epitomize the definition of agape love.
Transition: If you were to see Rick and Dick Hoyt out an about on any given …show more content…
According to the Team Hoyt website, in October of 2013; Rick was born to Dick and Judy Hoyt in 1962.
A. As a result of oxygen depravation during childbirth was diagnosed with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy.
B. Cerebral palsy is a neurological disorder that that effect body movement and muscle coordination.
C. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Rick had the most severe type of cerebral palsy. It is often accompanied by severe intellectual disabilities.
D. Rick’s doctors had advised Dick and Judy to put Rick in an institution for the rest of his life, because he would only be vegetable and didn’t stand a chance at living a normal life.
Transition: His parents refused, stating they could tell he was bright boy by the looks in his eyes, and in few short years they were going to find out just what an amazing young man rick was.
II. In 1972 a group of engineers from Tufts University in Massachusetts, designed an interactive computer for Rick.
A. The computer consisted of a cursor that continuously highlighted each letter of the alphabet and a head piece attached to his wheel chair that would stop the cursor on the letter of Rick’s choice when he tapped the piece with his
Biography: rick and Dick Hoyt
General Purpose: To Inform
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience on the amazing love and perseverance of Rick and Dick Hoyt.
Central Idea: Rick and Dick Hoyt have lived an extra ordinary life and have a story that has inspired many
Introduction
I. Attention material
A. The dictionary defines Agape love as; a selfless love of one person for another.
B. This type of love puts all self ambition aside and does what is best for the other person at any costs.
II. Orienting Material
A. Today I want to share with you the story of a father and son who in my opinion epitomize the definition of agape love.
Transition: If you were to see Rick and Dick Hoyt out an about on any given …show more content…
According to the Team Hoyt website, in October of 2013; Rick was born to Dick and Judy Hoyt in 1962.
A. As a result of oxygen depravation during childbirth was diagnosed with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy.
B. Cerebral palsy is a neurological disorder that that effect body movement and muscle coordination.
C. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Rick had the most severe type of cerebral palsy. It is often accompanied by severe intellectual disabilities.
D. Rick’s doctors had advised Dick and Judy to put Rick in an institution for the rest of his life, because he would only be vegetable and didn’t stand a chance at living a normal life.
Transition: His parents refused, stating they could tell he was bright boy by the looks in his eyes, and in few short years they were going to find out just what an amazing young man rick was.
II. In 1972 a group of engineers from Tufts University in Massachusetts, designed an interactive computer for Rick.
A. The computer consisted of a cursor that continuously highlighted each letter of the alphabet and a head piece attached to his wheel chair that would stop the cursor on the letter of Rick’s choice when he tapped the piece with his