By Dr. Michael E. Dyson
In the speech that Dr. Dyson had spoken, he had made some very strong points about what people with education should do. He touched on everything you could think of that was important. He once said in his speech “You can throw up the hood but don’t let the hood rest on your shoulders.” Its many people out there that have a decent education, but still lack common sense and that would try to help their “friends” who didn’t go out and get an education. They will never forget where they stayed at but have more friends when they come back then they actually left with. Those are not real friends they are using them to get what they instead of going out and getting an education for themselves so they can be successful for themselves.
Another quote from the speech is “Don’t make the same mistake as grown people make; make your own.” It’s people every day saying that they want to be like this person and that person that they know and follow right down the path that that person went down. That person could’ve person could’ve did the most outrageous thing and went to jail for it and you come around and do the same thing knowing the outcome of the situation. That’s not being smart; you know the consequences of it. Be smart and avoid that situation. Make your own mistakes just so that the outcome isn’t bad. Be yourself instead of trying to be that person that you think is cool because they went to jail for two years. You have to make a difference in this world, don’t be the regular person. Be that outstanding person who went and furthered their education at a college so you can be successful and say that you have a degree. Do something that s never been done before, go invent something that hasn’t been invented, make a discovery that no man has ever discovered. Be that person who goes above and beyond and not that person who just does what everybody else is doing. Make a name for yourself; where people will