Personal Experience Speech General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To let the audience know how I dealt with losing my mother to drugs. Central Idea: My mother was raised by drug addict and alcoholic‚ left Israel for better life and still followed down the wrong path. INTRODUCTION I. Attention Material A. Do you know anyone who has lost their loved ones to drugs? B. Eight years ago
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I consider myself someone who is a people person. I have always enjoyed interacting and working with others as opposed to working on a task by myself. My experiences have taught me that it has always been in situations that involve team dynamics or social interactions (starting in high school as rugby captain) that I have thrived both as a leader and as a firm contributor towards a common goal. I start off with this point because to me it seems that one must have the ability to lead others and to
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Intro I. I’m not much of a traveler A. I rarely leave New England 1. In fact‚ my first time on an airplane was last summer. B. My boyfriend‚ Kris and I planned a last minute trip to California. 1. It was a connecting flight from Boston to Atlanta‚ Atlanta to Salt Lake City‚ and finally to San Jose. 2. What an adventure that was. Body I. As I was going through the airport I was already nervous. I didn’t know what to expect. A. At the first security check point Kris handed a woman
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as I did. Because their heritage may be detrimental to their lives in America. Their immigrant family members do not want their kids to be put into boxes that they will never be able to escape from. My grandparent’s map was one that lead them to a personal hell for a period of years. They did not want my sister and I to face that
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Orleans I started volunteer work at the Children’s Hospital and helped with pop up clinics for the Latino community twice. Overall I found that helping others shouldn’t be something seen as duty or mandatory‚ it should be spontaneous. Through others experiences and hardships we learn and grow as human beings‚ not only did I enjoy helping others but I felt that it helped me with my problems. Having moved around so much and meet so many people and living by myself so many years I came to truly be thankful
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That pit in my stomach was no longer noticeable. There were no feelings of disgust or of fear either. In its place was a newfound revelation—one that allowed me to picture myself working in a hospital setting with patients like him. That experience enabled me to feel compassion for other human beings besides my own family members or myself. I desired to learn more about him‚ specifically who he was before all the burns plagued his skin and ultimately who he will become throughout the healing
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I ride on the deserted one a.m. highways. The streetlights zoom past me one-by-one as I enter hyper speed into the road’s abyss. I ride to Sunway‚ second home to me and Ben‚ my closest friend. I forgot to print out the tickets for the Laneway Music Festival in Singapore I’m attending the day after so I pull out the “bro card” on Ben. We plan to meet at Bidara‚ the go-to restaurant for when we feel rebellious and sneak out of our homes‚ unbeknownst to our parents‚ late at night. I ride out early to
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When a person is faced with obstacles‚ there is 3 options. They can overcome‚ fail‚ or avoid. One of the hardest obstacles that I have faced was my depression and social anxiety. Despite what you would think tho‚ it wasn’t easy. I’m sure that if someone has help it could make it a lot less challenging. Starting in about 4th grade‚ I went through a vast amount of life altering events that made me who I am today. From moving all the time‚ to horrible stepfamilies and constantly losing friends‚ I’ve
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Paula: I feel that although these attempts at reaching out to you have been futile‚ I want you to know how I feel without any expectation that you respond. Firstly‚ I am deeply saddened that we have not been able to talk‚ and attempt to have some dialogue with the hope of closure and peace for both of us. I understand why this would be difficult for you given how our relationship ended‚ and I take responsibility for this. I acted out of hurt‚ anger‚ and I dug my feet in without also considering
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My face was frozen and bundled up‚ as I glanced into the bright green field I would be hunting in that afternoon. The smell of the great outdoors was surrounding me and made me feel exceptionally welcomed. Making my way to the shooting house‚ I could see my dad ahead wearing his old orange hat and the same ole camo. I had no idea that I would be sitting in the same confined space for many hours to come. Birds twiddling and squirrels chipping‚ I turned my attention to where the buck was located in
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