DEEP BREATH Mr. or Madam Toastmaster Fellow members and guests The title of my speech is FROM ROCKY MOUNTAINS TO GRASSY WATERS Hello‚ my name is Keesha Dillingham and I would like to speak about my first big move to another city. I relocated to Alexandria‚ Virginia from Atlanta‚ Georgia in January of 2013. Whenever I tell someone that I have lived in five different cities‚ most are surprised but I don’t know why. I was born in Denver‚ Colorado on one of the best days of the year – JUNE 18th
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shine through the football field where the ceremony of my graduation took place. Someone above must have known it was my graduation day and blessed me with a beautiful day. I was so excited that the night before the graduation I could not sleep at all. I tossed and turned all night‚ thinking about the graduation. I waited this moment for four long years in high school. Graduation is one of the memorable days of my life. On my graduation‚ I was filled with butterfly in my stomach. I was like an
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Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to donate to my charity‚ Love146. Central Idea: Love146 is the most deserving charity because of the work they are doing around the world to stop child sex slavery. Give Love146 Introduction: I. (Attention-getting device): She was only a number in a room of girls‚ but her eyes stared through the two-way glass and into the rescuer’s soul. When they returned to raid the place‚ 146 had already been sold‚ or killed‚ but she’s what they’re fighting
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Hopes‚ Dreams‚ and Reality Graduation by Maya Angelou is an essay about discrimination. The beginning of this essay reminded me of my own high school graduation. How scared but excited I was to be taking the next step up in my life. I felt like the story paralleled my experiences at the beginning‚ but at the end I had a totally different outlook on this piece of writing. As I got further into the essay‚ I felt that there was nothing about Angelou’s life that I had ever experienced or could relate
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Graduation day is what all high school students are waiting for‚ the big day we all think as grown people and we’ve made the right decisions because of how far we’ve gotten. Graduation was one of my of my most memorable moments in my life‚ it’s like a new start to my future. We all come to think college is the next step to our pathway and we all mainly do it for a better future‚ but most importantly to make our parents and family proud‚ and to me it seems like education is your number one priority
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MY GRADUATION CEREMONY Graduation ceremony is important for every student. They all prepare for this important day before several months. Graduation means that a period of your life ends so it makes me so excited. My graduation ceremony was one of the most important days in my life and I am certainly sure that I will never forget that day because my high school education would end and my life would change after that event. For that day‚ I started to prepare two months ago. Firstly‚ I had to decide
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“Graduation Day” As the beautiful sky happily accompany sunrays‚ that shined down on the entrance of the field house where the ceremony of my graduation took place. Someone above must have known it was my graduation day and blessed me with a beautiful day. I was so excited‚ that the night before the graduation I couldn’t sleep at all. I tossed and turned all night‚ thinking about the graduation and if he’d even show up. I waited for this moment for four long years and I will make the best of it
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“I’ve blamed myself enough for all the mistakes I’ve done during college.” And funny how I said that as though I’m already done with college. To tell you upfront‚ I’m still in college (that should be obvious) but most of my batch-mates are graduating (or have graduated) already. I really thought college was going to be an easy peasy affair. But NO! Hell no. At first it was a delightful experience – everything’s new and seems alright. It actually felt like you’re just in high school. Taking breaks
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Imagine… you are getting all dressed up for that big day. You get anxious and scared because it’s the graduation for eighth grade. You get all dressed up and put on your gown and cap. Then you arrive at the school. You sit in the assigned seat and watch the children before you get up and shake hands. You feel your hands get clammy as you wait. You wait till you hear your name and realize that it’s your time to shine. You stand up and hear the creaking of the harwood on your shoes. Then you feel your
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Graduation Trip Trip I am never going to forget and a great graduation gift‚ I am thankful for. Four years at an all male‚ private school well known in El Paso‚ Texas. Every day wearing uniforms ever since I was in elementary all the way to senior year in High school. Twice a month white button up shirts with a tie was mandatory due to the uniform I was tired of wearing the uniforms and needed a great trip. The class of 2008 planned a trip to Cancun‚ Mexico for ten days as a graduation party
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