Failure‚ Success‚ and Kindness Graduation commencement speeches are usually inspirational‚ not only to the graduating students but also to anyone who reads them. The speech given by J. K. Rowling at Harvard and the one by George Saunders at Syracuse University in 2013 are some of the best commencement speeches. Rowling and Saunders are both experienced speakers. Rowling’s speech focused on the benefits of failure‚ a subject she had first hand experience on. Saunders’ speech was on kindness and included
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A Commencement Address Joseph Brodsky It is unavoidably true that evil consumes the world we live in. We see the presence of evil in the masses whether it is through the news or with our own eyes. Encountering evil is inevitable‚ and that is a thought that both Joseph Brodsky and I share. Brodsky writes‚ “…for the most interesting thing about Evil is that it is wholly human”. He insinuates that’s the root of all Evil is innately human‚ which provoked me into questioning the validity
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us the finishing status of our elementary years is the start of another journey towards the new world and towards another encounter for success. In the years to come‚ we will be living on the reality that holds true of the theme of this year’s commencement exercises: “Saktong Buhay: Sa Dekalidad na Edukasyon‚ Pinanday”. I must say that behind every success of every professional is a successful teacher – a teacher that hones to grow young minds towards that goal of success. Six years may have been
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Sample Speech Asking for Donations You know those friends who are perpetually there for you? Whether you need a ride home at 2 in the morning or you’re sick and they come bring you soup‚ you just know you can always count on them to have your back. Well‚ that’s sort of like the friendship a dog brings to your life. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been gone from the house for four minutes or four hours‚ dogs are always ecstatic to see you again. You could throw a stick across the lawn all afternoon
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Kenyon Commencement Speech David Foster Wallace brings a completely different approach to commencement speeches in his “Kenyon Commencement Speech.” He strays away from the typical commencement speech topics on “extraordinary wealth‚” “comfort‚” or “personal freedom” (208). Instead Wallace emphasizes the real value of a liberal arts education‚ which is learning “how to think” (199). When Wallace mentions “how to think” he is taking a different stance to the idea of education. He doesn’t feel
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Obama’s Speech Everybody knows how good of a speaker Obama is. His speeches always seem to convince the audience‚ but it is not by everybody understood what distinguishes him from other speakers. Certain skills he frequently uses help him reach his main purpose‚ but the question remains what these skills include. Therefore‚ the aim of this commentary is explain how the use of rhetorical devices makes Obama’s speeches stand out and memorable. Rhetorical devices are techniques that an author or speaker
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Maria Nina D. Dollentes BSAct 2-1 I. Introduction Good Morning everyone! I’m here today to talk to you about an extremely serious issue that society faces today‚ racism. Racism is the discrimination of a person because of the race that they have inherited. There are many different types of racism‚ like racial discrimination‚ ethnic jokes‚ racial assumptions‚ and harassment‚ but they all got a couple of things in common. All kinds of racism are despicable and create a negative and sometimes dangerous
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(*) Acting Capacity # | Name | Term Began | Term Ended | President | 1 | Jose Antonio Gonzales | March 1986 | June 30‚ 1987 | Corazon Aquino | 2 | Rafael Alunan III | July 1‚ 1987 | June 30‚ 1989 | | 3 | Narzalina Z. Lim | July 1‚ 1989 | June 30‚ 1992 | | 4 | Vicente Carlos | July 1‚ 1992 | 1996 | Fidel Ramos | * | Evelyn B. Pantig | 1996 | 1996 | | 5 | Guillermina T. Gabor | May 19‚ 1996 | June 30‚ 1998 | | 6 | Gemma Cruz-Araneta | June 30‚ 1998 | January 20‚ 2001 | Joseph Estrada
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CONSTITUTION & BY-LAWS AMENDMENT RESOLUTION SUBJECT OF RESOLUTION: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROHIBITION OF NON-CHRISTIAN WITH ISLAMIC IDENTITY TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE NOR LIVE IN ANY OF THE RESIDENCES WITHIN FLORAVILLE 4 SUBDIVISION‚ BRGY LUINAB‚ ILIGAN CITY SUBMITTED TO: GRIEVANCE AND ADJUDICATION COMMITTEE SUBMITTED BY: DANILO R. CHAVES INTENT OF RESOLUTION: DECLARING THE OFFICIAL INTENT TO PROHIBIT ANY NON-CHRISTIAN WITH ISLAMIC IDENTITY TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE NOR LIVE IN ANY OF
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Chapter 9 Thinking and Intelligence Elements of cognition Concept Mental category that groups objects‚ relations‚ activities‚ abstractions‚ or qualities having common properties Basic concepts have a moderate number of instances and are easier to acquire. Prototype is an especially representative example. Proposition A meaningful unit‚ built of concepts‚ expressing a single idea Schema An integrated mental network of knowledge‚ beliefs‚ and expectations concerning a particular topic
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