I am honoured to be here as a valedictorian‚ representing the class of 2014/for this year’s speech day. When my teacher notified me that I was the valedictorian‚ I could not believe it at first. I was dumbfounded‚ and I did not know what to say during my speech. But now as I stand over here‚ there is a lengthy speech for me to say‚ and I owe it to the teachers who have helped me through. Without them‚ my paper would still be blank. As I thread around the school‚ there is this nostalgic feeling that
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United States The First Amendment does not permit the distribution of pamphlets that seeks to obstruct the lawful draft (Walker 2013‚ 200). This was not speech offering one’s opinion‚ but an unlawful act of obstructing the preparations of military action of our country (Walker 2013‚ 200). Opinion of the Court Justice Oliver Holmes concluded that the First Amendment in this situation does not protect Schenck. "The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances
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freedom of speech is taken away‚ then dumb and silent we may be led‚ like sheep to the slaughter”-while many of us would not argue the right to freedom of speech we may start to question just how boundless freedom should really be. Throughout history‚ it has often been proven that words have the ability to translate into violent and often fatal actions‚ yet we continue to accept these actions in the name of free speech. Lawmakers continue to debate over the boundaries regarding freedom of speech and whether
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For instance: • Gum litter (under desks‚ on sidewalks‚ etc). • Nasty public bathrooms • Bratty siblings • Whiny celebrities • Rude drivers • Boring teachers (but NOT Mr. Steve‚ of course...) • Awkward dates • Commercials/advertising Some examples from my own experience: a) Dog-phobia; b) Bad technical support for computer products; c) Bay Area traffic. Thesis: Your central idea should be a concise statement that declares the essence of your complaint. Here are three different examples for three different
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Speech is the vocalized form of human communication. It is based upon the syntactic combination of lexical and names that are drawn from very large vocabularies. Each spoken word is created out of the phonetic combination of a limited set of vowel and consonant speech sound units. These vocabularies‚ the syntax which structures them and their set of speech sound units differ‚ creating the existence of many thousands of different types of mutually unintelligible human languages. Most human speakers
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and deliver a 3-4 minute speech to the class that calls your audience to action in stopping some sort of injustice. How should I get started? Your first task is to choose a topic. Identify an injustice you see around you‚ whether at home (i.e. chores‚ curfews)‚ at work (i.e. wages‚ hours‚ management practices)‚ at school (i.e. rules‚ homework loads) or in the world around you (i.e. corrupt banks‚ racism‚ poverty‚ human rights violations). As you can gather from my suggestions‚ your topic
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Freedom of Speech I believe in freedom of speech. I believe it is a privilege over a right. We‚ as Americans‚ should use this freedom as often as we are able. If a situation arises in which you do not agree on‚ let it be known that you do not agree. You have a voice‚ use it. We Americans are so privileged to have this right; many countries have made freedom of speech forbidden. Yet‚ we abuse it by not taking action. Voting is an excellent way to demonstrate using our freedom of speech. I vote because
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began my English speech project with these pensive words‚ spilling seven years’ worth of brewing sentiment about my experience as a female science student. Ever since the fifth grade‚ when I exchanged my dream of wizardry for the next best thing‚ science‚ I found myself on a precarious path void of familiar faces. I was one of two girls in my school’s science club‚ and after twelve years of science education‚ I had only three female science teachers. The dilemma of the missing girls in my science
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other things named Eric Thomas‚ that gives a very good motivational speech on You tube. And my challenge to myself as well as everybody in this classroom is to listen to this speech 3 times a week and see if this helps change your life because it was very inspiring to me. So when you get a chance just type in motivational speech on you tube and its going to be the first video you see with a man in a Tigers hat. I actually seen the speech two or three years ago and realized from watching it‚ I haven’t
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Freedom of speech Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak freely without censorship. The synonymous term freedom of expression is sometimes used to indicate not only freedom of verbal speech but any act of seeking‚ receiving and imparting information or ideas‚ regardless of the medium used. In practice‚ the right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country and the right is commonly subject to limitations‚ such as on "hate speech". The right to freedom of speech is recognized as a human
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