My Vietnam Experience
A group that I encounter on a daily basis is my family. They’re always here for me and they have been in my life since the second I opened my eyes till now, present day. I was born in America so I’m a Vietnamese Asian American and so is my little sister. But my grandparents and parents emigrated from Vietnam so the older generations in my family had to gain their citizenship to be able to live here. Both my mom and my dad are in their 40s-50s. My little sister is 14 on the other hand. Both my parents work but mainly my dad leads the house and he’s basically the main worker who provides for us. Religion has a big influence on my family and in Vietnamese culture we practice the way of good life and the concept of life. So basically that means
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Everything in my introduction speech was very broad because I was just talking about myself becoming who I am today. I changed the power point slide within every 30 seconds talking about a different factor/subject in my life. If I were to change it and perform in front of veterans I would make it more detailed and give my speech a more focused purpose. I would change my attitude and make my speech rather more serious since it is relevant to my audience. I would do a lot more research on the Vietnam War before I began my speech to show that I do have knowledge about what I’m speaking about since these people were in the war. I would like to show them both sides of the story from Vietnam’s point of view on what happened and then America’s point of view on what happened (what we learn in school because they never speak about the other country). I would go more into details about how my family motivated me to become who I am today and how this war effected my families life greatly. I would end my speech saying something cliché like “I always just think about how my family has suffered so much for me to be given this opportunity in life.” And I feel that this would connect my audience more to my speech because the Vietnam War is a topic that they care about; and I also believe that they have other grandchildren in the same position as me who could relate with the same thought of
Everything in my introduction speech was very broad because I was just talking about myself becoming who I am today. I changed the power point slide within every 30 seconds talking about a different factor/subject in my life. If I were to change it and perform in front of veterans I would make it more detailed and give my speech a more focused purpose. I would change my attitude and make my speech rather more serious since it is relevant to my audience. I would do a lot more research on the Vietnam War before I began my speech to show that I do have knowledge about what I’m speaking about since these people were in the war. I would like to show them both sides of the story from Vietnam’s point of view on what happened and then America’s point of view on what happened (what we learn in school because they never speak about the other country). I would go more into details about how my family motivated me to become who I am today and how this war effected my families life greatly. I would end my speech saying something cliché like “I always just think about how my family has suffered so much for me to be given this opportunity in life.” And I feel that this would connect my audience more to my speech because the Vietnam War is a topic that they care about; and I also believe that they have other grandchildren in the same position as me who could relate with the same thought of