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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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    ENGL101 Final May 15‚ 2012 Invention Conan O’Brien gave his commencement speech at Dartmouth in 2011‚ congratulating the graduating class and imparting a few words of wisdom.During his speech‚ he appealed mostly to pathos and ethos‚ being as this was a commencement speech‚ there wasn’t very much need to appeal to logos using stats or facts. He used pathos to appeal to the graduating students by telling about his falling out with NBC and how he came back to fame with his talk show on TBS. He

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    Messimore Luis Marin English 1013-036 2 September 2014 Kenyon Commencement Speech David Foster Wallace gave a speech called Kenyon Commencement Speech to the Kenyon College in 2005. He delivered the message that a change in thinking can save citizens from the daily grind of their eight to five jobs. Wallace gave examples of this point in his speech starting with a fish in water‚ a person in a crowd‚ and how not to think. Wallace started his speech with a short story about an older fish asking a couple

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    graduation. He used one question at the beginning of the speech that caught the audience’s curiosity‚ "Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes?" He then branched out from there to discuss more important issues. This question helped him create an invitational environment. I think asking a question also helped him show a sense of organization and importance to the issue of why he was there. From the commencement of the speech‚ Billy Joel set a personable and comfortable tone. He spoke

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    degree never oblige one to do anything. Rather‚ the choice belongs to the graduate. Throughout her commencement speech at Bowie State University‚ Obama repeatedly announces that graduates have the duty to educate future generations for the sake of giving meaning to their past; she urges them to keep alive the hunger for knowledge and improvement. In her Bowie State University Commencement Speech‚ Michelle Obama utilizes historical events to relay her point which states that graduates have the obligation

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    Summary of David Foster Wallace’s Commencement Address In 2005 David Foster Wallace delivered the Kenyon College commencement address that was not the typical commencement address you would normally hear at a graduation. He starts off his speech by telling a story having the idea that even the most “important realities are often the ones that are hardest to see and talk about.” He talks about living in the adult world that these soon to be graduates will enter and how it can be very dull at times

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    Rhetorical Analysis Saunders While delivering the commencement speech at Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences on May 11‚ George Saunders congradulates the young graduates‚ letting them in on a secret that he regrets not following all too well in his lifetime. Wherever your life may lead you‚ make an effort to “err in the direction of kindness.” Saunders explains that this practice is going to be perpetually challenging throughout the course of one’s entire life‚ but the payoff is worth

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    David Foster Wallace: Commencement Speech Commencement speeches are something every graduate is familiar with. Depending on what level you’re graduating from‚ the speakers could range from your best friend from Kindergarten‚ to a Politician or Celebrity. Commencement speeches are supposed to give us a taste of real life‚ while still inspiring us to be the best we can be. It seems rare that you’ll have a speaker who will break things down to you‚ and be completely and unabashedly honest‚ but David

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    Delivered in twenty-three minutes‚ David Foster Wallace’s 2005 commencement speech at Kenyon College had an audience of a few hundred. However‚ in the years which followed‚ the transcription of Wallace’s speech became an internet phenomenon‚ coursing through millions of email boxes and introducing the writer to people unfamiliar with his complex fiction. "Thanks to the enthusiasm" of people who knew nothing about Wallace’s work‚ and the "magic of the cut-and-paste function‚" Tom Bissell remarks

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    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 some

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