In the lecture " Graduation ", Maya Angelou took her time to explain her story with passion and excitement. Let's take the first paragraph as an example when she was expressing what was happening in her life during this meaningful moment when she stated. "The children in Stamps trembled visibly with anticipation.Some adult was excited too, but to be certain the whole population had come down with graduation epidemic"(page 4). We can see that the author was giving us clear details that we were expecting.She gave ample information about how exciting her graduation was and how busy everyone was including her parents, the graduates, and all the staff from the school including the principal and the teachers.
When we …show more content…
As a reader, we were waiting for something more alive, more interesting and more exciting. In the lecture, the author was expressing her happiness and also her sadness and was trying to let us know her actual situation at this time. The situation about the students and how the school was and how they were both …show more content…
We all fell bad and we all were mumbling about what was happening. We were so mad that all we wanted was to leave this horrible place, take our certificate and disappear.It wasn't a good atmosphere, the principal was a little bit shocked about the situation but she was trying to do her best to make this day as memorable as she can.The graduation was so boring that you can see that everyone was doing something else, not really focusing on the event.We hired a photographer to come in to take pictures and videos.The guy didn't show up.You can imagine how stressful this horrific day was.The teachers were reading their speeches and moved in forward because all we needed was this day to come to the end and leave.The graduation was much longer on what's we were expecting, everybody went outside to buy something in the vending machine like to get drinks and snacks because they made them sit for 5 hours straight and it was unfair.
To sum up, I will never forget this tragic moment because even though it was an important time in our life but it also left a really bad memory. Our graduation was a nightmare.Something to always remember, bringing good and bad
When we …show more content…
As a reader, we were waiting for something more alive, more interesting and more exciting. In the lecture, the author was expressing her happiness and also her sadness and was trying to let us know her actual situation at this time. The situation about the students and how the school was and how they were both …show more content…
We all fell bad and we all were mumbling about what was happening. We were so mad that all we wanted was to leave this horrible place, take our certificate and disappear.It wasn't a good atmosphere, the principal was a little bit shocked about the situation but she was trying to do her best to make this day as memorable as she can.The graduation was so boring that you can see that everyone was doing something else, not really focusing on the event.We hired a photographer to come in to take pictures and videos.The guy didn't show up.You can imagine how stressful this horrific day was.The teachers were reading their speeches and moved in forward because all we needed was this day to come to the end and leave.The graduation was much longer on what's we were expecting, everybody went outside to buy something in the vending machine like to get drinks and snacks because they made them sit for 5 hours straight and it was unfair.
To sum up, I will never forget this tragic moment because even though it was an important time in our life but it also left a really bad memory. Our graduation was a nightmare.Something to always remember, bringing good and bad