Speeches

Steve Jobs can be considered an American icon. He helped create a society filled with technological advances no person could have ever imagined. In 2005, Jobs presented a commencement speech at Stanford University that captured the hearts of many people through his use of emotion and rhetoric. By breaking down his speech into three parts he was able to develop one overlying theme, never give up until you find something you love. The three stories he decided to share included connecting the dots, love and loss, and death. His use of appropriate delivery and language, coupled with his established credibility as an innovator allowed for a commencement address that is now unforgettable to many people. “Your time is limited, so don 't waste it living someone else 's life,” is a predominant quote from Steve Jobs’ commencement speech at Stanford University (para. 20). These simple words describe the singular purpose of Job’s message of never giving up until you find what you love to do. Jobs spoke of three influential moments in his life in order to convey the importance of following your heart. Through each of these stories he was able to keep the audience intrigued by what he was going to say next. His credibility as a business icon may have put people in the seats but his life showed them the importance of pursuing their own dreams. Steve Jobs made an incredible impact on the world through his creation and development of Apple, Pixar Animation, and NeXT. His innovations and…

It is incredible to imagine how quickly your life can change. In a twinkling of an eye all could be destroy and lost in the past, with a choice that we have to make in order to change our future. Today is the funeral of my father, the person I love the most, the most important man in my life. In the morning when I woke up anything looks different, it was a normal day with a sad gray sky as Lima normally has. But for me something disappeared, a piece of my heart was broken, the person who used…

“Mom hurry up I am going to be late!” “We get you here 30 minutes earlier so you can prepare spiritually for the service, I think you will be fine” “Finally here! See you guys at service, thanks for dropping me off so early!” “Your welcome, but I still don 't understand the reason for you needing to be spiritually ready. All you have to do is listen to the sermon and leave” “Mom this is the way for the Lord to be let me really get a hold of what he wants for me to learn and apply in my life.”…

Today is the day, the day that we get beat the people that have been torturing us with homework and test for the last four years, today we the fourth grade class will be playing the teachers in kickball. This game is for all of the respect, either we win and get the respect of the and students or we lose and go home in shame, and the teachers have been talking smack for the last few day back and forth saying that we were gonna win, but we weren't just gonna win not just win we were gonna…

Before I begin this essay I would like to thank Dr. Glenn Brasher, a history professor here at the Capstone, for increasing my knowledge and allowing me to develop more perceptions about life. This acknowledgment to Dr. Brasher is very crucial; because it will help you understand how my inspiration has allowed me to persevere in life. Even though this year has just begun, 2017 has been one of the most eventful and unyielding years since I was in Kindergarten watching the Twin Towers collapse.…

I am honored to be considered a possible future member of our high school’s National Honors Society. I do my best to commit myself to becoming someone extraordinary. Back in middle school, I was a satisfied member of the National Junior Honors Society, and I would like to feel the same about NHS. I remember knowing how to be a leader with great character, being proud of my citizenship, and serving the community. I still have these qualities today, and, as a member of NHS, I could definitely…

Valedictorian Address Students, administration, staff, family, and friends, welcome to the commencement for the Class of 2017, Hanover High School’s 125th commencement. Graduation is an exciting time... both an ending and a beginning filled with warm memories of the past, and immense dreams for the future. Now the question becomes, should we reminisce about the past four years, or instead focus on the next stage in this journey called life? We’ve waited impatiently for this day for many…

The person I have chosen as a famous leader is Martin Luther King Jr. I have chosen him because he has done many things to shape society today. Let me tell you a little about his personal life. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta. He was a Charismatic leader. King had one brother one sister . He married Coretta Scott King. King had 4 children. A few things he did were the Memphis Sanitation workers strike, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the “I had a dream” and the…

As I am growing up and learning all of these new roles in life one thing that I have inherited recently by age is the privilege to vote for the next American President. Although I should be excited to exercise this right of mine given by the constitution, I am not. As I have been looking on to see who the next possible president will be and who I might vote for, I am starting to understand why people may chosen not to vote in past elections. This year all I have heard, is either the wonderful…

I want to start off by saying that you are my spirit animal. You may get told that every day, but there is a chance that I am the first and that would be a great honour. Not only is that an honour, but it is an honour to get to talk to you. You are a wildly inspirational man that expresses how I truly think. I am on my school’s robotics team and even though we use mostly metal, I still value to role that woodworking has in America. Most of my team may see wood as being less efficient, but I…