My favorite speech this semester for the class as a whole was definitely the tribute speeches. I really enjoyed that speech because I felt that everybody in the class really cared about what/who they were talking about. It helped me to learn about my classmates and to feel as though I know them better.
My favorite speech to give was the last speech, the persuasive speech. I enjoyed that speech the most because it was my only speech that I thought was actually important. The other speeches I did in the interest of getting a good grade and hopefully being somewhat entertaining and not too boring for the class. My persuasive speech was about personal finance and investing for retirement, which is something that I am very passionate about. As somebody who grew up in a family of six with only one parent working, money was always incredibly tight and my family lived paycheck to paycheck. I was very aware of our situation and never asked my parents for money for anything. Most days I didn't even eat a lunch because I didn't want to spend my family's money. I never wanted that for my kids. Because of this I have always been very frugal with my money and have always kept a healthy saving account. Fortunately my wife has congruent views on this subject.
I think that a lot of people are either ignorant about saving/investing or just don't really think about it. Especially in today's society where we see so many young people with huge debt and many families short-selling their homes or being foreclose upon. I cared less about my grade with this speech than I did about hopefully inspiring some of my classmates to take the initiative and learn more about personal finance.
"These are my favorite chords, I know you like them too. When I get a new guitar, you can have this one... and sing me a story I haven't heard yet." -The Weakerthans
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