Million Dollar Speech Group Work

Thursday, November 17th


Tenzing: Tenzing did not have a set thesis, but he had a very good idea. His idea was to put his million dollars towards a Habitat For Humanity type of thing in India. He wants to donate all the money, but send along regulation or stipulations for how the money is to be used. Tenzing was not sure about what his main points would be, but some of this ideas we came up with for him are the effects the money would have, who the money goes to or the cause, the rules and regulations, and why he chose to do this. The reason Tenzing chose this was because he has already participated with it; he spend time in India helping and volunteering. 


Jake: Jake's idea of how to spend his money was a very recent idea he had, one he actually came up with in class today. Jake also did not have a set thesis, but this idea is another interesting one. Will his million dollars (and more), Jake plans to open vacation homes up and use a portion of the income to open facilities like a YMCA. The difference is that Jake's facilities would be free of charge to the kids. Jake still needs to do a lot of research about the cost of the homes and the YMCA facilities. He also thinks that the vacation home will be in Mexico. 


Mackenzie: "If I help those close to me, myself, and a few strangers, maybe I can change a few people's lives." This is what Mackenzie plans on using as her thesis statement. Her thesis pretty clearly states who she plans on helping. Mackenzie seems to have a very organized plan of where her money is going to go. Her main points are what she is going to do for herself, others, and strangers. As for strangers, that aspect is going to be a "pay it forward" type of idea. 


Matt: Matt also seemed to have a very good idea about the construction of his speech. Jake's idea is about power armor. For his main ideas, he is going to talk about why he's is doing this, where, and the division of the money. Construction safety, war safety, and elderly/handicapped are going to be the areas the power armor is of benefit. Matt also plans to talk about battery power, reliability, response time, safety, and proper mediums. He plans to construct his speech is a sort of persuasive manner, as to be convincing others to invest their money is power armor. 


Me: My speech is going to be about proper training for youth athletes. I was to ensure that children are properly trained in injury prevention. I chose this idea for my speech because I am very closely related to the subject; the passion I have for this topic is very great. I am not completely sure about the main points of my work, but I have a few ideas. A lot of research still needs to be done along with a lot of planning.