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SPEECH TO ENTERTAIN SPEECH PLAN

Title: Six Will Fix: A Story of my UP Undergraduate Journey

Specific Speech Purpose: To entertain my Comm. III audience on my overstay in te University

Statement: Peo!le say college is te "est # years of your young life. I "eg to differ.

INTRODUCTION

I. Attention Step: Peo!le say college is te "est # years of your young life. I "eg to differ.

II. Clarification Step: $es!ite te stigma %ic is associated to "eing delayed& graduating muclater isn't as "ad is it seems.

OD!

I. (y reason for "eing delayed is a mix of !ersonal coice& failure& and regret

A. Personal Coice

). (y first degree !rogram& *S +conomics& only interested me in teory. First& it %aste same course my dad graduated from. As one of my !ersonal idols& it only made

sense tat I follo% te same !at. Second& te countless career o!!ortunities

graduating from an +con degree are im!ressive , "an-er& !olitician& la%yer&"usinessman& career executives. All very lucrative !rofessions. I'm assuming %e all

under%ent te same dilemma %en %e cose %ic "ox to cec- on our UPCAT

forms. We all ave dreams %e %is to accom!lis& and coosing te rigt course%as te first ste!.

. After years& I decided to "ecome a /on0(a1or to el! me coose my next

!rogram. 2Soul0searcing3& as I %ould !ut it. 4un -asi uso ngayon.

5. After a year& I decided to sift to te *A Political Science !rogram "ecauseaccording to my !ro1ections& I %ould only "e delayed for a year. 6oo-ing at te

different curricula of te courses I %as interested in& it seemed to "e te !ractical

coice. We ma-e decisions "ased on convenience.*. Failure

). As of te end of my 7t4ear )stSem& I ave acieved te C8S 9rand Slam: get all

!ossi"le grades. +numerate all grades& including I/C and $8P;. Tis as !used my !ro1ected graduation to June ter degree !rograms %ose a!!lication !rocesses I !assed %ere te *S ?8I( and*A Pu"lic Administration !rograms. *ot of %ic I %as interested more "ut didn't

coose due to me tin-ing I %ould graduate earlier if I cose PolSc.

II. *eing delayed urt. A lot.

A. To my !arents& it meant more years of me "eing de!endent off tem instead of "einginde!endent.

B. To my !eers& it meant not "eing a"le to freely 1oin tem in teir esca!ades. We crave for

te attention and love our family can't !rovide.C. To myself& I %as a failure. We value our !ride& and constant failure damages us.

III. A fres start

A. As !art of a ne% !rogram& I made ne% friends. *ac- to fresie days.*. A fres start el!ed me form a ne% identity

I@. 4ou %ill al%ays find someting good out of dire situations

A. Staying in scool el!ed me ma-e ne% friends and ex!and my net%or-

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). I ave -no%n "atces going on B; of UP students

. (ore time to 1oin oter organiations

*. Staying in scool el!ed me a!!reciate everyting "etter

). Time& money& oter intangi"le stuff. 6earn o% to not ta-e tings for granted

C. Staying in scool el!ed me discover myself and "e a "etter !erson

). Interactions %it different !eo!le el! us "ecome more mature and understand %ere!eo!le come from

. We get to discover ne% interests and o""ies.

CONCLUSION

Summar" Step: I admit tat not everyone as te luxury of delaying teir stay in scool. Some are

delayed "ecause of financial inca!acity. Some "ecause of oter !ersonal !ro"lems. I am not

encouraging nor am I !romoting te !ractice of getting delayed& "ut so far te extra time I've s!ent in

scool el!ed me "ecome a "etter !erson.

Source:Personal insigts

Time: 7 minutes