Paraphrasing

Nichole Sanchez

Professor Davis

Com 1053

10/1/2014

The speech I attended was Dr. Freeman Hrabowski last Thursday. He is the president of the University of Maryland Baltimore Country he is also a researcher, educator, and a great powerful speaker. His speech was very moving he talked about accomplishing goals, goals that you don’t think you can reach but to keep pushing through. President Romo introduced Dr. Freeman Hrabowski he talked about how smart he is and how much he has accomplished and what he went through as well as how that shaped him to become the man he is today, he gave a good introduction about Dr. Hrabowski. Dr. Hrabowski took to the stage with a lot of confidence he stood and walked across the stage tall and ready to present.

Dr.Freeman Hrabowski opened up his speech by introducing himself to the audience and gave his story about himself. He talked about his life’s journey and some personal facts about his life. He shared with the audience what exactly his name Freeman Hrabowski meant; Freeman was because his grandfather was the first to be born a freeman and that is how his name came to be. He shared that he was the only child and he loves his dear mom very much Dr. Hrabowski spoke about his mother in the most loving way. He said his mother is an amazing strong woman whom he admired very much and how she always believed in him in everything he did. Unfortunately, she has Alzheimer’s disease and she hardly remembers him which makes him very sad because he doesn’t like to see his mom go through that. But one day he was visiting her and she gushed to him about how amazing, smart, and giving her son is and that melted Dr. Hrabowskis heart knowing that his mom was proud of him. That was one of my favorite parts in his moving speech, he also spoke about the hardships many African American men and women had to go through and how school was different for them back then. He spoke of the time when he was arrested and spent five days in jail because he was a part of a civil rights group Dr. Hrabowski feels strongly on these situations. During his speech he spoke about how latinos are moving up on the ladder and a high percent is going to college and getting there degree and more and doing great things in their lives. He talked about how everybody is talented in their own way just because one person is weaker in a certain subject doesn’t mean they are weak in every subject, everyone has a their own strong skill and neither should be looked down upon. He pointed out that really smart people who learn fast forget what they learned faster than the people who have to study and study until they have it on point but they remember exactly how to do it because they practiced over and over again; that was another part that I really enjoyed in his speech.

Just by the speech Dr. Freeman Hrabowski gave you can tell he has respect for all people it doesn’t matter what race you are to him he sees you as a person and gives a fare chance to everyone. He doesn’t care whose smarter or what you majoring in whether its engineering, literature, or business he believes all people and any person brings something special and if you start to believe you cant to do something to keep going until you accomplish it, he had very strong messages in his speech. The way he gave his speech was excellent Dr. Hrabowski smiled the whole time in during his speech which showed his confidence. He also walked around and uses his hands when speaking he is a good speaker. He engages with his audience and asks questions as well as having humor to his speech to make it not boring and enjoyable for everyone. His communication was great he knows who his audience is and talks about subjects that can relate to them. Dr. Hrabowski is definitely an amazing motivating speaker.