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Mark Xia

Professor Pieciak

HUC-106

7 July 2016

Your name:

Mark Xia ([email protected])

Your introduction (The first thing out of your mouth when you start speaking)

Attention Getter:

Who here has made terrible decisions in their past that they regret? Decisions that you knew were wrong for you, but you still did it. I ask this question because I don’t regret any of mine.

My name is Mark Xia. I was brought into this world in November 1991 and grew up in Woodside, New York all my life. I would like to introduce myself by giving everyone an idea of my younger years.

Your thesis: (The main point of what your speech is about in 2-3 sentences)

I turned to the use of marijuana in order to distract myself from reality. The lesson I learned through my experience is that in order to progress in life I need to accept my mistakes and take action in changing my life for the better. It was by committing myself to change my habits that I was able to get back on the right path.

Body: (Your body should include your main topic which is you and whatever you want to say about yourself and sub points about that main topic) There is no limit to how many sub points you can have but at least two are necessary.

Marijuana led me down a dark path where I lost myself; however, there was an impact in my life that changed me.

After dropping out of high-school for the second time, I felt lonely and depressed. I craved any sign of attention so I began to commute an hour every other day for a year from Woodside to Bayside. Why, you might ask. My friends lived there and the marijuana we smoked was the only thing that helped me forget about school.
My friend, Ahmed, would always plan to steal his father’s limousine keys so our friends could hotbox in the limo. Afterwards, we would explore his basement, which was interconnected with two other buildings, which we referred to as “the dungeon.” There were many crazy games that we played in that dark desolate place.
It was all fun until one winter I was held at gunpoint on a train ride home at 2 AM.
Two men entered the train from Corona until 74 Street Broadway. I was too high to recognize what was happening.
I re-evaluated my life later. This was a wake-up call to get my life back together. I was going down a dark path and needed to make a change.
I started working for my family and relatives at many different types of stereotypical family-related businesses such as dry cleaner, laundromat, restaurant, flea market, and selling counterfeit merchandise.

Conclusion: (How are you wrapping all of this up, bringing it together, and what’s the last thing you’re going to say)

After experiencing several different menial jobs, I became more responsible, knowledgeable, and independent like an adult. As a changed person, I took it upon myself to get my GED and pursue my college degree.
There may be bad moments in life, but the important thing is to treat every one of them as a stepping stone to a brighter future. Each experience helps us move onto something different and shape our life goals. I hope everyone here learns to see their life in a different perspective as I have with mine.

Part two: Minimum 100 words: Why did you pick this specific part of yourself to speak about, and what was the thought process that went into it?

I picked this specific part of myself to speak about because it was a life changing experience. These were the years that I had spent as a teenager toward mid-20s, which are the most valuable years to any person. I had originally thought my life expectancy would be eighty years; however, one of my close friend’s father who is now over sixty years old said that you do not know what it is like until you experience this age like he has. Around twenty years old, we need to understand the reality that we are close to a third of our life rather than a quarter because sixty is the practical age that our body starts to shut down. The thought process that went into it was I had to select which stage in my life was most suitable for the audience and how I was going to relay my message to them.