JP Rangaswami

At the very beginning of his speech, I noticed one thing that he did not need to say, which was "I want to leave you with the idea that..." He began to give a story of when he was a kid, that his father and grandfather were both journalists and he grew up around books, which he became passionate about, and he was also passionate about food. The audience laughed every now and then, and you could tell they had a connection with RJ. His story of his life was how he explained his topic, and why he was interested in it. RJ also incorporated some science about the biology of primates. He seemed very comfortable on stage and not nervous or fidgety. He has interesting insights to how we think about information, and connecting that to food is awesome! I cook and bake, and love how if I add chocolate to milk and sugar over simmering water, it will melt and taste amazing. This relates to me in that way, so I can latch onto the subject with more ease. This relates to education because kids learn and think about the material in school in different ways, but what he talks about remains constant. I'm curious if this does relate to the world, if everyone thinks the same way or if people across the world have different ways of analyzing things.

DaveEggers

Dave Eggers was very nervous when he started his speech, which he pointed out, and was made obvious throughout the speech because he was shaking. That made me feel bad for him, because it has to be uncomfortable to be that nervous, and I don't want to be that nervous when I present. He also stated at the beginning what he would be talking about, which you should never do in a piece of writing or speech like this. But once he got into his speech, he could not stop! I could really tell how passionate he was about helping these kids, and it wasn't one certain quality to his speech that made it evident, but the way he talked, motioned, and he could go on and on about one certain thing because he cared so much. He was a story teller- he used storied about his family and friends, many different weird shops, including the superhero shop and time-traveler's 7-Eleven. Part of his presentation confused me because while I understood overall that his main idea was about tutoring kids and helping them in school, I did not get how these funky shops fit into the speech, though they were cool. He connected with the audience many times, through humor, personal stories, and he included a few statistics. This video connected to me because though I may not be the type of student he is talking about helping, students in general can be benefited if people in society step up to help, and that would improve education for these kids. That would also affect the world because if kids all over were getting the educational help they needed for school, there would be theoretically less crime rate, higher intelligence, and countless other benefits.