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Results: Convocation With Conviction

Published on 06/16/2018
By: Harriet56
1955
Education
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Lulabel Seitz spoke freely about her immigrant family, her dreams and even the wildfires that forced her school to close last year. But four minutes into her graduation speech, the Petaluma, California valedictorian says her microphone was abruptly cut off when she tried to mention being sexual assaulted at school. "Because the class of 2018 has demonstrated time and time again that we may be a new generation but we are not too young to speak up, to dream and to create change. Which is why, even when some people on this campus, those same people ....," she told her fellow graduates last weekend before her microphone was disconnected. She was sexually assaulted on campus by someone she knew but school administrators did not take action despite her formal complaints. She also said that she was warned not mention it her in speech. So, despite all this, she veered off her pre-approved speech, and spoke about this cause with passion, and was not allowed to continue. "The Petaluma High School administration infringed on my freedom of speech, and prevented a whole graduating class from having their message delivered," she wrote on YouTube. "For weeks, they have threatened me against 'speaking against them' in my speech. Sometimes we know what's right and have to do it despite the threats." Do you think the school was right in cutting off her speech?
Yes
24%
463 votes
No
76%
1492 votes
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Larissa Martinez graduated McKinney Boyd High School, in Texas, having taken 17 advanced placement courses and boasting a 4.5 GPA - earning a full scholarship to Yale in the fall, all the while living behind the shroud of her undocumented status. In her valedictorian speech to her graduating class, she decided to let everyone know. "I am one of the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the shadows of the United States," Ms Martinez said in her passionate speech, "Immigrants - undocumented or otherwise - are people, too. People like me … who have become part of the American society and way of life, and who yearn to help make America great again without the construction of a wall built on hatred and prejudice." Her speech garnered both criticism and support, some feeling she "took advantage" of the system, while others applauding her for doing as well as she did, despite the odds. What is your feeling about this young woman's speech?
I applaud it and her message
40%
778 votes
I think she indeed did well, but should have not mentioned her status in her speech
16%
315 votes
I thought it was completely inappropriate for a valedictorian speech
16%
310 votes
Not sure
28%
552 votes
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Both of these valedictorian speeches display a growing trend -- gone are the days of cookie cutter speeches, patting each other on the back for a "great four years" and "these were the best years of our lives". Now, valedictorian speeches are full of passion, full of conviction and politically and socially charged. Do you like this new trend?
Both of these valedictorian speeches display a growing trend -- gone are the days of cookie cutter speeches, patting each other on the back for a
Very much
29%
563 votes
In some cases, yes
43%
839 votes
No
28%
553 votes
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