Thank you!

First and foremost, I wanna personally thank the human rights campaign for the incredible work that they’ve done and the work they continue to do. Not only here in Washington State but across the country and around the world, as we all know, this work is critical. It’s life-changing. It’s life-saving. It is my great honor and privilege to be here tonight, to count myself a member of this community. It is also something of a surprise. I’ve had a complicated relationship with that word “community”. I’ve been slow to embrace it. I’ve been hesitant. I’ve been doubtful. For many years, I could not or would not accept that there was anything in that word for someone like me, like connection, support, strength, warmth. And there are reasons for that. I wasn’t born in this country. I didn’t grow up in any one particular religion. I have a mixed race background. And I’m gay. Really, it just your typical all American boy next door. It’s been natural to see myself as an individual. It’s been challenge to imagine myself as part of something larger. Like many of you here tonight, I grow up in what I would call “survival mode”. When you are in survival mode, you focus is on getting through the day in one piece. When you are in that mode at five, at ten, at fifteen, there isn’t a lot of space for words like community, for words like us and we. There’s only space for I and me. In fact, words like us and we not only sound foreign to me at five, and ten, and fifteen, they sounded like a lie. Because if us and we really existed, if there was really someone out there watching, and listening and caring, then I would have been rescued by now. That feeling of being singular, different and alone carried over my twentieth, and then to my thirtieth. When I was thirty-three, I started working on a TV show that was successful not only here in the states but also abroad, which meant over the next four years, I was traveling to Asia, to the middle east, to Europe and everywhere in between. And in that time, I gave thousands of interviews. I have multiple opportunities to speak my truth which is that I was gay. But I chose not to. I was out privately to family and friends, to the people I learnt to trust over time, but professionally, publicly I was not. As to choose between being out of integrity and out of the closet, I chose the former, I chose to lie, I chose to dissemble. Because when I thought about the possibility of coming out, about how that might impact me and the

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Chief Seattle's Thoughts :

How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us.

If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them?

Every part of this earth is sacred to my people. Every

shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clearing and humming insect is holy in the

memory and experience of my people. The sap which courses through the trees carries the memories of the red man.

The white man's dead forget the country of their birth when they go to walk among the stars. Our dead never forget this beautiful earth, for it is the mother of the red man. We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumed flowers are our sisters; the deer, the horse, the great eagle, these are our

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婴儿的天才语言能力 I want you to take a look at this baby. What you're drawn to are her eyes and the skin you love to touch. But today I'm going to talk to you about something you can't see -- what's going on up in that little brain of hers. The modern tools of neuroscience are demonstrating to us that what's going on up there is nothing short of rocket science. And what we're learning is going to shed some light on what the romantic

writers and poets described as the "celestial openness" of the child's mind. What we see here is a mother in India, and she's speaking Koro, which is a newly discovered language. And she's talking to her baby. What this mother and the 800 people who speak Koro in the world understand that, to preserve this language, they need to speak it to the babies. And therein lies a critical puzzle. Why is it that you can't preserve a language by speaking to you and I, to the adults?

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演讲稿

尊敬老师们、同学们：大家好！

带着对寒假生活的美好记忆，怀着对新学期新生活的美好向往，我们又回到了宁静的校园，欢聚一堂，并聚集在庄严的国旗下，进行新学期开学典礼，我和你们一样，心情是非常高兴的。

今天我站在这里请大家和我一起分享一下我的喜悦：我在去年六年级期末考试中英语满分，数学98.5，语文99分，其中语文成绩名列前茅，获全区第一名。在这成绩的背后和我的班主任周春秋老师的辛勤教导是分不开的。平日里周老师总是教导我们要掌握好的学习方法，课前预习，课后复习，才能保证知识永远在自己的脑子里。老师还教导我们多读书，读好书，这样才能达到读书百遍，其义自见的效果。

当然，这也是我自己刻苦努力的成绩。我在老师讲课的时候认真听讲，上课积极回答问题，有不会要及时问老师，要做到当堂的问题当堂解决。争取在学校就把家庭作业写完，这样在家里就会有充足的时间去复习当天的知识，和预习明天的课程了。

这就是我学习的方式和方法，希望能对同学们在以后的学习中有所帮助，最后祝全校老师在新学期身体健康万事如意，全体同学学习进步，成绩更上一层楼。

六年一班 吴晓骞 2月29日

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读书演讲稿

敬爱的老师、亲爱的同学们：

大家好！我是四年级一班的xxxx。今天我演讲的题目是《读书伴我快乐成长》。如果我是一棵小树，那么书就是灿烂的阳光，它照耀着我，让我快乐地成长；如果我是一只小鸟，那么书就是任凭我高飞的天空；如果我是一条小鱼，那么书就是任我遨游的河流。古今中外，有不少的爱书人士，他们写出了家喻户晓的名言。例如：周恩来说的“为中华之崛起而读书”，杜甫说的“读书破万卷，下笔如有神”，高尔基说的“书籍是人类进步的阶梯”。记得小时候，晚上睡觉前，妈妈经常给我讲书上有趣的故事，听着听着，我慢慢地、不知不觉地进入了甜美的梦乡——在悠蓝色的天空中，我仿佛成了一颗长着翅膀的小星星，在宇宙中自由自在地翱翔……上学了，在老师的帮助下，我学会自己看书了，只要一有时间我就跑到图书馆，像一只勤劳的小蜜蜂，不知疲倦地在书的百

花园里采集花粉。随着时光的流逝，我一天一天的长大，一本本书更是成了我形影不离的好伙伴，我捧起了童话故事，捧起了科幻小说，捧起了百科全书，捧起了世界名著。在书里，我发现了一个有一个秘密：猿人是人类的祖先，恐龙高大可怕，远古时代人们钻木取火…… 哦，世界原来这么奇妙！从《水浒传》中，我结识了忠义宽容的宋江；在《三国演义》里，我认识了足智多谋的诸葛亮；在《钢铁是怎样炼成的》里，我吸取了战胜困难的力量……书是无穷的宝藏，为我增添了丰富的知识；书是快乐的天堂，让我忘记了所有的忧伤。书是冬日里的阳光，带给我春的温暖；书是沙漠里的绿洲，给予我新的希望。就这样，书陪伴我度过了一年又一年，我在书香中渐渐成长。读书，真好！同学们，让我们爱读书吧！拥有书，我们就拥有了整个世界，拥有书，我们就拥有了美好的明天！

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与经典行圣贤在左 与天地行乾坤在右 尊敬的各位领导，各位老师，大家好：

今天我为大家演讲的题目是《与经典行圣贤在左 与天地行乾坤在右》。历史的滚滚长河，民族的浩瀚星空，人生的坎坷历程，无不浸透着中华国学的精神。于是，千百年中国傲立于东方,炎黄挺起五岳的脊梁！国学文化传承千年。何为国学？是司马迁熟悉华夏文明，留下了传承民族魂魄的《史记》？是李时珍涉足千山万水，遍尝百草，用自己的亲身体验造福于后人的《本草纲目》？还是纪晓岚精通经、史、子、集整理出浩瀚的《四库全书》？何为国学？不就是经那得起时间洗炼而沉淀下来的，能够在千百年后还能给人以深刻启示，让人从中获益的精神财富、文化积淀吗？

在接触国学之前，我总以为那些四书、五经是前人的事，是他们考取功名的途径，是远离我们几千年的过时的古思想，当我有幸观看了王竑崎老师的讲座后，真可谓是茅塞顿开，王老师对深奥的国学精髓有着独到的领悟，他用通俗易懂的语言向我们阐释了为何行善、为何尽孝、为何感恩，用自己的“道德之光”，点燃了我们的“心灵之灯”。王竑锜老师的精彩演讲深深地感染着我，使我对中华传统文化有了更深的理解，让我对人生也有了新的认识。

三个半小时的报告，更多的时候，王老师在讲他小时候的故事。这些故事，透露着一个时代的学子独特的人生烙印和苦难经历。尽管年龄有差距，我还是从王老师的讲述里嗅到了自己童年的影子。是的，

一个催生出诸多男儿当自强的时代，总会有动人的故事积淀在岁月的

长河里。在他的奔波里一如地实现着自己对母亲的许诺：倾其所有，

生活在感恩的世界里。王老师走进社会的角落为传统文化的普及做出

力所能及的贡献已经足以让人钦佩了，我也懂得了国学不是高深莫

测、遥不可及的东西，而是常怀一颗感恩之心，勿以善小而不为的真

实。

为师者，当思也。作为教师，我们存在的价值就是教出好的学生，

有独立人格、能为社会做出贡献的学生。我们不是圣人，但是我们应

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做最好的自己演讲稿

各位领导、各位评委、同志们：

大家好！很高兴能有机会和大家共同交流《做最好的自己》的所感所悟。我今天交流的题目是《成功从“心”开始》。

曾经读过这样一个小故事：一天清早，一个园丁走进花园，竟然发现一大片的花草树木都奄奄一息，了无生气。惊讶之余，他问榕树究竟发生了什么事，榕树说它不想活下去了，因为他无法像松树那样高大雄伟。松树也沮丧地告诉园丁它想自我了断，因为他不像苹果树那样，能结出可口的果子。但是一旁的苹果树也在抱怨，说他自己不能像槐树一样，浑身散发着芳香。最后，园丁来到花园的一角，看到一株不起眼的小花，只见它生机盎然，一身绿意。“你为什么在如此消沉的环境中仍能昂首挺立着？”园丁好奇地问。不起眼的小花快乐地回答：“我知道自己不过是株小花，但我决定扮演好自己的角色，做一朵最好的小花，于是，我也就很快乐啊！”

面对同样的际遇，前者保持一种悲观失望的灰色心态，最终自然是满目苍凉、了无生气；而后者持一种乐观积极的红色心态，结果自然是生机盎然，一身绿意。由此可见，态度决定了你的行为，态度决定了过程的优劣，态度决定了事情的成败，态度决定了一切。

人的一生，就像一趟旅行，沿途中有数不尽的坎坷泥泞，但也有看不完的春花秋月。如果我们的心总是被灰暗的风尘所覆盖，

干涸了心泉，黯淡了目光、失去了生机、丧失了斗志，那我们的人生轨迹又岂能美好？

我们每一个人的人生际遇不尽相同，但命运对每一个人都是公平的。也许我们每个人都有自己无法实现的梦想，也许理想和现实总存在着差距。那么，面对这些，你是无奈，是悲痛，还是积极进取？悲观失望者一时的呻吟与哀号，虽然能得到短暂的同情怜悯，但最终的结果是别人的鄙夷和厌烦；而乐观上进的人，经过长久的忍耐与奋争，努力与开拓，最终赢得的将不仅仅是鲜花与掌声，还有那些饱含敬意的目光。如果我们能够保持一种健康向上的心态，即使我们身处逆境，也一定会有“山重水尽疑无路，柳暗花明又一村”的那一天！ 我是一个最最平凡的人，在最最平凡的岗位上做着最最平凡的事。曾经消沉过，觉得上苍是如此不公。在成功的道路上，觉得自己躲在了被遗忘的角落，成功连擦肩而过的机会都没有给过我。如今，我是如此的自信，我坚定地认为，只要用心，用脑去对待自己的工作，把这些所谓的小事做到最好，做到尽可能的完美，不留遗憾，这本身就是一种成功。

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