Dr. Stefano Bertozzi's speech given at the 2014 convocation for Fountain Valley School of Colorado evoked many solutions as to fixing our world. I thought he did an excellent job of conveying his message through metaphors and real life experiences. The main concept outlined throughout his "send off" to the graduating class was to give to this world as much as you take. Of course, as he noted, as a teenager one takes substantially more than giving, but that is only because they have yet to begin their actual life.
Out of all of the nations in this world, Americans are specifically notorious for being consumers. We take your food, we take your jobs, we take your home, we take everything we can if it is lucrative and beneficial to us. I perceived Bertozzi's message as moving and motivational. He highlighted the atrocities in third world nations and how they could use assistance desperately, while making his audience question their greed. By listening to this I had doubts about my own morals and I began to think of the good I have contributed to this world-- i already know I am "that person" who literally eats more than she brings! In order to move forward, we need to be more conscientious of our surroundings and stop being so selfish, and I think carrying on that advice was Bertozzi's principle purpose of addressing high school students.
Out of all of the nations in this world, Americans are specifically notorious for being consumers. We take your food, we take your jobs, we take your home, we take everything we can if it is lucrative and beneficial to us. I perceived Bertozzi's message as moving and motivational. He highlighted the atrocities in third world nations and how they could use assistance desperately, while making his audience question their greed. By listening to this I had doubts about my own morals and I began to think of the good I have contributed to this world-- i already know I am "that person" who literally eats more than she brings! In order to move forward, we need to be more conscientious of our surroundings and stop being so selfish, and I think carrying on that advice was Bertozzi's principle purpose of addressing high school students.