can any one give me a touching speech topic (something a teenager would do)?

Question

ok... so I have to do a speech for my class and possibly the whole school and if its really good Down Town. I did not have many votes in the past because I get nervous when I speak in large crowds because I am very quiet and shy.
this year I am feeling very confident BUT I CANT FIND A GOOD SPEECH TOPIC!!!! please help

Answer 1

How about:

Global warming
The war in Iraq
The first woman president


Good luck!

Answer 2

Touching Speech Topics

Answer 3

I like the suggestion for talking about global warming. If it were me, I'd talk about our diminishing environment, global warming, world hunger, or other such overlooked topics that certainly have strong purposes.

Best of luck!

Answer 4

1. Worst case of media censorship in history:
The first woman to run for President did so at a time women could not even vote. Victoria Woodhull, ran with Frederick Douglass as her running mate on the Equal Rights Party platform, advocating blacks' and women's suffrage as equal human rights issues. This radical campaign caused Woodhull to be rejected by other feminists, including Susan B. Anthony, and other who ran her out of the country. This story is written out of history books to this day.

2. Call for Forgiveness? Peace and talk of peace
People talk about world peace, but many don't believe it is possible. However, certain stories have surfaced in the media recently that show a trend toward forgiveness that may pave the way:
a. In the Amish community where several girls were shot by a mentally imbalanced man who then killed himself, the parents went to the man's wife and comforted her, making sure she knew they forgave him so that she would not carry this burden.
b. Yoko Ono also called for a day of reconciliation, though admitting she was not quite ready to forgive the man who shot and killed John Lennon.
c. The members of the Christian Peacemaker Team, who were asked to testify in the trial of men accused of kidnapping them and killing fellow hostage Tom Fox, have proclaimed forgiveness for these men, and asked for restorative justice and not more violence or punishment.

Do these examples in the media show a trend toward reconciliation and forgiveness that could lead to world peace?

3. Justice system gone wrong
a. OJ Simpson and Michael Jackson both escaped conviction, leaving the public feeling disillusioned with the justice system. Also the case of Robert Durst.
b. On the other hand, young men such as Dan Leach and Jon Buice made a conscious decision to come forward and work cooperatively with authorities to take responsibility for their crimes of murder and to face the consequences.
c. Can the justice system be reformed to reward and encourage guilty parties to confess and serve restitution as opposed to running from the law? What if punishments were increased for evasion or obstruction of justice and reduced for those who cooperate fully with authorities?

4. Solution to the immigration problem?

See below:

"For the immigration issue, to be fair to residents who have not broken any laws, I believe residents or employers who have committed violations should either invest voluntary or mandatory restitution into a work-study program -- supported by churches and universities in cooperation with government -- to build a city state of campus complexes across the Mexican border, so that migrant workers, students and families can safely access opportunities for a better life without violating any laws.

Anyone convicted of violating laws, especially violent crimes, can serve time across the border, while creating openings for law-abiding immigrants applying for U.S. residency to become citizens in their place for the same amount of time - 5, 10, 25 years or life, depending on the crime or violation and the sentence being served. I would especially recommend that violent convicts or sex offenders be housed in special units apart from the general population. So the maximum security for the prison would double as border patrol.

The point would be to enforce a common standard of citizenship based on civil behavior; so that those who abuse their rights and freedoms to violate others' would lose their right to live in this country, while others willing to work hard as law-abiding productive citizens could earn the right and be rewarded for respecting the laws.

I believe that by setting up a system like this, several problems could be solved at once concerning immigration laws, criminal corrections, social restitution, and organizing resources to provide education, public services and work opportunities to the less privileged without imposing a burden on taxpayers who do not wish to participate.

If all the migrant residents and workers were allowed a way to invest in building their own city states where they could claim lawful citizenship, there would be plenty of resources to make it work. It is just a matter of organizing the people and institutions who would support such an alternative, instead of wasting any more resources fighting over policies. Why not correct them."

Answer 5

*bullying in school--lots of true stories (ask your friends)
*teen suicide--serious big problem
*experimenting on animals for frivolous reasons--like testing makeup
*letting convicted teen-aged sex offenders attend school with you--ask your school if there are sex offenders attending your school. I bet they will say they can't answer because of privacy

Answer 6

old people you will never be young again .talk about older people and how we treat them in this country.