Lezly+P’s+2016+Final+AmEx+Speech+2016




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 * FFFUUUUNNNNN **


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Fffuuunnn. I know this may be a weird word for some of you and I know some of you don’t know what this word is, Listen one more time FUN, It’s spelled F U N, fun is something kids like me appreciate, It’s the act of enjoyment NOT stress. Now Fun to you may be reading a book or staying home but widen your horizons a little bit my sweet children. I could have been home studying multiple times this week, I could of had this incredible speech on economics and the government and how America should be a country of peace, and war is foolish and such. But no I chose to have fun this week and instead of writing my speech sunday night, as I had planned on doing I made a last minute decision and went on a party bus up to santa monica with my friends and had some sweet mexican food. I could have written this all monday and been stuck in my room making this perfect, but instead I went to the beach and a barbeque. My life is mine and I want to make the most of it. I want to grow up living for memories.

People care way too much about grades and of what other people think. I really don’t. Obviously we should be getting good grades but our health is more important. Stress has an incredible effect on the human mind especially a growing mind. Way too many kids here stress about schoolwork, homework and D all of the above. Seriously Stop talking about your grades at lunch and don’t ask me about what I got on a test or quiz, I honestly don’t care what you got and what I got is my personal information. I was looking for statistics of how bad stress is for a growing teenage mind and body but the amount of organizations I found trying to raise money for helping teens with stress was mind blowing. I honestly started laughing. One site asked for donations to teens to help with their stress levels they asked for $50 to support one classroom lesson. $250 to support a year's worth of programming for stress for one student. $5,000 to support a year's worth of programming in one classroom.

Seriously do you need to pay thousands of dollars to help a child with stress? Maybe? but How about letting them live, letting them have fun? Yeah I have been stressed this year but I’ve gone on hikes, I’ve swam it off, I’ve watched a funny TV show like Portlandia- I want my days to be as memorable as possible. I want to make sure I spice up each day by “putting a bird on it”. Don’t ask- just put Portlandia on your summer Netflix show list and trust Alysa and I’s judgement. It’ll make you laugh harder than TR’s big stick and little tie ;). I want to watch Portlandia before doing my Homework, I actually enjoy my life and make sure I’ve had a fun day or at least a good laugh before even considering school related subjects. I like not caring and taking that last minute trip out to santa monica or randomly driving to the beach and blasting ghetto music like rack city by tyga as Alysa and I run down the boardwalk at 10 at night. These are memories... In ten years let alone next year I’ll vaguely remember what all the Paris treaties were or why I should care about them. But I will remember How Teddy Roosevelt had the French dude over and how he kept his purple gloves on for the ladies. I’ll remember the moments in class were Alysa and I couldn’t stop cracking up over the stupidest things and fitz giving us the stare and oh so great “ Stop just stop”. I’ll remember staying up late with my brothers and just laying in bed cracking up with them about some funny video or something stupid thing one of us said that day. Cause that’s what I chose to remember. I chose not to care as much about what my GPA is, yes I keep it up don't think I have a 1.8 or something, I’m above 3.6 and honestly I’m completely okay with that, because I have what the average joe would say is a good grade and what the above average person would say of a good life.

I want to grown up in a A country where people are taken for their character not their GPA. Where it’s okay to have fun and people aren’t stressed out all the time. Now I know that stressing out to some of you may be an addiction at this point and with summer coming up it’s going to be a difficult process to get yourself out of, but here is the first step of releasing yourself from stress, Start with the basic acronym for stress, S, stop working T, tired from too much fun, R, relaxed, E, emotional relief, S, simmer down, S, stop stressing. Take it one at a time a letter a day and these steps will push you towards living a life of fun. Read a book! Go on a hike! Go to the beach! Travel! Watch the office till you cry laughing or whatever show can make you smile. It’s healthy for you! So to all my fellow AMEX students, please just have fun!


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