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Girls Inc Persuasive Speech

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“You 're too big…You need to get the surgery done.” These hurtful statements are things my mother has said to me, whenever I ask her if I can be a model. Hurtful? Yes. Are those really her words? Probably not. I can’t blame her when she is easily influenced by society and their standard of “the perfect body.” Society and the people around us shape the kind of thoughts we say and think. I 'm not saying it wouldn’t be nice to see how it would feel to be thin, but am I really missing out? Girls Inc. is the one place I can go and be myself. The one place where I 'm not "too big". They worry about me, and me alone. They don’t compare me to the girls in the magazine. It’s a place where I can be big and beautiful. People say that your teen years can either make you or break you. Especially when you’re growing up in a city like New York, where life speeds past you a hundred miles an hour and it seems like …show more content…

Girls Inc. has taught me how to be confident and fearless, and take risks head on. Girls Inc. has instilled my devotion to adhere to my utmost potential as a strong, smart, and bold scholar. The importance of pursuing my dreams and never giving up on what I believe in. Because of my Girls Inc. staff, Ms. Millie and Ms. Andie, I’ve been able to attend amazing events at Google. Code Now, and even the Girls Inc. National Luncheon. As well as introduce me to the G3 Data Analysis course. Where I have learned how to make and use spreadsheets and how to incorporate data visualisation. Met the wonderful Pam and the G3 website engineer, Martin Lund, whom I helped and was inspired to be a software engineer. I’m going to SUNY Potsdam, at least what everyone believes. What they don’t know? Well my GPA is a 1.3 and Potsdam’s requirement is a 2.5. Therefore, I’m going to BMCC for a semester and then going to my dream school. SUNY Potsdam. Education, mathematics, and computer science these are what I am going to major in. This school is known for it’s education school, and it’s

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