Who is this person and why are they significant? Make a list of people you might like to talk about and list some adjectives to describe them. Consider how comfortable and capable you are discussing someone if they are no longer alive.
My cousin Max is someone I look up to and I considered a very inspirational person in my life. The stuff he has had to go through in his short life so far and he still has a smile on his face is very inspirational.
What other stories or anecdotes can you think of? Continue to add depth to your outline/speech.
He was involved in an accident that left him paralyzed and he had to relive his whole life he has learned countless things. One thing he has already mastered is skiing.
- Out Line:
- My Cousin Max
- Background
- Grew up together
- He was always the cousin I went to stuff with and we would hang out go to
- We had an annual trip to 6 flags that him me brother went to
- Explain the accident
- What he had to overcome
- New years phone call
- Finally released from the hospital
- Reaction and seizure
- Kept there for a while because they did not know what caused it
- Ended up getting out the hospital again
- Shown anyone can get through anything
- Traveling
- Learned to be independent again
- Learned how to drive with a special car
- Has mastered sled skiing
- Explain sled skiing
- Means alot because we grew up learning to ski The reason why he is inspirational
- He has been doing this all and has not given up at all he is determined to keep going and making the most of the situation
