Stephen Laidacker: Monday, August 25

After watching the short clip of Ashton Kutcher's acceptance speech what did you take away from his advice? What does this quote mean to you -"Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you, and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use."

I think that his speech was thoughtful and he looked like he cared about what he was saying. The first point, about opportunity was very true. My dad always talks about how it was stepping stones of jobs to get to where he is today. His second point, unfortunately, was like every other speech that has to do with "what matters in a personality." How, "being smart is the most important," and how "you shouldn't listen to what other people tell you because it will influence how you think for the worse." Kinda disappointing and slightly boring when i heard what he had to say on that subject. His third point, however, was surprising. The message was the same as all the other "your your own person," and, "you do what you want with your life" kind of speeches. Kutcher took a different way of explaining it that i haven't heard yet. He put feeling into his words but at the same time maintaining some creativity. Overall, his speech was a bit generic, but picked up at the end, leaving an impression.