Speaker Notes

Ray brought up an interesting perspective. That the government and state should be held responsible while the individuals will be empowering each other. I agree with his stance, and wanted to stage the quotes around this narrative. By state and government he is referring to statute laws, practices, and curriculum installed in place. The time he got in trouble for being misinterpreted about his crossbow is a prime example of children not understanding these zero tolerance rules while looking to expand their creativity. I specifically wanted to mention his experience of bias with the accelerated class kids. Since that made him understand education is a merit with benefits. Which contributed to his last part as he realized individuals like him can create a positive impact within their community through good education merits. Which is what he pursues today. I believe his experience of being gifted with a laptop contradicted his statement of state and government being bad, as they gave him a nice gesture of letting him keep the laptop. Perhaps it was just a graduation gift, or a consolation gift for the covid experience, but he really believed there was another person that looked out for his graduating class to bounce back from the covid setback. He saw a human working behind a state/gov that impacted the traditional routine of practice in order to bring more positivity, despite its negative connotation. Which motivates him to also reach that position to bring more positivity through his power. He emphasized a lot on his current position involved in buisness and politics, thus he was able to voice his thoughts in a systematic manner while prioritizing individual actions as the most important aspect in change. However, while describing his philosophy, he mentioned his accompishments and achievements with his city many of times. Which wasn't necesarrily relevant toward his education but more of a personal thing. Thus I decided to cut those parts out.