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The way that it is able to elicit an emotional response to anyone is because even though he has been living a very hard life because of a health breaking disease called progeria. People with this heartbreaking disease will often give up on life and always be sad and often not wanting to do anything in life because they think that they can't do anything in life but Sam Berns had a different idea on how to live his life. Throughout his life Sam has been very passionate about the snare drum so of course he wanted to pursue his passion but because of his conditioning the drum set would be too heavy for him to wear and walk around in, so he created a machine to help him with this problem. You may ask how this story gives an emotional response. Personally I think it gives an emotional response because it shows that even though you have rough things happening in your life there will usually always be a way to make things happy. Most of the time highschoolers will have problems with being happy in life but i think that sam berns explained it nearly perfectly on how he stays happy in her life while he is dealing with such hardships in his life. So I think that highschoolers should think about what they have to go through and if it is bad enough to be sad about. Sam Berns was able to demonstrate his message clearly and strongly using personal anecdotes to talk about his philosophies and how he perseveres through his daily struggles and how everyone can no matter who you are. Sam Berns used a numerous amounts of strategies to keep the audience entertained, engaged and listening. During his presentation he would use hand gestures and body language while talking to the audience. Another way of engaging the audience was to show images to add a visual representation of what he was talking about that were usually personal anecdotes in his life. Concluding Sentence: That is why “Sam Berns my philosophy for a happy life” is the best Ted Talk for Grade 9 students.
THe link for the website: https://www.ted.com/talks/sam_berns_my_philosophy_for_a_happy_life?language=en
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