thayer award address

he surely grabbed our attention at the very beginning with such an attractive attention getter of his personal experience of the doorman of the hotel asking him where was he heading to. he then elaborated well with an organized structure of the introduction, body and conclusion. he is surely a good speaker as he managed to hold my attention to keep pace with the flow of his story till the end even though i intended to make it my last night bedtime story, hehe. i was first expecting so since it is a passage full of patriotism, and how the world today is looking forward to idolizing materials much more than the pride of the nation.but then he proved me wrong, that is even a topic of serious issue could be interesting with the help of a proper approach and systematic deliver.