Kevin Laue’s Speech
BY: Brian Lin

Today an inspirational speaker came to our school, his name was Kevin Laue. He gave a speech to the 4th ~ 7th graders. Kevin was special because he was not like any of us. He only had one hand. He never gives up because he had a dream. Kevin Laue was born on April 13, 1990. He was in the age of 25 now. His dad past away when he was 10 years old. But he still didn’t give up on his own dream. Kevin was 6 feet 11 inches tall and was born missing half of his left hand.

Kevin was first felt depressed from being teased and left out by his classmates when he was in elementary and middle school. But after he starts to move forward towards his dream, which is to become a basketball player, he began to start social with his classmates and teammates on his basketball team. He starts to like himself. Kevin’s parents starts by encourage Kevin to play soccer. But Kevin did NOT like soccer, he thinks that basketball was his future. So that it became his dream. Kevin told us that everyone of us matters, and everyone of us have our own dream. And once you have a dream, you should never give up on it.

Kevin inspired every single person in his speech today. Kevin inspired me to keep playing tennis and never give up. Kevin’s speech inspired all of us to move towards the up, which is towards your own dream. Kevin’s words can help me get confidence by thinking of what he did. -Never give up, never give up, never give up… try your best on what you can do… Kevin said that he was CERTAIN to be a basketball player because that was his dream and he loved it. Kevin’s speech made me also felt CERTAIN that I would become a tennis player when I grow up.Kevin’s words made me have a plan on knowing what to do this summer… working and practicing on my dream.: soccer and tennis.

This is a movie trailer about Kevin Laue.