Monday, January 14, 2013

10 year old intellect, Dalton Sherman's keynote speech

10 year old intellect, Dalton Sherman's keynote speech Tube. Duration : 8.93 Mins.


Dalton Sherman of Dallas, TX as the keynote speaker at the Dallas Independent School District launch of the new school year. For more information, please visit www.dallasisd.org Dallas fifth-grader Dalton Sherman earning fans, fame as a figure of speeches 12:28 AM CDT on Saturday, August 23, 2008 By KATHERINE LEAL UNMUTH / The Dallas Morning News kunmuth@dallasnews.com Thousands of Dallas teachers are talking about the little boy with the big voice who wowed them earlier this week at a big beginning-of-school pep rally at American Airlines Center. Who is this kid?, they wondered. At 10, Dalton Sherman is a speech-making pro. Since winning a big oratory competition in Dallas last January, hes performed at numerous churches and events all over Dallas. He even opened an event for famed poet Maya Angelou. He has the it factor, said Dawn Blair, Daltons godmother. Like Tiger has it, Obama has it. You cant put your finger on it. And since his Wednesday speech, which left many teachers cheering and others in tears, his family has been inundated by phone calls and e-mails. A talkative kid, Dalton bounces up and down on a couch in his familys home talking about his craft. His parents call it his gift. I try to shake and move when Im getting ready to go on, Dalton says, while demonstrating his movements. I walk out there and Im like here it comes—no turning back now. Then I just begin. Dalton is a fifth-grader at Charles Rice Learning Center. His family lives down the street from ...

No comments:

Post a Comment