hi I’m Zack
some of you in this room might know me
most of you though might not but I hope
at the end of our conversation I could
leave you with something to remember me
by
well there I participate in my fair
share of extracurricular activities and
more often than not it’s like I bit off
more than I could chew what I mean is my
exams literally just went bad he doesn’t
get more stressful than that right but
frankly what I am and how I got here
today is not why I’m up here instead I
want to give you all a little insight
inside on the life of a nine-year-old
boy one who recently moved to Dubai with
his family believe it or not I was quite
the shy insecure type of kid I would
keep to myself most often I wouldn’t
start a conversation instead I would
just answer for whatever was asked of me
and it wasn’t hard for me to go
unnoticed in the hallways what I’m
trying to say is I am shorter than most
people but it didn’t let my lack of
athleticism hold me back sure it was
tough committing myself to sports and
various educational programs needless to
say I wasn’t the best at any of them at
the time but with the passage of time I
realized how truly gifted I was and not
just me everyone in this room for that
matter
let’s take a trip down memory lane about
seven years ago seven years ago my life
was not in his best shape it was
actually in shambles I was having a lot
of problems with my schooling life and
my sporting part of me well it wasn’t
all that great what I’m trying to say is
I wasn’t making any progress in
any manner at all but eventually you
meet people and if they’re the right
kind of people they can change your life
for the better as I did education
education is the fundamental to
everything in today’s society and I
agree but seven years ago our education
system was not the same as it is today
seven years ago you had to be the
smartest of the most intellectual
student to be accepted in a class if you
had a difficulty in learning that was
completely on you but over the years
learning Institute’s themselves have
transformed now you have wonderful
teachers to guide you and answer to your
every need and concern people to even
show you down the right paths of life
children who were previously neglected
or didn’t do so well in school are now
noticed they are accepted and they are
shown the true value which is much
greater than just an a star
metamorphosis let me break this down for
you
Mehta comes from a Greek word meaning
change morph another Greek word meaning
shape and finally AUSA’s once again a
Greek word meaning the process
ladies and gentlemen metamorphosis it
directly translates into the process of
changing shape but this does not
necessarily have to be physical I
changed internally and mentally for the
betterment of myself
currently stand in front of you is no
more than a common example of self
evolution seven years have passed and
finally able to say I am proud of the
person I have become ask yourself where
did you see yourself we knew about 10
years old are you proud of a person
you’ve become the person you have
evolved into as I changed everything
around me changed as well my bonds with
my classmates are you stronger my family
and I grew closer I’m insured
unknowingly everything else changed just
as I did just as a caterpillar goes
through several phases before
metamorphosize into a butterfly
we too do the same we change from the
small innocent little babies in our
parents arms to hyperactive fun seeking
and energetic toddlers to really grow be
teenagers and finally too young and
mature many we men and women
I never really understood what
metamorphosis is but now I realize that
metamorphosis is just evolution but not
the evolution of just one thing it’s the
evolution of everything around us due to
the development progress of one thing
what I am today is a result of
motivation and inspiration from my
amazing teachers friends and my family
but as lack of tomorrow we are yet to
see not to make good on my promises
earlier I’ll leave you all with a small
quote a quote from the father of
evolution Charles Darwin it is not the
strongest of species that survive
neither is it the most intelligent
species in fact it is species it’s most
adaptable to its own change thank you
very much
[Applause]
some of you in this room might know me
most of you though might not but I hope
at the end of our conversation I could
leave you with something to remember me
by
well there I participate in my fair
share of extracurricular activities and
more often than not it’s like I bit off
more than I could chew what I mean is my
exams literally just went bad he doesn’t
get more stressful than that right but
frankly what I am and how I got here
today is not why I’m up here instead I
want to give you all a little insight
inside on the life of a nine-year-old
boy one who recently moved to Dubai with
his family believe it or not I was quite
the shy insecure type of kid I would
keep to myself most often I wouldn’t
start a conversation instead I would
just answer for whatever was asked of me
and it wasn’t hard for me to go
unnoticed in the hallways what I’m
trying to say is I am shorter than most
people but it didn’t let my lack of
athleticism hold me back sure it was
tough committing myself to sports and
various educational programs needless to
say I wasn’t the best at any of them at
the time but with the passage of time I
realized how truly gifted I was and not
just me everyone in this room for that
matter
let’s take a trip down memory lane about
seven years ago seven years ago my life
was not in his best shape it was
actually in shambles I was having a lot
of problems with my schooling life and
my sporting part of me well it wasn’t
all that great what I’m trying to say is
I wasn’t making any progress in
any manner at all but eventually you
meet people and if they’re the right
kind of people they can change your life
for the better as I did education
education is the fundamental to
everything in today’s society and I
agree but seven years ago our education
system was not the same as it is today
seven years ago you had to be the
smartest of the most intellectual
student to be accepted in a class if you
had a difficulty in learning that was
completely on you but over the years
learning Institute’s themselves have
transformed now you have wonderful
teachers to guide you and answer to your
every need and concern people to even
show you down the right paths of life
children who were previously neglected
or didn’t do so well in school are now
noticed they are accepted and they are
shown the true value which is much
greater than just an a star
metamorphosis let me break this down for
you
Mehta comes from a Greek word meaning
change morph another Greek word meaning
shape and finally AUSA’s once again a
Greek word meaning the process
ladies and gentlemen metamorphosis it
directly translates into the process of
changing shape but this does not
necessarily have to be physical I
changed internally and mentally for the
betterment of myself
currently stand in front of you is no
more than a common example of self
evolution seven years have passed and
finally able to say I am proud of the
person I have become ask yourself where
did you see yourself we knew about 10
years old are you proud of a person
you’ve become the person you have
evolved into as I changed everything
around me changed as well my bonds with
my classmates are you stronger my family
and I grew closer I’m insured
unknowingly everything else changed just
as I did just as a caterpillar goes
through several phases before
metamorphosize into a butterfly
we too do the same we change from the
small innocent little babies in our
parents arms to hyperactive fun seeking
and energetic toddlers to really grow be
teenagers and finally too young and
mature many we men and women
I never really understood what
metamorphosis is but now I realize that
metamorphosis is just evolution but not
the evolution of just one thing it’s the
evolution of everything around us due to
the development progress of one thing
what I am today is a result of
motivation and inspiration from my
amazing teachers friends and my family
but as lack of tomorrow we are yet to
see not to make good on my promises
earlier I’ll leave you all with a small
quote a quote from the father of
evolution Charles Darwin it is not the
strongest of species that survive
neither is it the most intelligent
species in fact it is species it’s most
adaptable to its own change thank you
very much
[Applause]
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