למידה, אינטרנט ... ומה שביניהם

"It wasn't done maliciously," she added. "It wasn't done to try to take someone else's words for my own."

Calabro said she didn't tell the students she was delivering a speech posted on the Web site About.com because "it didn't even dawn on me to give credit, because it was a public speech, and this was a sample" speech.

The Web site where she found the speech "didn't say I could use it, but it didn't say I couldn't use it," Calabro said. She also said she consulted an attorney, whom she declined to name, and was told she did nothing illegal.

Speechwriting is all about knowing your audience and addressing their concerns. Leave your audience with something about which to think. Include humor and inspirational quotes. But make sure that each of these are integrated into the whole. Study the great speeches of the past to find inspiration. The joy that you will feel when you have given a speech that has inspired people is amazing and worth the effort. Good luck!

A student who attended the ceremony recognized some of the passages in the speech and checked it against the Web site.

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