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    Declamation Piece: The Real Challenge By: Dee Jay Marasigan

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    The declamation piece discusses realizing that focusing too much on others' expectations can be stressful and unnecessary. It argues that true self-acceptance is more important than trying to please everyone or fit certain standards. Some key points made are: 1) Common insecurities like appearance, popularity, and living up to parents' expectations don't really matter and shouldn't define one's self-worth. 2) Friendships will have disagreements but true friends will remain close despite differences. 3) Prioritizing others' perceived expectations led to unnecessary stress but realizing one is "perfectly imperfect" is freeing and self-acceptance is the real challenge.

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    Declamation Piece: The Real Challenge By: Dee Jay Marasigan

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    The declamation piece discusses realizing that focusing too much on others' expectations can be stressful and unnecessary. It argues that true self-acceptance is more important than trying to please everyone or fit certain standards. Some key points made are: 1) Common insecurities like appearance, popularity, and living up to parents' expectations don't really matter and shouldn't define one's self-worth. 2) Friendships will have disagreements but true friends will remain close despite differences. 3) Prioritizing others' perceived expectations led to unnecessary stress but realizing one is "perfectly imperfect" is freeing and self-acceptance is the real challenge.

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    The declamation piece discusses realizing that focusing too much on others' expectations can be stressful and unnecessary. It argues that true self-acceptance is more important than trying to please everyone or fit certain standards. Some key points made are: 1) Common insecurities like appearance, popularity, and living up to parents' expectations don't really matter and shouldn't define one's self-worth. 2) Friendships will have disagreements but true friends will remain close despite differences. 3) Prioritizing others' perceived expectations led to unnecessary stress but realizing one is "perfectly imperfect" is freeing and self-acceptance is the real challenge.

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    Declamation Piece: The Real Challenge By: Dee Jay Marasigan

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    The declamation piece discusses realizing that focusing too much on others' expectations can be stressful and unnecessary. It argues that true self-acceptance is more important than trying to please everyone or fit certain standards. Some key points made are: 1) Common insecurities like appearance, popularity, and living up to parents' expectations don't really matter and shouldn't define one's self-worth. 2) Friendships will have disagreements but true friends will remain close despite differences. 3) Prioritizing others' perceived expectations led to unnecessary stress but realizing one is "perfectly imperfect" is freeing and self-acceptance is the real challenge.

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    DECLAMATION PIECE:

    THE REAL CHALLENGE


    By: Dee Jay Marasigan

    I… (pause, walks like lost)

    I… (looks to the audience)

    Oh forget it! (stomps) I would not be good enough anyway!

    I will always be the fat one! I will never be the most popular girl in school! I will never reach my parents’
    expectations! I will never get along with my best friend perfectly! I will never… uh! Blah, blah, blah.
    Yeah, whatever. (sigh a deep breath)

    But you know what? (acts surprised)

    You know what I just realized? (emphasis; stress out ‘realized’)

    This maybe too fast, okay?

    But I just realized that I’m wrong! Yes, I am wrong!

    In fact, I must consider those things as the things in life that don’t really matter. Yes, they don’t really
    matter.

    So what if I may look chubby in these clothes I wear? So what if I may seem stouter for my age? No one
    must care! I must not have starved myself to death just because of that 3-letter word others call me. At
    least I know I am healthy and this is my appearance, I must flaunt it!

    So what if I will never be the most popular girl in school? We all have our own specialties. And I am sure
    mine is not having charisma, allurement, and the charms. But hey, there are a lot of things out there.
    There are academics, arts, sports, and many more. It’s not just about beauty. It’s about your capabilities,
    too, you know.

    So what if I will never reach my parents’ expectations? Oops, I know I can. I know that just by the simple
    things I do, I make them proud. I may not be this perfect daughter often seen on TVs and Films, but
    people; I just want to remind you that this is real life. For every good deed you do, even the smallest
    ways, as long as it is good, you make your parents proud. You may not always hear it from them, but
    believe me, they are proud of you.

    So what if my best friend and I don’t get along oftentimes? It doesn’’t matter, actually, because that’s the
    beauty part of friendship. Having misunderstandings because of those little things which make you look
    like a couple of first graders quarreling for a piece of candy bar, it might be quite annoying at first, but in
    the end, it will always be the two of you who will reach out to each other. No matter what happens. Don’t
    let your differences be a barrier for a healthy friendship; let it be a bridge to help understand each other
    better.

    Before, I was trying my best.

    For my family, who I thought was expecting me to act perfect all the time.

    For my teachers, who I thought was expecting me to do everything perfect and think school works are
    easy.

    For my friends, who I thought expect me to just get along and goof around when I’m with them.

    And for everyone in this society, who I thought was always going to judge every move I make. This
    society, who I thought was expecting me to do things I’m not capable of doing.

    I’m very, very sorry about this! I was wrong about what I thought you expect from me. I was always
    stressing myself doing anything to please everyone but me. I was trying my best for the people around
    me.

    But now, I’m glad to tell you that after all these realizations I’ve made, I have been an optimist. And now,
    I’m asking all of you to be one too. Forget those insecurities. Remove the negative thoughts. Throw away
    the pessimist in you. We may always think that we are light as a feather and weak as a twig but we could
    only be strong as much as we think we are. Who says you can’t do it, when you, yourself are your biggest
    critic. Stop impressing others because the real challenge in this big world is to know who and what you
    are; accepting deep inside, here, that you are perfectly imperfect. After all, the real challenge is not fitting
    in this society, it is self-acceptance.

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