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“THey’re not paying her, they want her to do the dirty work of preparing a speech…what’s the justification of that?”
Trust me
No one wants to sit through your daughters speech. Not the parents, and not the rabbeim who have to endure these things every year.
It’s pretty much the same at every bar mitzvah.
Show of hands. How many here enjoy all the speeches at a bar mitzvah? Especially the pshetel?
That said it’s “what’s done”. Every graduation has a speech from the valedictorian, and it will look weird if she refuses. I’m reasonably sure every valedictorian writes their own speech even in Harvard.
It’s a learning experience. And a good one. Public speaking skills is something to hone and useful in many professions.
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