Thank you everyone in this speech class

When I delivered my speech I was unsure how people would feel about me afterwards.  I have been hiding behind the fact that I have had people throw a lot of things in my face about my religion.  I was really pleased to see that I found support from the most understanding  groups of people. This too had me teary eyed because, for once I took the time with this class to get to know everyone, and seeing how diverse we  really are but seeking out the goal of an education.

Thank you everyone,

 

Danielle

Thanks to Julie and her chicks

I was scared when I was the first person to go up in front of the class, because I thought that I was really going to screw up pretty bad.  As it turned out, thanks to Julie and her chicks, they allowed me to focus on what I was doing forgetting about the nerves that I had going up to the podium.

My response to myself was that I thought that I was choppy and stumbled a few times.  The story I chose because it does have something to do with the religious path that I follow.  It followed the Italian Wicca (Strega).  I’ve had friends that have practiced that path.  The book itself taught me not to go into something that I don’t understand.  I guess that we all have lessons to learn.  I enjoyed everyone’s readings tonight, I’m looking forward to doing more speeches.

Thank you Candee for being supportive

Danielle

What public speaking is to me, and the discovery of myself

I have always known that speech is basically a portal into someone’s soul, unfortunately I have had issues with speaking in front  of people.  When I started this class I did not know what to think because I have always been a follower instead of the one that gets up and takes the bull by the horns.  The first time I took a speech class I understood what it meant to be overwhelmed. Speaking to people comes natural to me, but speaking in front of people is a challenge.  Along the lines of my first attempt at speech class, I hurried the speech never thinking how badly I sounded, even though I had all of the material, to me I thought that I sounded like a fool, and the teacher graded me accordingly. This was on top of me being left to do an English project all by myself, one that included doing the interviews and preparing the paper. The other person got a better grade than I did even though I had done all of the work.

I am looking forward to this class because the last several nights that we have had to stand up in front of the class and explain what we chose to write about. This has helped me realize that there is nothing to worry about.  This class has been one of the more interesting classes I think I’ve had yet. I’m going to go on to a four-year institution in hopes of finally getting my bachelors degree, and with that I am sure that I am going to see more speaking in front of the class.

With my career choice I am certain that I will be utilizing these skills of speaking in public more often than not, because one day I hope to be running a juvenile facility or at least working as a parole/probation officer.  My life’s dream is to help kids, and if I can reach just one, I guess that’s a start.

 

Danielle