Thank You & Good Luck

I just wanted to say to everyone in our class GOOD LUCK!!  This class will be very memorable.  I look back over the last couple of months and can say I honestly see growth in everyone in that class.  I am thankful for Candee for being such an awesome teacher and I’m sure it will be a sad day at Southern State when she leaves.  I hope great things happen for her because she deserve great things.

To all the young ones in our class I hope you reach every dream that you may possibly dream.  I heard some really awesome speeches from people who thought they could never speak in front of others and that is what has made this class wonderful, it brought out someone in each of us that we did not exist. Again GOOD LUCK!

 

Randa

Informative speech!!! WOW!

I would like to start by saying that I am glad that my informative speech is over. I really did not expect to become that emotional. I knew the subject was very close to my heart but I have always been able to contain myself when speaking about the past. However, I have never discussed it in front of that many people. It was a feeling I can not explain. I was not scared, I was not embarrassed, I actually felt very strong even though I may have appeared very weak.

I thank each and every person in our class for writing such kind comments. This class is awesome to say the least. Every speech in here has been really cool and unique, everyone of us are showing what is important to us whether we know it or not. I just want to say that we are all going to walk away with good memories from this class.

Randa

Real Anxiety!!!

The day I gave my speech I was very nervous and scared. I don’t know what I was afraid of.  I have done this a couple times before. Oh!! Now I know I do this every time I am in front of  an audience!!  I just can not figure out why.  I loved the poem I chose because I believe that it rings true in each one of our lives and I believe I tried to state that but I got tongue-tied and when I get tongue-tied then my face starts burning and my mouth becomes dry and sticky. I know I was in the middle of a full-blown anxiety attack.

When I stood up I felt like all the blood in my body was in my head and I could not think.  However when I actually started reading I began to pray and think about some of  the techniques the book advises us of and some of the anxiety subsided.  I will say looking out at faces that seemed interested made a huge difference in my speech.  I don’t think this one ended up bad but I am scared of the next ones because we have to talk about our subject not read. I do however enjoy this class and I think that everyone in here done a wonderful job kudos to all of us!!!!!  And Candee thank you so much for the encouragement you give to each one of us.

Randa

What We Can Learn from Polar Bears

I snapped the photo of a polar bear at the Columbus, Ohio zoo last summer. As I was thinking of what I wanted to talk about in my blog the picture came to mind.  In the picture the bear came out of the water and was on his stage in front of many people. He had their complete attention. Although  the bear was not speaking,  the crowd was listening and taking in every move he made which is what we want when we are giving our own speech.  When the bear jumped up on his stage he began to shake the water off of his thick coat.  The water was uncomfortable for the bear, it weighed him down and kept him from moving as freely as he would have liked.

How does this relate to us?   I think that we should try to behave in the same manner. Speaking in public makes us uncomfortable. We may feel weighed down and anxious. Maybe we should try the bears mannerism and shake off what makes us uncomfortable so that we may be able to move and speak more freely and also listen to our class mates as attentively. That being said I only pray that I will be able to pull off these actions.  I know most people are apprehensive about speaking in front of crowds. Therefore, we are not alone.  I hope to gain confidence from this class, confidence that I may take with me through out the rest of my life and into my career.

Randa