Imagine me six inches shorter, a little smaller, with my hair in a side pony, because that was the middle school fashion accompanied with that distinct middle school personality. In middle school, I wasn’t necessarily considered one of the popular students, but my peers didn’t categorize me as “uncool,” “lame,” or “not so great.” In short I was not popular nor unpopular. An average middle school student is what most would see me as. Attending school every day, maintaining good grades, participating in sports, having a great group of friends, and most importantly, enjoying life. In spite of this there was only one minor detail that I lacked but dreamed of having. My dream consisted of being a student council representative. Year after year, …show more content…
Those individuals who are selected based on the interview process are required to give a speech to the delegates from their area the same evening. Therefore, I knew I needed a speech prepared. I will easily admit that I was scared of the process before me. At that point in my life, I had only undergone one other interview which was significantly less complex. With the help of my agriculture teacher, I began to write a speech. The idea of basing it on my passion and dedication to meats judging came from the help of him. After I finished writing the speech, I was feeling confident. I wrote the greatest speech. However, reality hit me when I remembered I was required to make it through the interview process before I could give my astounding speech. Being on the council in his teenage years, my agriculture teacher, also, helped me prepare for the interview. Numerous possible interview questions were asked by him, some of which I had no idea how to …show more content…
The candidates were taken on stage where they would announce who would be giving speeches that evening. This was one of the more nerve-racking moments of them all. My heart was beating fast until they finally called my name. I would be continuing on to the next round. I would be able to present the speech that I could not wait to give. That evening, after the leadership activity, the delegates reported to their designated area room and the candidates met outside the rooms. Being the second to the last candidate to present, the waiting process began again. Of course we were all nervous and the nervousness progressed as presentation time grew nearer. Eventually my moment arrived. I confidently walked into the room to find that my friends were sitting in the front row and the room coordinator was the current state council president. She also held the title of the first place meats judging competitor in the state 4-H contest the past year. As I mentioned earlier, my speech was about my passion for meats judging and here I was delivering it in front of the state champion. Other than the fact that my legs were shaking the whole time, my speech went extremely
I had read an essay called, “I Just Wanna Be Average” by Mike Rose. The essay was about Rose revisiting his high school experience. He explains his adventure through school reflecting on his education, learning environment, & behaviors of students/teachers. Also he talks about the motivation or lack thereof in him and his fellow peers reflecting on them just wanting to be average.
Ladies and gentlemen, may I start my speech by welcoming the guests. Today, we are surrounded by most of the friends and family that have been important to us during our lives. Some have traveled thousands of miles, just to be here today. We welcome you all and thank you sincerely for sharing this special day with us.
Robbins, Alexandra. The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory, and Why Outsiders Thrive after High School. New York: Hyperion, 2011. Print.
What an amazing and inspiring speech of Randy Pausch. Not only did I learn about how to put a speech together he also teaches us some valuable life lessons.
Even though I am aware that there have been great strides forward, especially within the past decade, in the implementation of safer and more constructive methods, in regards to child interviewing practices, I am appalled at the gross negligence of our justice system, in their failure to protect children from the brutal onslaught of such damaging interrogation. Not only does it fail to safeguard a child’s health and well-fare, but it also proves counterproductive in the gathering of reliable testimony, and so therefore does not ultimately serve the constructs of justice, either.
As middle schoolers, or incoming freshman, we didn’t realize how we were acting. We saw ourselves as acting normal, or as a typical middle schooler. Which we would be correct because the majority of underclassmen do act this way, but that does not mean this is a proper way to act. In middle school, everything is simpler, and we acted how we wanted. We did not care if what we said came across as rude, or as disrespectful. Many were disrespectful to teachers, or to their fellow classmates. As we
To take something away from this speech would be to have a dream and present it to people in the same way you believe in it, this worked a lot better rather than speaking about a plan and presenting it to people. For if you tell people a plan they are not invested in you, they would possibly be more invested if you told them your dream and knowledge as you develop your credibility with them.
Making the transition from middle school to high school is a huge stepping stone in a teenager’s life. High school represents both the ending of a childhood and the beginning of adulthood. It’s a rite of passage and often many teens have the wrong impression when beginning this passage. Most began high school with learning the last thing on their mind. They come in looking for a story like adventure and have a false sense of reality created through fabricated movie plots acted out by fictional characters. In all actuality high school is nothing like you see in movies, television shows, or what you read about in magazines.
The interview I conducted took place in the courtyard of my complex in Smallville, with the interviewee and myself. For the purpose of his paper and to protect the adolescent privacy lets call her Regina. Regina is a fourteen-year-old adolescent female of Africa American descent. She is above average in height and carries a very shy and nonchalance deposition. She is a very attractive young lady and does above average work in her school setting. She appears to be a normal every day child with a lifetime of experiences awaiting her.
best to interview as he is one of the smartest people I know. Of course I talked to him in our
An effective school leader possesses skills to create, implement, evaluate, improve and share a staff development plan. I met with Ben Rhodes, Sandy Creek Middle School’s principal, to interview him on the specific elements of his yearly staff development plan. We began with the design process focusing on the district and school goals. District goals include improving literacy across the content areas in reading and writing, Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum (GVC). Guaranteed and Viable Technology (GVT), and Closing the Achievement Gap (Equity in Excellence). Using a variety of assessments to focus on specific needs, Ben Rhodes and Mary Sonya, our Pupil Achievement Specialist, examined CSAP, Explore, MAP, and RAD data. They use the Colorado Growth Model to help guide them to determine if students have made adequate yearly progress. Together, they created the plan that included the district goals mentioned above as well as continuing to include new technology skills, information on special education changes with Response to Intervention (RTI), maintaining current staff implementation of literacy goals and a new goal of raising achievement in math.
Over all this speech went relatively well but there is always room for improvement. I believe that the three most important aspects of this speech that I would need to improve and implement into my next speech would be the verbal citations, keeping my flashcards in order, and making sure that I plan out the time I need for my speech more carefully. I believe that improving these three things for my next speech would make a great
In addition to playing difficult games, children start to become part of a social world. School is age graded, meaning that students are placed in grades based on their age. Children tend to only talk to those in their grade. Children in the same age tend to form their own social status. It is in this social aspect of middle childhood where popularity comes...
In one journal entry I wrote, I brought to light that the popular group is something that every one of us, for some reason feels as though we need to be a part of. This is from my own experience and things I have observed throughout my four-year career in high school. I think it was perhaps worse in junior high, however. When you are in seventh and eighth grade you are not sure of who you are and are desperately searching around for something to belong to, to be a part of. Why is this, why are we a society that are most often drawn to the most popular, "cool" and "beautiful" that high school has to offer? Why is acceptance the most important thing to us, is belonging really as important as losing your own sense of self? Who you hang out with, who your closest friends are as an adolescent without a doubt help to shape who you are. And it's funny that you seem to end up being friends with the ones who are the same type of people as you. Same fashion sense, taste in music or cars and movies. When searching for an identity in high school, it is hard not to just attempt to pick up the one that seems the most socially acceptable. I know that my personal experiences include these conforming characteristics. Still as a freshman in college I am constantly looking at the fashion of my peers, wondering to myself "do they think I fit in"? This was especially true the first few weeks of college when I wasn't sure who my good friends were going to be; I made sure that I dressed as well as I could everyday, in all the new clothes I had bought specifically for college.
However, I was amazed to see all the positive feedback I received. The interviewer said that I did really well. Only when the observer Akash Tatikonda said that;