Some Thoughts

Today, I presented a debate on behalf of my group members addressing the question of whether we are losing cultural diversity due to globalization. Our side was “Yes”–there was also a “No” side too. The “No” side presented but the speaker was a little soft and didn’t project as well. I went up to bat and did a great job (according to some people). I was nervous as heck before I presented, but was completely calm during the presentation.

1)No matter who you are, we all get nervous. I love to speak in front of others, but my heart rate goes up big time. I mean, I was kind of squirming in my seat. All I needed to do was read what was on the paper.

2)I got an 83 on my speech. The Graduate Teacher Assistant loved my delivery but said my organization was a bit shaky. That’s okay though.

3)It really irks me when you meet someone in a chat room and you get along really well; after that, you never speak or hear from them again. Some chat rooms are great, but others are boring as heck.

4)I took my final in Astronomy. It was over Venus, Mars, and the “Jovian Planets”: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. We also went over comets, meteors, meteorites, and the formation of the Solar System. I felt extremely confident with how I did.

5)I had a quiz in the Global Issues class before my debate. I only missed 7; I didn’t study though! I didn’t study because I can drop my lowest quiz grade (2 A’s and a few B’s). The test was multiple choice and 20 questions in length. Most of the questions I guessed on…hehe.

6)It’s amazing how much you can understand a song without fully memorizing it. Just this past weekend, I heard Eminem’s song, “Cleaning Out my Closet” and I understand every word without having to memorize it. I believe that’s amazing!

7)Seductive Kitty (Liz), got her driver’s license today. Congratulations to her!

8)The weather today was nice and I actually wore a T-shirt on the way home :-P.

That’s all for me. Have a great day.

Kila

December 3, 2002

I relate to the “shakiness” of public speaking. i have been doing public speaking since i was 8, and i am also a singer so i am used to being infront of crowds, but i still get nervous (like when i sang at my bro’s wedding). i just hide it well. btw, i like your diary name. i have a plant that i named Joe that came from my mom’s Dieffenbachia which i call “Big Joe”. 🙂

SEE? I even wrote an entry a long time ago about Joe! 🙂 http://www.opendiary.com/entryview.asp?authorcode=C103388&entry=10109

ugg public speaking………..

Starr418

Glad you did well on everything *smiles*

I guess you heard about the girls who were raped in the Village. Man, it’s depressing. 🙁 ~Sarah

Ack, don’t even talk to me about globalization. My Principal gave a lecture on it the other day, and he bored me to death! Talking about globalization is actually quite interesting, but not the way my principal does it!!! I used to get really nervous when I had to do talks in English Language, but I’d be ok ince I’d started. My heart would race like crazy!

its so frigid here..im jealous *L* Speeches and debates can be fun as well as heart hammering WTG Liz on the Driver’s lisc.! glad your test went ok and the quiz wasnt too bad hope you have a great day hon btw you have email =) a short one but it should be there *hug*

hey joe well i don’t like to speak in fromt of people either actually i hate it and i can differently agree with you on the chat rooms things*some certain girl huh?* anyways umm i guess check my diary out when you get online i might be here if not my sister is so just stop by and say hey okay well byebye for now love ya lots jeannie

Public speaking still gives me the creeps… I’m getting shivers just thinking about it now! But I do love it when I impress people with knowledge or teach them something new. I just don’t think I could ever handle being a teacher! LOL… Glad things are going well. Take care…

hey great job on your speech you are so lucky to be confident about speaking in front of others man i get so scared and nervous about going in front of others…..its like i cant stop shaking and i say ummm a lot its awful but hey i hope you are doing okay and i hope to talk to you soon! Jocelyn