Analyzing Carolynn Schmies 'The Excellent Speaker Series'

which I wasn’t expecting.  So on the side of beginning my BSN program this week and figuring all this out, I am finalizing a speech to give today in front of about a thousand people.  Here it goes for public speaking!

In the story “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson, David Petrakis is the voice melinda does not have. He has the ability to do what she cannot. In one part of the story David stands up to Mr. Neck after he constantly abuses his students and rants about his son not getting a job. This leads to a full scale lawsuit where David claims his right to the first amendment was violated. Melinda felt that David was indirectly standing up for her when he yells at Mr.Neck because he had the ability to say what she never could. Melinda calls david a “hero” and thinks “He says a million things without saying a word. I make a note to study Petrakis. I have never heard a more eloquent silence” (Anderson 57). Melinda looks at David as if he has saved her.

When I was asked to be the speaker, I was flattered when they said “We want someone who was an Albemarle Middle School Honor Society Member and is now SUCCESSFUL today.” The comment was made by an adult near by, “But they want someone successful, and you are JUST A TEACHER.”

As seen in the passages, the speaker is a highly philosophical and educated person in the field of critical reading. For instance, the speaker makes many comparison such as buying a beefsteak and eating it and distinguishing whether a book owner owns woodpulp and ink or the book itself. The speaker stated that even though one may have the beefsteak in their icebox, it doesn’t truly belong to them until they consume it. Similar to the beefsteak situation, one truly owns the book if he or she writes in it, but only owns the ink and wood pulp if he or she lets the book sit on the shelf, untouched. The speaker’s temperaments are revealed to the readers through his opinions about books and critical readings. Furthermore, the the speaker’s identity is apparent in the story due to the first-person narration in the beginning and the use of the word “you” to show that he is talking directly to the readers.

On October 28th, 2015, Lone Star College of Kingwood hosted an event called the human library. It was held on campus for students who were interested to participate. The human library was created for students to gain knowledge of obstacles individuals experienced in life, such as living in the south as a black woman in the 1950’s, being homeless, and being a religion that is frowned upon in society. The purpose of the event is to teach students about other cultures, social classes, and hardship. The speakers inform our generation their own personal experience rather than information in a text book.

For my out of class speaker critique assignment, I chose to go and attend the public lecture on campus by Mr. Jim Davis, the creator of the Garfield the Cat syndicated comics. The event took place in Sursa Hall inside the Music Instruction Building, and it lasted an hour and half long from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. This lecture occurred on Wednesday, February 15th. In his speech, Mr. Davis talked about his youthful years, the initial challenges he faced, the business strategies he used, and the wild adventure he endured throughout his comical Garfield business adventures.

Melinda Sordino, the antagonist and narrator of the novel Speak written by Laurie Halse Anderson, is faced with isolation because of the trauma she experiences with her rape, the fact that her rapist attends her school, and because she is shunned by all of her peers. The summer before her ninth grade year, Melinda and her friends attend a high school party. She is raped at the party by a senior named Andy Evans, and immediately after she called the police. Before the cops arrived and busted the party Melinda left, causing everyone to believe Melinda was trying to get everyone in trouble.

Hello Cassy, hope all is well. What is ALS class and where was the audience demographic? I felt that you completely captured the emotion you had throughout this assembly. Lovely job using descriptive words to paint a mental picture of the professional speech giver. I view her and being dominate, compassionate and knowledgeable, sure that she was amazing. In your forum this week you made great point such as , the use of the Um and Uh. I feel that is I didn’t read your post this week I would receive a lower grade than I would have liked. Cassy I you have inspire and reminded to double-check my speech while delivering with confidence. Secondly, I understand that everyone isn’t natural public speaker, but showing up to an even knowledgeable is

On Thursday, October 19th I found myself in the Brazos Valley African-American Museum to hear Kim Olson, a candidate for Texas Agricultural Commissioner. She was a woman of tremendous military stature and was truly one of the best public speakers I have had the honor of hearing. The subject of her speech covered many key points of modern agriculture and a few mentions of the modern political situation as a whole, especially in local government. Her potential platform as the Tex Ag Commissioner would allow her to go before congress and argue for the farm bill in Texas to be raised which would allow us to reach new heights of small farming in our great state. Along with this Kim picked at a few common misconceptions of locally grown food, and

I’m looking forward to speaker day today because the junior class came up with an excellent speaker to represent their class his year. The presentation started off great, Dr. William Morse came right on time to speak in front of the whole school about adolescent sexuality. I thought it was cool that Miles dad knew someone with this area of expertise and was willing to give a speech. I came into the gym at exactly noon and greeted the senior class speaker which happed to be a former Alabama attorney general. Then I went over to greet Dr. Morse. When it was time to start I went directly behind the podium and gave my spiel about how the students would greatly benefit from both of the speakers today and then I introduced Dr. Morse to the students.

Craig Kielburger choosed to change the world when he was 12 years old, and he never stopped trying to make life easier for the children all over the world. Even nowdays, he's still very engaged : his fondation are still active, he often make speeches to open the eyes of the world about the issues of children's rights. Craig Kielburger is very invested in his battle against child labor and social inequalities. At this point, since he saw the article in the Toronto Star news paper, he devoted his entire life to change the situation, to stop child labor, and he's doing it pretty

As an out of state student, I am always very inspired and excited for any event hosted on our school’s campus (I pay so much for tuition, I feel I am getting my money’s more worth when I go to events). Events such as the literary forum reminds me of the importance of variety and that even within the same country, all cultures are unique. Though these events usually are positive and revolutionary they sometimes intimidate me due to the speaker usually being someone of great achievement, but this is usually the aspect that motivates me. The speaker at the literary forum was a very sweet man who left the audience intrigued and inspired. With all honesty if I could attend this event twice, I would.

I am writing this reflection statement based upon the speech of Hanna Le. I have got more understanding of the concept of the Australian voice or Australian visions. In her speech she includes three most significant Australian voices Sir Ronald Wilson, Millicent’s story and the last voice the former prime minster of Australia John Howard. Therefore she used various language techniques showing their perspective of the apology for the sorrows inflicted by white Australians upon Indigenous Australians. She has created meaning to her speech by reflecting the perspective of voices to techniques to gain more understanding of the concept of different Austrian voices.

Overall the speaker was amazing during her speech she had a testimonial speech that we didn’t know anything about, and how this project was special to her. The speaker had nice personal appearance, posture, and body movement. She also had some visual aids about the types of food that was given out to the people at the shelter.

When we first discovered that Nikki Barjon would be our guest speaker by email, I was thrilled. Her story about her journey through the public relations industry was very interesting. Her credentials are superb, she has worked with iconic accounts such as, King World, Oprah, Ford, T.I, high profiled celebrities and; that is just naming a few from the top of my head she mentioned during the lecture. She is an inspiration to me not because she is prosperous in the field I desire, but she as a person is someone that I aspire to be someday. Within the hour she spoke to the class, I will cherish for a lifetime.