Lessons I Learned For Myself

The mistakes of my past have helped to develop my future and the person that I am now. Throughout this whole process, I guess you can say I learned that it doesn't matter how bad you messed up or who you hurt in the process, it’s all about how you own up to your mistakes and what you learn from them. While I was in my early stages of school life I always wanted everyone to approve of me and think I was the nicest person they ever met, so I always tried to blend in. I didn't realize till later that being too nice was actually more of a disadvantage than beneficial, if you're too nice people will waste no time taking advantage of it the moment you give them the chance. Yes, I know that’s something that everyone should learn before entering middle school, but I didn't realize how the real world actually looked/treated people like me till I experienced it firsthand. While in elementary school, I only spoke when I was spoken to and, at first, I didn't think much about it, but later I felt out of place.

When hearing about the word “voice” , people’s would think about different notations: Some may think about the music they heard about in the leisure time, some may think about the perspective of one person, the unique perspective of someone.Today I want to talk the latter one and how I feel it using my personal experience.

Growing up I never really thought about how much kindness could actually change people.We all know how important it is to be kind to one another but I don't think we take into consideration sometimes how much words can effect someone, positively or negatively.. After this tragic event happened I took into consideration the importance of kindness as well as how much people over look the simplicity of it.

Notwithstanding Treasure’s use of vocal coach jargon, he does not go so far as to assume his audience fully understands their meaning as they relate to the topic. He therefore provides definitions and oral examples that connect listeners to the idea. As Treasure used lists, supporting points, and definitions, he does fail to provide much testimony regarding the success of these tactics – other than simply stating what is positive and negative. This is likely a sign of understanding his audience’s common knowledge. Clearly there is a tremendous amount of practice and awareness involved in aptly utilizing the tools Treasure discusses, far and beyond splattering them within one’s speaking. Treasure notes this perfectly, as he states: “First of all, I think absolute honesty may not be what we want. I mean, my goodness, you look ugly this morning. Perhaps that's not necessary. Tempered with love, of course, honesty is a great thing. But also, if you're really wishing somebody well, it's very hard to judge them at the same time. I'm not even sure you can do those two things simultaneously,” (2013). The same rings true with the use and understanding of register (depth), timbre (smoothness), prosody (melody of voice), pace, pitch, and

Picture a baby screaming at the top of her lungs every time she gets her hair washed, with a sound as though someone is murdering her. Now imagine a child, giving her mother headaches, as she makes one of her mother’s biggest wishes come true. My mother used to always listen to a famous singer named Aaliyah, sadly the singer passed away at a young age, and she cried for weeks. Mom prayed that one day, if she had a girl, that she would have a voice like Aaliyah’s. Her prayers came true: I continue to sing in cars when she leaves to enter stores; singing in the basement, acappella and even in the shower. One thing that she didn’t expect is for me to be humbled, which makes it a curse to want to perform. I wanted to break-free from that shell

The Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Voice project taught me a lot about myself, and my own thinking. The goal of the Voice Project was to be able to identify and explore a connection between my life and the life of Oskar Schell, a character in the novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. This required that I take a step back and look at my life from a deeper perspective than I ever had before. From this, I learned things about myself that I hadn’t thought of before, especially my flaws. I had to make sense of all of this and collect it together into a single theme connecting who I am as a person to someone else, and open up to the class about everything.

I may not be as experienced as the other employees here, but, I believe my willingness to learn will be a great asset as I continue to advance my skills. As a younger member of this team I want to learn the ins’ and outs’ that will make me a valuable member in the future. I have some fears to overcome, one of the more important fears is that I cannot use my voice appropriately. Trouble speaking to others is a very obnoxious problem as I am unable to clearly project my thoughts. Though, I am young I can acknowledge this issue I’m facing and begin to find ways that I can mitigate this fear. Eventually, I will prevail over this phobia and allow myself to become an important playmaker on this

From an early age I was taught the importance of personal integrity and the importance of being adaptable and prepared for any stressful situation that life may throw at you. During my time as a boy scout I was constantly taught to be prepared and to also to always be at the service of others. At the end of our camping trips we would be told repeatedly to “leave this place, better than when you found it” and this lesson has translated into my own life. I want to make the world a better (safer) place than when I found it. As I grew up, these lessons continued to play a key role in the decisions I made and have made me into the man that I’ve become today.

Throughout the week of January 9-13, Mrs. Thompson’s Language Arts classes conducted a Kindness Experiment. Students were asked to complete kind gestures and encourage recipients to pay them forward. This task created a kindness chain that is still going on today. Students and teachers are passing the torch of kindness and doing amazing things. This proves that kindness is contagious!

(2013), conducted a study to see how popularity affected a child’s generosity. Popularity has been shown to play a role in how generous a child is. Results from a study have revealed that popular children are more inclined to be generous in public environments, while less popular children are generous in both private and public environments (Chen et al., 2013). In this study, children were given four colored bands, and in private they decided how many bands to donate to another person and put the bands they wanted to donate in an envelope and gave it to the experimenter. After the envelopes were distributed, a game was played where they were assigned either a private or public treatment. In the public treatment, the children were informed that their donations and decisions would be written on the black board for everyone to see and in the private treatment, their decisions remained a secret. Results showed that, on average, children shared more in public than they did in private (Chen et al., 2013). Researchers also discovered age had a role in sharing too, the older participants shared more than the younger ones did. A study conducted by Lipscomb et al. (1983) also shows these results. Kindergarteners and sixth graders participated in a study to determine the effects of a model’s behavior and verbal appeals on generosity. The children were exposed to a generous model and won a fixed amount of money and were given the opportunity to donate it to charity. The

In this journal I had reinforced the belief that everything happens for a reason and in God’s timing. In thinking about the scenario, two lessons were learned: (1) persistence – if you want something badly enough, you’ll do what’s needed to get it; and (2) patience – we want things we don’t have immediately and in that very moment in time, not a second more, but we must learn to wait for the right time for those things to come. Though it seemed like forever before I got my breakthrough answer of approval, it taught me things in the process. These lessons learned I preach to myself when I notice that I’m being too impatient or am wanting something really badly. For example, I wanted a tattoo. So what did I do? I remained persistent in what I

With this noticing of sensations, she teaches individuals to use these to become vocally and physically aware. By eliminating the physical and psychological blocks that full potential of the human voice, one is able to free the innate voice. According the Linklater, this means that the voice is put in direct contact with emotions, and is shaped by the thoughts. She believes that the voice is deeply personal, and one can unify the desire to communicate with the restoration of the voice in order to release its full potential. In her approach, the human voice has three to four octaves of sound. These sounds relate to thoughts, emotions, impulses, and ideas, also known as voice consciousness. Therefore, it is crucial to take care of the voice, such as by getting adequate sleep, doing voice and body warmups, breathing correctly, singing in the shower, drinking a lot of water, avoiding harmful substances, and so on. The voice consists of breath, vocal cords, and resonators, whereas speech is in a completely different part of the brain. Therefore, although challenging, when brought together these brain-body activities free the natural function of the vocal mechanism and improve everyday and theatrical

Just as philanthropy has great societal effects, it also has many psychological effects. When people decide to donate, they are bestowing on themselves an innumerable number of intangible costs, “one of these costs is the psychological implication is giving.”(Bekkers & Wiepking, 2010). Giving not only contributes to the way others see one but also to the way one sees himself, this contributes to “one’s self image as an altruistic, empathetic, social responsible, agreeable, or influential person” (Bekkers & Wiepking, 2010). The first response one feels, however, is an emotional response, this response makes one feel good and have a positive mood (Bekkers & Wiepking, 2010). The nearly automatic response can liberate one from feelings of guilt, which in turn satisfies one’s desire to show gratitude or morality (Bekkers & Wiepking, 2010).

For the entirety of my life, I have been terrified and uncomfortable with public speaking. Whether it be persistently hoping my elementary teachers did not ask me to read a paragraph of our class book out loud or dreading a high school presentation; this aspect of me has remained constant. So, when I realized I had to take CAS 101, I was nervous and overwhelmed, yet excited at the opportunity to improve my oral rhetoric skills. Throughout the years I have grown in my confidence and my nerves have slightly reduced; nonetheless, I still felt ill-equipped to succeed in the class. While my comfort made a minor improvement, I still struggled with my voice. Because I talk in a monotone and unclear manner, I have found it difficult to deliver an engaging and dynamic presentation. Yes, I was aware that this class would be a challenge, but I yearned for the terrific strides I would make. Thankfully, I leave the class with confidence and a clearer understanding of my strengths and weakness. Strengths of organization and content, and weaknesses of vocal delivery and extemporaneous style. With this, I will be able to continue my growth as a speaker and better prepare myself for my future career. Instead of envying the presentation abilities of others and allowing it to decrease my confidence, this class showed me that I too can deliver a fluid portrayal of my ideas. Although the journey of discovering my voice is far from complete, this course facilitated my understanding of my

Growing up I was painfully shy. If anything required public speaking, I would shy away from it. I lived my life being scared to ask for opportunities to share my talent, and hated being put on the spot. The more I developed as a performer, I realized I would have to talk, sometimes a lot. In High School I signed up for a Radio Broadcasting and Journalism class, simply because I liked music. In the class, shy people didn’t exist or pass the class for that matter. I was put on the spot constantly to stand in front of the class and present my news stories. For a test grade, I even had to host a radio show every week. The fear of speaking went away. Not only did I no longer have fear. I was good at it! When I spoke people listened. The talent was not inherited, or was it naturally there. However, the more I exercised the ability, the more it grew. My senior year of high school I said the morning announcements. Now, in college I do the Daily Update for Mason Cable News. I agree with Suzuki one hundred percent, “We must realize that talent, not only in music but in other fields as, is not inherited.” Coming from a long line of talkers, I didn’t have that ability, it was something I truly had to work at.