My Reflection Of Speech

Pocahontas was the daughter of Chief Powhatan, the chief of the Powhatan Indians. When English settlers came from the Mayflower, she contributed significantly to the early survival of Jamestown. When Captain John Smith got captured by Powhatan’s men, Pocahontas rescued him from getting executed. Following this event, she started to frequently visit Jamestown. She became an important supplier of food for the colonists, and also she became an informer for the colony.

I discovered many strengths and weaknesses through this semester, especially in this latter half. For me, my most instrumental papers were the collaborative essay, my essay on circumcision, and the research essay. These really highlighted some key ideas for me on things I needed to work on or had down already.

Everyone growing up faces many struggles and/or obstacles, and that’s a fact. One of the obstacles that I faced while growing up, was that I could not hear properly. I remember my teachers from

According to research, there has been a need for increased attention to State Tested Nursing aid, STNAs. The reason is that STNAs play a very vital role in End-of-life Care, EOL in a nursing home. They offer about 90% of direct care to the residents of the nursing home. The researchers that have been recently done have failed to give quantitative information on the needs of STNAs responsible for EOL care and even their perceptions that surrounds quality issues in EOL nursing home care. The research aimed at describing the experience of STANs in providing EOL nursing home care by a survey-based quantitative study (Nochomovitz, E et al., 2010).

I have been practicing on how to improve my writing over the past few weeks, which has taught me a great deal about writing. My teacher would like me to evaluate and explain my strengths and weaknesses in my own writing. This evaluation is in between my two essays. One on my own and another with my teacher's help. I have strengths and weakness in my introduction, body paragraphs ,and my conclusion.

To effectively revise and edit my research paper, I read it carefully, as I played the reader`s role instead of that of a writer. In addition, I used a number of strategies to effectively revise and edit my research paper. First, I read my paper aloud as I listened for errors. After carefully listening, I was able to identify and correct errors in my writing, including grammar, incorrect sentence structure, incomplete ideas, and incorrect punctuation. While reading, I could stop and rectify the mistake at the point where I could note it. In addition, I read each sentence at a time so that I could digest the structure and identify any error. Prior to the reading, I noted down the common errors I usually commit while writing such as the omission

We are already midway through the first quarter of my last year as a high school student. I find it hard to completely grasp how quickly this year is passing and yet I feel like we've already accomplished so much.

I thought it was funny when on pg. 284 – 285 that Bessie was saying that there might not be a African American president in a couple of years, and she also believed that there might be even a women president before an African American president. So, today we have an African American president and there hasn’t been a women president yet. Bessie was right about somethings but, I believe that is just a coincidence that this has happened. Sadie was right about Bessie, how she could tell the future, I guess Bessie was just gifted. I think that Bessie would be a great president, in my opinion, she knows what made the country fall and what has helped build it up.

I have trouble writing because my writing seems to be a little “tongue-in-cheek” as my AP English teacher said. (I have a couple unfinished examples that I will attach). I tend to not know exactly what I am trying to say in my essays. It is not that I am a poor writer per se; I just have an issue focusing my writing. I enjoy writing; however, I become engrossed in the way I want to present my ideas. Perhaps it is that I do not know the audience to whom I am writing. I usually use proper grammar and mechanics but that is definitely not enough to write an exceptional essay. In this course, I feel strongly that I will develop these skills. Another concern I have with writing is when it is timed. I have never performed well in a timed writing assignment;

Olympian, Kim Collins said, “Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection.” This quote can also apply to students in school in many different ways. Students always want the best project or writing grade that they can possibly get. While that is a worthy goal it is not realistic because students are not perfect and they are still learning, and developing important skills. In my personal essays throughout the year I did strive for perfection, but I learned that I could not do it. I had to make slight improvements to better my writing for the next essay.

As a recent Egyptian immigrant to the United States, writing is the most difficult subject. In 7th grade, my writing process started to develop with the help of an amazing teacher. Ever since 7th grade I have been practicing wiring to be close to the high school writing slandered. I reached my goal last year when my act writing score is 6 point which places me in English 101. I doubted myself so, I took the Accuplacer test which also, placed me in English 101. I was scared when I saw the results that I’m going to fail this course. After taking this course, it made me more confident in writing and showed me my writing level which needs more practice. This class helped me improve my writing skills, by getting great feedback from my instructor

Until the age of five, I had the inability to speak properly. When attempting to communicate with someone, I would know the message I was trying to convey, but the other person would have no idea of what I was saying. In preschool, this problem continued, so the school gave me a speech specialist. With the help of this specialist, I was able to learn how to make my thoughts clear (as much as a child could).

I spent most of my childhood in front of a two-way mirror tied down with microphones and bombarded with tedious questions. As I grew, the silliness of an adult asking me to repeat words soon was outgrown as the harsh reality of being judged and observed was exposed. A lot a children attend speech therapy at a young age to get rid of their babyish slurs but for some, we continue the gruesome process of being assigned to a therapist, trying, failing, and being pasted to the next until you’re old enough to know that chances are you will sound like this forever and even the most intense therapy won’t help. Having everything you say criticized at a young age creates someone with dangerously low self-esteem and shyness towards everyone from classmates

Through the narrator’s thoughts on being back in war and performing valorous acts for medals, it is revealed that he is an idealistic person. Unlike the Italian soldiers – forced into war because their country was invaded – we know the narrator, an American, must have had an idealistic preconception of war since he volunteered to participate. This preconception might be that he can be a hero through brave acts on the battlefield, and receive ribbons to memorialize that heroism. Later after returning from the war, the narrator still imagined himself doing all the brave acts the Italian soldiers did to receive their medals. However, we know the narrator’s ideals are challenged because he was haunted by horrible war memories, afraid to return to the frontlines, and realized the ribbon he finally received was just an accident – chance is more

Communication is a challenging skill for me. It is difficult for me to connect what my brain is thinking with what comes out of my mouth or what I put on paper. Sometimes, I look at what I have written after being away from it for awhile and realize that wasn’t what I meant at all. I also say things at times that aren’t what I am really thinking. When I was a newborn, surgery on my heart severed the nerves to my vocal cords, resulting in vocal cord paralysis. Physically, this made learning to speak difficult, and I spent years in speech therapy. Although I do still have the paralysis, I learned to compensate for it. I still don’t have a very loud voice. When I had to do presentations in school, my teachers would let me borrow their microphones so I could be heard. Technology helps me deal with my physical disability but I still struggle with a “communication disorder.”