Personal Narrative Speech

A week before I decided to quit gymnastics I was discussing with my family and friends that I wanted to join cross country. It was the beginning of ninth grade and I was not enjoying gymnastics as much as I used to. I didn’t want to quit entirely because I was progressing my skills on beam and vault, but at the same time the sport became too much to handle. I also knew that if I wanted to run cross country that I would not be able to do gymnastics since the sport required me to drive up to Lincoln four to five times a week. Deciding whether to

Although I had only participated in the school Cross Country team for two years, I felt very connected to the team and wish I had participated my sophomore and freshmen year as well. Over the two seasons, I have made many great friends and learned the importance of working hard to achieve my goals. Throughout my life, my parents have pushed me academically, but never really encouraged me to try hard in sports or physical activities. Cross country filled that void for me and helped me become a more well-rounded person.

I prepared for my informative speech by practicing several times in front of a mirror at home and timing myself. I worked on keeping my eyes up and trying to memorize my speech to help me keep my eyes out more during the informative speech. I also worked on trying to calm my nerves down, so when I presented my nervousness didn’t show through as much as it did when I gave my shield speech. I would by practicing as much as I did at home, it helped calm my nerves by the time I got up in front of my classmates and gave my informative speech on what girls really mean verse what they say. Although I did practice and it did help calm me down more, I still had my nervousness come out during my informative speech.

When I initially joined Cross Country, which was in my sophomore year, I felt excited to do something different. However, when the time came to do the road run, I felt surprised because of how challenging it actually was. I knew the runners ran several miles, but I had not know nor gave consideration to just how it would feel to run that much. Because I had not felt prepared and able, I felt like quitting. Fortunately,

Looking at Marlene sitting at the defendant's table with tears pouring down her face, Phyllis asked, “Why won’t you let me tell you the rest?”

We all support and motivate each other through the difficult times. About a week into my season, I had still only ran with other eighth graders, but my coach believed I could handle more. After we finished a mile warm up on the track, Couch Rodak began selecting the groups for the workout. “Ward, Grippo, LaSpina…” He then turned towards me with his big blue eyes and mustached face. “Amiaga.” Then marked the first time of working out with varsity runners. I thought I misheard my coach, when he placed me in that group. They would likely drop me in the first mile. He selected us for a five-mile run, but the many hills of Franklin Lakes and Oakland made it feel much longer. We started off at a fairly even pace, but would gradually increase in speed closer to a 7 minute per mile pace. As a newcomer, I felt overwhelmed, but I put my mind to it. Once we got into our second and third mile, I was already gasping for air. However, I locked on to the man in front of me and refused to fall behind. My legs became heavier with every step I took.

Although since the start of the course I have made alot of improvement with communication, one of the things that I still struggle with is being nervous. This is extremely frustrating for me because it seems like no matter how much I try not to overthink, and approach a situation with confidence my nerves get the best of me and I start to become embarrassed and frustrated with my inability to effectively articulate myself in social situations.

I’ve always hated running. Unfortunately for me, I’m relatively fast, so I’m wanted by the cross country team. Last year, Stan (the coach) convinced me to go out. The first practice was an “easy day.” Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t call four miles easy! Everyone was so nice to me, so I kept coming. I loved the social part of the sport, but the running was awful. The only thing that made up for the running were the senior boys. Not only were they eye-candy, but they were also hilarious.

My sophomore year, all of my close friends decided to run track which, in my fifteen-year-old mind, obviously meant that I had to join the team as well. The fact that I had absolutely no running experience and about twelve other extracurricular responsibilities seemed to slip my mind as I enthusiastically ordered my

In her speech, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie explained that a single story is something that is shown as one thing, as the only thing, and over and over again. In other words, a "single story" is a source of information that has not been debunking by anyone. It is present as something that ordinary people cannot explore or experience, therefore it becomes a reliable source that people believe in. It is like an adult telling a fictional story to a kid, and we can be sure that the kid would believe everything from that story without any objection. I think a "single story" is dangerous because it creates stereotype, bias, and discrimination among the society. When a "single story" get told over and over again, it becomes a belief. As the result, it

When I first arrive in America I start going to school. I learn to speak up and not always being shy and left alone. I would listen to others and go home and ask my uncle what they means. That’s how I start learning English.

Somwhere during my 3rd grade year, a friend of mine convinced me to join a afterschool activity called ¨RunFit¨. She had made it seem extremely fun and exciting, talking about all the different games and activities we would be doing as well as the end of the year party we would have. I was hooked from the start, plus i believed myself to be a really good runner, oh how wrong i was. I eargerly went to my parents that day and begged them to let me join. Once i got their permission

That summer I fell in love with cross country. I had finally found something I could put my whole heart into. I ended up making some really great friends during the season too. I continued to run cross country through my senior year. I can proudly say that I now hold a spot in the top ten records for cross country girls in my high school. Cross country has provided me with the greatest physical and mental battles I have ever gone through in my entire life. I have a new-found

Yes, I do think that my speaking has improvement because before that it would take me a long time to understand than interpret the words so I would be able to say it in my own words. Also in the past we never actually had a speaking assessment and I think that this one was more about the book compared to what we were learning as in the past all the speaking assessment that I had were about something we learned in school, and they were about he grammer. Most of the previous activities were done in class and were more relied on the interpretation of the words and understanding what someone if saying compared to you speaking it. In addition last year when we had this speaking assessment it was on one of the grammar we learnt in class, and we were given a picture to describe the things that were happening in the picture. I thought that it was more easy that way,

I don’t think that there could be a person with a more love/hate relationship with writing than I have it. After a long series of trials and tribulations a girl who loved writing was turned into a young adult who fled from writing like her life depended on it. Let’s start at the beginning.