Mission Park Elementary School: A Short Story

One of my more vivid experiences of public speaking was when I was taking a class at a community college. While taking this class I would often have to give speeches and demonstrations in front of the class. As I was waiting for my turn to give my very first speech, I was very certain that I would have no problems at all, it would a piece of cake, or so I thought. All of a sudden, I hear my name being called as it was my turn to deliver a knockout performance, but as I stood in front of that small class of people I just blanked out. An overwhelming amount of anxiety came over of me. I could feel my heart beginning to race and my hands starting to sweat. I could not for the life of me remember what I was going supposed say. In addition, the

A typical Friday in Mr. Ventos second hour math class at North Shore Middle School is anything but typical. You start out by being greeted by Mr. Vento as you walk into his room. You sit down at your desk and notice the entertaining posters on the walls and many bobble heads above Mr. Ventos desk. Then you start your warm ups. Usually half the class is working while the others talk. The last person to perambulate into the room is always Sergio Osuna, An eighth grade student at North Shore Middle School. You now Sergio is close by because whenever Mr. Vento sees Sergio he vociferates “SERGIOOOOOOOOOO!”. Now that everyone is in the classroom the real work begins.

Cadenza walked the halls of Garden Grove High School quickly and quietly, taking soft steps and not looking up. You had to be careful when you were something like her. All through her family tree, from her great great great great great grandmother to as recent as her mom, her ancestors had been cursed with this gift. Every time, they had tried to help the people. Every time, they had been burned alive. But she had something special. Something, she thought, other witches didn’t have.

Swoosh! goes the car door as I close it. I push the doors open like pearly golden gates as I walk into the building. It seems oddly quiet on this Thursday morning. Usually kids are jumping off the walls like maniacs. Other than that, it seems like a normal day at Harrison Middle School.

“Dear Mr. Silvestre congrats, your son Jerald has been accepted into our humble, Upland High School.We are hosting a welcome ceremony on monday so you can drop off your student an hour early with his things.Also,make sure he is wearing the school’s wristband on campus.They monitor the location of the student for security,since the school is on an island you never know what could happen.”I have so much to do and writing these acceptance letters wasn't something I was enjoying.Setting up the traps for when they get here and prepare for their arrival!I wasn’t lazy,just a major procrastinator.The boss would be mad if I didn’t finish the arrival procedures and I didn’t like the boss being mad.Even thought I was in control I felt like a slave to him despite it all.After I finished setting everything up I ran through everything again.

Pushing open the doors of Bethel Park High School one last time as we exited the building on the last day of school, my friends and I decided to go to our favorite restaurant. All eight of us squeezed into one SUV and we commenced on our 15-minute road-trip that included lots and lots of “singing”, a.k.a. screaming. We pull into the small, and always congested parking lot and found a small spot near the entrance of the restaurant. We filed out of the car like kids getting off a school bus, one after another after another. We burst our way through the door where we were greeted with one of my favorite all time sayings, “Welcome to MOE’s”! The way all the employees drag on the end of saying “MOE’s” is music to my ears. We headed straight to line,

Public speaking is one of the most trivialize mastery taught in school, yet it one of the most beneficial thing that we need to overcome some way or another. I’ve been an AVID student for 6 years in total, the AVID program taught me how to be a more outgoing and fearless individual; when it came time to present in front of numerous students. Before, the Avid program I was tense when it came time to my turn to present my topic to the class. People tend to be stressed about doing presentations, because they see countless pairs of eyes setting on them and that makes them very nervous. Individuals have a tendency to freeze, cry, or even have anxiety when they know that they are going to be put in the spotlight. For me, I was constantly being engaged

Across from Pleasant Hill Elementary School, there is a playground. About 50 meters from the park lies the Birchwood Recreation Center, and right in front of that center lies a small body of water that connects two ponds together; that small flow of water became a symbol of my elementary school years, we called it the creek. In the“we”, I am including myself, my friends, and all the hopes and dreams of our younger selves--dreams forgotten before they could be fulfilled. I live smack-dab in the middle between Pleasant Hill Elementary School and William Fremd High School; ironically, the only school I had to take the bus to attend was middle school.

It is more frequent to have a genuine fear of standing and talking in front of a large group of fellow classmates than any other fear or phobia. When in realistic terms, it is more likely one will have to speak in front of students in a classroom than to be attacked by a shark on a Tuesday. Recently, schools have abandoned mandating speech classes, even though it would be easier to fund a speech class than a shark wrestling class. Public speaking does in fact create cases with reference to high anxiety and stress with percentages spanning from seventy-five percent in 2008 to eighty percent in 2015 for young people beginning at the age of fifteen. For adults, however, between the ages of 18 and 54 there is a 61.9 percent difference. Though most

For years and years I was told that I needed to speak up and stop being quiet. Family members would come visit and I just never had anything to say. I didn’t speak to anyone and was constantly afraid of what people would think of me. My freshman year of high school, I was known as the silent, timid girl who never said a word in class and got nervous presenting. I only had three friends, mainly because of the fact that we were forced to sit next to each other in class and we happened to get along. In my sophomore year, I joined Key Club with two of my friends and they convinced me to run for a position. After lots of persuasion, I built up enough courage to go through with it. Shaking and red-faced, I stood up and gave my 2-minute speech. When

The symptoms of fear of speaking in public are curable specifically at the time you're put in a position to speak in public by taking one of a number of, safe, inexpensive and non-addictive herbal medications. As I will explain, this medication which is completely natural allows us to control the cause of our symptoms exactly at the time when they are getting out of control. Therefore, what I am going to teach you will help those of us who have to routinely give presentations for our careers, those who need to only give several speeches a lifetime for wedding toasts, funerals, and the like, as well as those in show business who must be relaxed and confident enough to focus on their

I only feel safe to talk in speech therapy. In middle school I used to hide the fact that I was in speech therapy. That only does me anti-social in high school. My worst fear was the oral presentation in high school because I felt like they would laugh for not understand what I am saying or notice saying some of the word wrongs. It was a lot of simple things that I had to work on as far for speak to anyone. In a group conservation one of my friend had to repeat what I just saying because other did not understand. For example when I call for a job interview, schedule an appointment, and etc. had to practice what I was going to say to the operation. When I get in front of a crowd my heart beats faster and I always think of the worst possible outcome. When I take Speech 107 really made me face of speak in a larger crowd, without worried about my speech. I really come out of my shell in the eleventh grade. Later in life as I learn that some of the people did not try to make fun of it, they just was trying to understand what I was saying Now that I am in college it only do I stronger as an individual. I learn to live that I will always have a speech problem, it some I have to deal

The doors swing open, the sound of screaming, giggling, unzipping of jackets and thumping of little feet, cease the prior quiet Monday afternoon. It’s a typical day at Pleasant Grove church; the Greatminds program has just begun. Brianna, Mayonne, and Miasia rush in with smiles and warm hellos and embrace Erica and I, an embrace similar to one given to a friend that had not been seen in months; yet just last Monday we had all went pumpkin picking.

For as long as I can remember, public speaking has always been one of my greatest weaknesses. Whether it’s a simple in-class presentation or a speech in front of an auditorium filled with people, I can barely get my words out from the anxiety and

The fear of public speaking is greater than the fear of death itself for the average American, and I was no exception. Succeeding in a public speaking course over at the local community college was by no means an easy feat. Throughout the majority of the semester, I struggled to speak well in front of my fellow classmates in the classroom: I was spending too much time reading off of my speaking outline and thus failed to maintain sufficient eye contact. This meant that my speeches were far from being presented extemporaneously (which combines the careful preparation and structure of a manuscript presentation with the spontaneity and enthusiasm of an unrehearsed talk).