...18-year-old high school senior for violating Frederick’s First Amendment rights of freedom of speech. Frederick displayed a banner on a public sidewalk across from his high school that read “Bong Hits 4 Jesus.” The banner was viewed by the school’s student body when watching the Winter Olympics Torch Relay that was taking place throughout the city. Morse allowed the students to go outside and participate in the event, viewing the torch from both sides of the street. It was supervised by teachers and administrators and treated as a school field trip. Along with several students, Frederick held up his banner as the torch bearers approached so that he might get on national...
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...Afro-American women who became Lieutenant Governor, served to America in the Army and forms part of the minority group of immigrants. Jennifer Carroll came to give a speech at the institution of Broward College, honoring the black history month. Carroll started her speech and gained the attention of the audience by telling some background of her early life. This woman came from Trinidad and Tobago with her parents looking for the American Dream in the United States of America. While the speaker was comparing herself with the audience, she was making a bond with them due to her explanation of how she has evolved her ambitions and achieved the position that she has in her life. The first Afro-American Lieutenant Governor and also the first woman in the position, talked about her days in the army and how that serves as an example for students that at some point in their life have to face issues that may need hard decisions. In fact Carroll used specifically a personal story to illustrate the importance of keep going and never give up. In the army, during duty, she had a friend that was pregnant and for it, the woman was afraid of telling her superiors due to the possibility of leaving her out of her job. Behind the speaker was running a presentation that she didn’t use, but had information related to the content of the speech as in the case of important dates for American history, and names of prominent figures. The only thing about the presentation is that it was distracting due...
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...very important for our generation especially student. To help the students to perform well in their studies, financial incentives has been given to students who perform well. From a different perspective, some people said that giving financial incentives to students is a bribes, as stated by (Quinonez.N, n.d) giving money to the students they might think of it as the bribes and they can go morally wrong. However, there are more benefits by giving financial incentives to students such as financial rewards to boost performance, encourage students to work harder and a self-reward. Normality human like to receive rewards because as stated by (Harms.W, 2012) it can help them to boost their performance and also increase their effort to score in education. The prospect by giving rewards to students who perform well can created a stronger desire to be constant in their education plus their possibility to receive a reward nor trophies. A students score in his first semester in college and then he was rewarded with a financial incentives, because of the reward the student will keep up with his good performance in his studies. Thus, financial incentives can work as a booster to the students to keep their good progress in education. In addition, giving financial incentives also can help students who perform well in education to encourage the students to get good grades. As stated by (Cameron, 2011) financial incentives can help the students to increase their initiative to achieve well in...
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...of being successful as well. People who are successful in life have a strong passion for their work. According to Oxford Dictionary, success is defined as the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. In Tom Perrotta’s novel Election, the two main characters, Tracy Flick and Paul Warren, illustrate their differences in their motivation and work ethic when running for student body president. Tracy’s disadvantage makes it harder for her to run for student body president against Paul, who is privileged, for success. In order to be successful, Tracy has to be self-motivated. Motivation is defined as the act or process of giving someone a reason for doing something. In the beginning of chapter one, Tracy explains her qualifications when running for president. Her qualifications were listed as, “President of the Junior Class, Treasurer of the SGA, Assistant Editor of The Watchdog, statistician for the basketball team, and star of last year’s musical (Oklahoma!, in case you’re wondering) (Perrotta 8-9). Tracy’s achievements made her qualified to run for student body president as well as portrays her as a great academic student represent of her high school. From what she has achieved, Tracy shows that she is super-involved in school, which builds her motivation to participate in the campaign. It takes a lot of motivation to keep Tracy going with her overwhelming schedule and responsibilities, even after her affair with her English teacher. When people found out about Tracy’s scandal, they...
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...The Magnificent Writing Center As a college student, essays are inevitable. However, no matter how many times you’ve racked your brain in an attempt to illustrate a well written paper, the process can still prove to be arduous. This is the purpose behind the UCA Writing Center. The UCA Writing Center has been put in place in an attempt to make the essay writing process easier for students. The center is fully equipped with a staff of tutors available to help with any writing issue between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday in the Thompson Center. The center even provides night time hours between 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm every week day, with the exception of Thursday. Thursday night time hours are 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. During night time hours the center operates in the basement of Main. The center handles an array of issues, and provides unlimited help to students struggling with a writing assignment, or even a speech. Receiving this help is as simple as making an appointment, walking through the door, sending an email, or even picking up the phone. Whether it is as simplistic as comma placement, or as complicated as speech presentation, as long as the UCA Writing Center is in place the student body will always have a helping hand. The Writing Center is an impeccable tool to utilize. The center leaves no room for excuses, as it provides free tutoring services through the entire essay process. Not only will the center provide assistance through the entire writing...
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...The Farewell Speech The farewell dinner was on. The vice president was being given a farewell by the employees with whom he had worked for more than 25 years. Camaraderie, reflections, sharing of thoughts and memories, lots of wine, and plenty of food could sum up the mood of the party. The CEO walked in to join the party and he was soon requested to deliver a short speech looking at the mood and the spirit of the occasion. The CEO, an eloquent speaker, stood up and delivered a great speech, marked with touches of gentle humour, about life after retirement, what the vice president meant to the company and to him personally, how he had reached such heights and yet never compromised his values, and that his exit would be a difficult space to fill in. As the CEO spoke, all eyes were fixed on him. Most employees were serious, watchful, and paying full attention. Some were clearly indifferent. A few proactive listeners, however, enjoyed every bit of what the CEO said which was quite evident from their body language. Their smiling faces, twinkling eyes, and occasional head nods, in agreement with what the speaker said, were indicative of their level of involvement and enjoyment. In other words, they had tuned themselves to whatever the CEO was saying. However, midway through his speech, the CEO sensed that his speech was becoming a little too stretched; he cut short his speech and wished the vice president all the good health and peace. 1. What has happened here? Explain. 2. Did everybody...
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...learning style which incorporates ideas and concepts that are associated with images and certain techniques. It is a proven learning technique focusing on improving a person’s academic performance. When considering high school students, images such as plots and graphs, allow them to break up concepts into individual components, enabling them to analyse results quickly and efficiently. Carbo, Dunn, and Dunn (1986, p.13) approximated that 20 to 30 percent of school students remember what they heard in class, while 40 percent recall what they had seen or read. There are three main learning styles: auditory, visual and kinesthetic. Auditory learners are taught with a traditional teaching style, where the lecturer/teacher uses and presents information verbally, while changing their tone of voice and showing confident body language to capture the attention of their students. While visual learners benefit from diagrams, pictures, films, and written instructions, kinesthetic learners benefit while participating in and personally experiencing material. Carbo et al. (1986, p.13) found that most kindergarten/primary students enter education as kinesthetic learners, with the need to explore, touch and move material to learn. Around year two, three and four these students become visual learners, eventually moving onto auditory learners in higher year levels. Other styles of learning...
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...Influential Speaker Commentary Political views aside, most can agree that Barack Obama is an influential and very effective speaker. He is able to inspire masses of people with his simple, yet articulate use of words. He always speaks with a sense of smooth confidence, yet never near the spectrum of arrogance. Most importantly, he is so effective because he accurately knows his audience before performing the speech. Obama is truly talented in his ability to make people identify with him, because the audience feels as if he walked a mile in their shoes. Interestingly, Obama is rarely seen reading a speech. The president is known to read from tele-prompters however the audience is unable to tell. It appears to the audience that Obama creates every speech on the spot, however he is somehow able to convey every point with extreme clarity, and free from any pauses. It is clear that Obama is a naturally talented orator, and that he has honed his skills through practice at Harvard, and throughout his political career. No matter what side of the political arena one may be on, seeing Obama speak live is a compelling experience, more so than past presidents. He is able to instantly connect with the audience with clarity and conviction. Obama is known by many as the people’s president, with his goal of strengthening the middle class, and opposing trickledown economics. He effectively communicates with the lower and middle class demographic because he radiates a feeling of humility...
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...for office in the school’s student government. In his speech he was said to have used sexual metaphors that could have inappropriately interfered with the educational process, although his speech had not contained any obscenities. Students can be penalized for giving a speech that disrupts the school’s mission of education. Court found it was appropriate for a school to prohibit use of vulgar and offensive language. The Court held, by a 7-2 margin, that school officials acted within the Constitution by disciplining Fraser. The Court had earlier held, in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School Board, that students do not shed their constitutional rights at the school gate. In that case, the Court said that the First Amendment gave students the right to wear black armbands to school to protest the Vietnam War. Chief Justice Burger, who dealt with both cases, pointed out that there was a huge difference between the protest in Tinker, which dealt with a major issue of public policy, and the lewdness of Fraser's speech. "The purpose of public education in America is to teach fundamental values," wrote Burger. "These fundamental values…must…include consideration of the political sensibilities of other students." Does the first amendment prevent a school from disciplining a high school student for giving a lewd speech at a school assembly? No. Along with Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, a case involving a school district that censored a student newspaper, the Bethel case shows...
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...Traditional On Campus Class Welcome to the Traditional On Campus version of Speech 103 Oral Communication! I look forward to getting to know each of you. Over the years, I have learned that many of you dread taking this class (don’t worry I felt the same way when I had to take this class) but I hope that you will find your worries to be unfounded. I work very hard to try to create a comfortable learning environment, primarily because I need you to participate in order for this class to work. This is a participatory-based class where we will all work together to help each other improve our communication skills. Consequently, you will play an active role in your own learning as well as active role in the learning of the other students in this class. Research has shown that when you are an active participant in a class you increase how much you remember as well as how much you can recall after the semester has ended. However, I have found that when you are an active participant in my class you will look forward to coming to each class session and your fears of public speaking will soon decrease. Since this class is participatory, you will find that you will put a lot of thought and effort into this class. Much learning will occur both in class and out side of class. However, while this class is demanding, I hope that you will both enjoy this experience and learn a great deal about communication, how you communicate, and how to be a better...
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...LITERATURE REVIEW Topic: An investigation on situation of HUST Technical students using hand gestures in English presentation. Group 5: Bùi Thu Hằng, Đặng Thị Thu Thắm, Nguyễn Thị Hải Yến, Ong Thị Hằng Nowadays, presentation skill recieves more and more attention not only in universities but also in companies and organizations. Many individuals and groups thoroughly studied on this field, especially on hand gestures. Although the literature covers a wide variety of such research, this review focuses on four major themes which emerge repeatedly throughout the literature reviewed. These themes are definition, classification, functions of hand gestures and mistakes while using hand gestures. Although the literature presents these themes in a variety of contexts, this study concentrates on the HUST Technical students. Presentation is an important part in learning as well as in study. The writer defined presentation in “what is presentation?” on skillsyouneed.com website as means of communication which can be adapted to various speaking situations, such as talking to a group, addressing a meeting or briefing a team. Dr. Steve Brooks defined it simpler in “love 2 speak” that presentation is the process of showing and explaining the content of a topic to an audience. In general, presentation shows what you want to talk about a topic or a study in public. In order to get a good presentation, presenters must have presentation skill. Dr. Steve Brooks also stated in his study about the...
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...admit to a fear of public speaking. B. Many ordinary citizens place public speaking at or near the top of their lists of fears. C. A clear majority of college students list fear of public speaking as their chief communication weakness. 1. James McCroskey’s Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety shows that nearly three-fourths of college students admit to high or moderately high anxiety about speaking in public. 2. McCroskey concludes that a fairly high degree of anxiety about public speaking is normal. D. People experience and exhibit a range of internal and external responses to the stress of public speaking. 1. Chemically and physiologically, we experience stage fright in the same way. a. Adrenaline is released into the bloodstream. b. Respiration increases. c. Heart rate increases. d. Galvanic skin response increases. 2. Symptoms of stage fright can vary from person to person. a. Some people experience blushing, excessive perspiration shortness of breath, forgetfulness, or other symptoms. b. As uncomfortable as they can make you, these responses are normal and natural signs that your body is responding to the pressure of performing well. II. Your objective should be control nervousness about speaking, not eliminate it. A. Attempts to eliminate nervousness...
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...Background Introduction Language is one of the liberal arts on which education in every school offers is based. The school wants to help the students to improve their abilities to communicate their thoughts and feelings effectively in English, for it is the second official language of the country. There are two types of communication, the verbal communication and the non- verbal communication. Being a Filipino it is the “lingua franca” of social, professional and the business world as to develop one’s proficiency in English. However, what are the factors that affect poor communication skill among students especially on PCU. In addition, what is the importance of communication in their future field of work? As English Major Students, one studies literature, language, culture, history and develop skills and knowledge on the four aspects of communication arts namely: listening, speaking, reading and, writing. Communication is the most important tool humans have to interact with each other. Effective is required to learn, succeed in business and relate well with others in personal relationships. There are many social factors and social disorders that can alter communication styles and preferences. Many of these factors affect the speaker unconsciously. This study seeks to answer factors affecting poor communication among selected students at PCU-Dasmariñas. Statement of the Problem This research aims to determine the factors affecting poor communication among...
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...written reports and essays. This was a great opportunity for the student to practice and improve her writing skills. Furthermore, during this class the student learned about the English language and professional protocol for public speaking. These areas are essential for my development both personally and professionally. At the beginning of the class the student was terrified for all oral presentations this course contain. This was not a class the student will select on her own to take. Ever since the student’s spoken abilities was not the best, she did not feel confident about deliver worthy speech during the presentations. Correspondingly, to be in front an audience was a terrified position the student must face and overcome. Furthermore, the anxiety, distress, and frightened feeling can impact negatively the student’s personal and professional life; since as a teacher the student need to be in front of an audience every...
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...whom am I speaking? Fellow bond university student and tutor; age between 17 -25 years old 2. What do you want them to know, believe, or do as a result of my speech? I want the audience to understand and acknowledge the importance of staying in touch with people and how it can have a positive impact on you; I also want the audience to understand that with today’s technology of ‘Facebook’ it has the ability of taking away the effort in staying in touch with people. 3. What is the most effective way of composing and presenting my speech to accomplish that aim? - Use of anecdotes in portraying personality to the audience and showing the audience through my stories that I have credibility in this area and I know first hand the benefits of ‘staying in touch’ - Connotative language to shape peoples opinion of staying in touch; use bubbly, infective, energetic words so people will have a positive image when they are think of staying in touch with people, this will also help them get motivated to reconnecting with people. - End with a rhetorical question / positive statement to allow the audience to question if they are doing all they can do to stay in touch with people and if they not they will want to after listening to the speech. - Use the introduction as a way of telling the audience that by listening to this speech it will make them want to reconnect with people due to the positives that will be outlined in my body. (Terry Lufffman, 2010) 4. What is their...
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