Discussion question response 24

My favorite speech was the second one, the informative one. I liked this one because I really liked the topic, Tae Kwon Do. I also really enjoyed learning the history of the sport and its origins. One of the other things that I liked about the speech was that I felt a little more comfortable with the faces in the class and had a better feel for the classroom itself. But over all I felt that the way that I had set up the speech and how the speech seemed to flow was the reason that I liked the second speech.

Discussion question response 23

I the topic of home schooling has come up in discussion in my high school classes a lot. In my opinion is that though home schooling is effective, but the student looses the chance to learn the complexities of a social network and discourse with his or her peers which is just as important as school work. My opinion aside I think that Dixie (pro home schooling) would not have connected with the audience like Robert (con home schooling) would have. Her voice seemed kind of emotionless in comparison to Roberts. Another thing I saw was Dixie's eyes darted around a lot but I can’t comment on Roberts because of the camera position.

Discussion question response 22

One of the sections that caught my attention was the one on after dinner speeches. In a few weeks I have to give a toast for my cousin’s wedding. I don’t really know if that counts as an “after-dinner speech” but I thought that was the closest. Though I still have like 5 weeks left to write what I am going to say but this section gave me a lot of help deciding what to say. For example keeping the conversation light and make somewhat comical. It also the section helped me kind of get a topic for my “speech”.