10/9/07 1st day of speeches

Today, I felt like most of the class was prepared for their speech, but weren’t as prepared as they thought they could be. The first speech by Alex M. was very well done, and really set the pace. He knew his topic very well, and was able to include statistics, without bombarding us with a bunch of numbers. He did a wonderful job of representing Goodwill, and even made me want to donate to Goodwill. There were also one or two speeches that were good, but could’ve been better if they practiced it a few more times. I was able to get their purpose, but found myself uninterested in the cause, which was not good. I really liked how Ieysha had a PowerPoint, and it made it very interesting. I also liked how Eli was able to make a connection and share a story from Dads Inc. This was a very good start to the speeches.