Importance Of My Speech

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Stepping up to that podium as my name was announced as the next speaker. Full of tears excitement, and nervousness, all I knew was that I had to be strong and confident while making my speech. But exactly how was I chosen for this amazing honor? Flashing back, it all started at Parkway West High School the 2011-2012 school year. I was only a freshman and I came into high school with much ambition. Throughout my High School career I worked very hard, so hard that I became number two in my class by senior year. Just thinking about it I still can’t believe till this day I maintained all A’s and a few B’s every year in high school I thought to be the smartest girl in the school. Besides grades, writing was a huge part of my High School career …show more content…

I then at that point had a flashback of everything that was actually a disparity to me in high school. (Quote from Malcolm X and short explanation to show why and the point of disparity, make connection, copy and paste short piece from week 2 response.) While in that flashback I begin to write the connection between then and at that current point. Tears begin to roll down my face making the ink smear but I still kept going. Front and back of about 3-4 pages or loose-leaf paper begin to fill up like a (compare to something filled.) My speech then was complete and I felt like an Olympic gold winner so excited and proud sitting there dreaming as if I was jumping in the air with excitement with my speech in my hand. Wow what a feeling! Reality then hit me as I woke up for school the next day. My alarm went off and if you could only see how I looked, my night looked pretty rough. But my speech was complete and all I was waiting for was the day I was able to present it. Being that I connected my feelings so much with this piece of writing was so amazing to me. (Find quote from one of the articles explain and connect) This writing was just one of the most important writings that I have written so far. I couldn’t wait until the day I was able to present it to the

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