University days - Public Speaking

I will never forget my Freshmen year of high school and my Public speaking class. Mr. Ramsey was the teacher and he was an all business, professional, debate team coach, mean, old man. He made the course more terrible than it already was for me at the time. I was new to the school being a freshmen and did not want to look dumb in front of my classmates. The older students told stories of what Mr. Ramsey was like and they tried to scare us even more. The first speech we had to give was a personal informative speech. Mr. Ramsey was very short and veg when it came to instruction on what he was expecting for this speech. Which made me worry even more. The next day we had to give our speech and every hour leading up to that speech I was a nervous wreck. I gave my speech and I was just re-leaved to be done. Although throughout my speech I received dirty, stern, cold looks from the teacher. I did not score well on my first speech lets just say. I asked my dad how I should handle the situation and he said to go talk to him after class. And so I went to talk to Mr. Ramsey that next day to clear up our misunderstandings. I struggled throughout the year to maintain a good grade. Looking back on that class it forced me to mature and handle certain situations, and I am appreciative for that. 

Notebook Keeping

I would agree with Didion, that keeping a notebook is a good way to keep in touch with oneself. Although Didion states," That how reading her notebook would have no meaning to anyone else who read it." If one were to share a blog that has no real meaning or way for others to relate then the blog would go unread.

I can understand why she would find that writing down daily occurrences, such as a diary would be boring. I agree with her approach to her daily entries. To write down things as she saw them and to put her own twist into some of her ideas.

I individually have never taken the time to keep a notebook of my daily thoughts. Personally if I find something is important enough to write down then it will be kept in my memory. Although I do like the idea of keeping a way to collect my thoughts. As it is my first blog (this one)  it has caught my interest. The social media has made it much easier for our entertainment and ways to stay informed. Our social media today eliminates person to person story telling along with roomers. I believe notebook keeping has changed over the past 40 years as its more for entertainment now a days then self recollection.

About me

I am someone who has many changing hobbies, currently a few of my hobbies are any and all types of sports, drawing/ pottery, and dentistry. My first two years of college I invested most of my time playing football for Washburn. This year I decided not to play and to focus on my major and lifetime goals. My major is Exercise Physiology, with the hopes of becoming a dentist in the near future.

My hometown is Kansas city, Kansas. I am the oldest of four boys, along with a great dane as the family pet. Some say my mother is a saint. Two of my brothers attend high school at Rockhurst High, and one goes to school at Crieghton University in Omaha, Nebraska.