After all this time...

The first example I used in my blog post was a sports broadcast on live TV, where the reporter was clearly nervous and displayed anxiety, which caused his report to fail...miserably. This still reflects my understanding of public speaking, as it still resembles what to avoid in terms of delivery. I have learned many good delivery techniques to utilize, all of which will steer me away from poor speaking situations like in my example. Although I was able to learn a good amount in this class, I felt like I had a good understanding of public speaking entering this class. Since I feel like I had an understanding at the time, I still believe my example is relevant.

Though this wasn't the first speech class I've taken, it was certainly the most serious. If you think about it, taking a class like this as a freshman in high school is drastically different than taking it as a freshman in college, as the topics are much more serious. For example, the most serious speech I did in high school was just a persuasive speech of our choice, so I talked about how the Patriots are the best team in football. That is extremely light compared to something like important social issues. Dealing with more important issues in this class has certainly been beneficial and will be useful in the coming future.