Reflection

Joseph Bramanti

Public Speaking

10-27-16

Reflection

I feel that this speech went a lot better than the first major speech we were assigned a couple weeks back.  I feel that this one was a lot easier to write because of how much we have written over the past two months.  Presenting the speech was also easier than the first time.  I feel like this is because how much we have practiced speaking through debates.  The debates force you to act quickly when you are talking and they put you under pressure making a longer speech a lot easier.  I still feel that I have a lot to work on in the class.  I feel that I need to take the time to learn my speech.  Reading off paper or an Ipad is not too easy.  This being because you often lose your spot and it’s tough to find where you were.  This causes you to repeat yourself and stutter.  I feel that on my paper my speech was written very well.  It just lacked memory on my end that when presented it fell behind.  Learning my speeches is going to be my biggest goal for the rest of the semester. 

            The learning process thus far has been great.  I feel that public speaking is one of the easiest classes to see when you do things wrong.  I say this because you are constantly speaking aloud and you can hear what you do wrong and drill it into your mind that it needs to change.  I feel that you have done a good job telling us to stay away from the um’s and the ah’s.  I haven’t heard many of these lately.  I haven’t even heard these for fillers in speeches when kids lose their spot in their speech.  Watching the debates have also has helped me pick up on things that I should not do and that are annoying when speaking.  For example when Trump is always sniffling this is very unappealing to the viewer.  I feel that Hillary uses way too many hand motions this takes me away from what she is saying and makes it difficult for me to enjoy the debate.  I have also seen that interrupting someone during a debate is very rude and unappealing to the audience.  It makes you look like a bully and this would make the people of this country not want to vote for you.  I feel that I will continue to learn a lot more over the rest of the semester and by the end my speeches wont be able to compare to where they are today.  I feel that memorization will come a lot easier and I will be able to read my speeches off the top of my mind without having to look down at a piece of paper or my Ipad for help.