Ted talk revisions

Title: Concussions are more serious than you think, believe me I've had 4

Put these statistics on a slideshow

I believe that people need to be more aware of the effects  of concussions.

-50% of "second impact syndrome" incidents - brain injury caused from a premature return to activity after suffering initial injury (concussion) - result in death. This is important because it shows how severe concussions are.

-400,000 brain injuries (concussions) occurred in high school athletics during the 2008-09 school year.this shows how affective concussions are to young high school athletes.

-15.8% of football players who sustain a concussion severe enough to cause loss of consciousness return to play the same day. This shows that people don't take action right after impact and continue to play through their injury which just makes it worse.

-High school athletes who have been concussed are three times more likely to suffer another concussion in the same season. This shows that the more concussions you have, the more prone you are to getting them.

I believe that concussions can ruin someones life if they are not treated properly

Slideshow and Pictures/descriptions

1. what is a concussion? : a lot of people don’t actually know what a concussion is so they overlook their syptoms and dont treat it properly.
2. what actually happens to the brain : in extreme cases there can be bleeding but most of the time it is just a brain sprain. The neck is a huge factor. The neck flings your head which causes your brain to bounce around and swell up.
3. symptoms: headache, nausea, drowsiness, depression, anxiety
4. how to treat it: no cell phone, no computer, no electronics period. No caffiene, no sports.
5. effects of not treating it: long term brain issues, memory loss, more prone to getting another one

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh8npqW7MY0  marc savard video

This is an example of one of the most famous concussion cases:

Marc Savard is a hockey player in the NHL. Mark Savard is one of many hockey players who suffered from a major concussion. On March 7, 2010, Savard stepped on the ice for the first time since he last got injured in January of the same year. He ended up getting a concussion in the third period of that game, but eventually recovered. On January 23, 2011, Savard then suffered a second concussion on a hit by former Bruin Matt Hunwick in a game against the Colorado Avalanche. On February 8, 2011, the Bruins opted to shut Savard down for the season after he received his second concussion in ten months. The Bruins went on to win the Stanley Cup, defeating the Vancouver Canucks in seven games. Due to recurring symptoms of post-concussion syndrome, Savard was not able to travel to Vancouver to take part in the on-ice victory celebration with his teammates, but he was able to join them back in Boston for the official victory parade. This is important because Savard wasn't even able to watch his team in the Stanley cup finals.

This story shows how not treating a concussion properly can just make it worse. When Savard first got injured he never waited for it to fully heal and that's why he was so prone to get another concussion. Although he was in good hands with a top of the line medical staff, he still was allowed to go back and play after his first concussion, which caused him to get his career ending hit. If people took concussions more seriously his injury could have been avoided. Marc Savard is not the only one that made the decision to play instead of heal. People over look their symptoms and don't let themselves get better before starting to play again. Don't take concussions lightly and let yourself heal before going back to your sport.

Conclusion

Now, I would like to share My story with you all: I’ve had 4 concussions total. I received my most recent concussion on April 19th, 2014. I was at a tournament in Philadelphia playing for husky volleyball, on my club team. We were playing a team from Baltimore and they had huge girls who hit very hard. One girl went up to hit and hit me straight in the face with the ball and I fell down and was on the ground for a long time. My mom and sister rushed over and I went to the trainer at the tournament. They immediately made me leave the convention center and leave Philadelphia as a whole because I would not be able to play the rest of the weekend. Little did I know, that was the last time I would ever play club volleyball. I was not allowed to watch my team finish their tournament. And I was not allowed to watch my team finish the rest of their season. Everyone knew, on impact, that I was concussed. During that game, I was being recruited to play college volleyball. After going to multiple doctors, I was told I will never be able to play volleyball again. But, after begging and begging, my neurologist allowed me to play for my high school team my senior year.

My concussion not only affected My brain, but it affected all of my future plans. I was unable to sit in the venue at my prom a month after the concussion happened. I was told I was not allowed to play volleyball in College which has been my dream since I first started playing volleyball. so a lot of doors closed for me when it came to college. I was rejected by my top choice, and that was largely due to the fact that I was not able to participate in volleyball. If I was still allowed to play in college, I would have a much better chance of getting into schools. If I had listened to my doctor after my third concussion, and stopped playing volleyballat that time, then I would never have to live with all of the affects that I have to live with now. Now, I am unable to memorize simple things like a phone number. I couldn't even memorize this speech which is why I'm reading off of something. I have migraines 8-11 days a month, and it will only get worse. I'm not allowed to have any artificial sugars or sweeteners, and when I first got my concussion all I was Allowed to eat was carbs and I was not allowed to be active or workout at all, so you can imagine how much weight I gained. I currently suffer from insomnia. As I get older, I will have a higher chance of getting dimensia, more extreme cases of memory loss, and continuous migraines. None of these problems would be present if i had just let myself heal. Although all of these bad things came from my concussion, I still have faith that I will get into a good college and be able to live my life the same as those who haven't traveled down the paths I have. there is a quote by Steve Jobs that I live by and that encaptures how I feel. "Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith."

In conclusion, people really do need to take concussions more seriously. If i treated my concussions and healed before I came back to play, I wouldn't have gotten my most recent one as easily. And the same goes for Marc Savard. He had to end his career just like I did. Don't make the same mistakes that Marc and I both made. What's more important? Finishing out the game or living a more healthy and safe life? 

Strengths and Weaknesses of Ted Talk

What are the strengths and weaknesses of your written speech? Evaluate yourself. Also, what do you need to work on for the in-class delivery of your speech? What is easy for you and what is a challenge? Finally, what have you learned from watching others practice and deliver their speeches?

I think some of the strengths in my written speech are that I have good examples of concussions and that I have had plenty of concussions before so that makes my speech more valuable. The examples are very detailed and are good stories about myself and a professional athlete that has also gone through the same thing similar to me. Another strength that I have is that there are a lot of people who can relate to my ted talk so it will be interesting for people and they will be more interested. Some weaknesses are that I have not presented it in class yet so I haven't been able to get feedback from any of my classmates yet. Another weakness is that it is kind of disorganized right now but I will organize it soon... sorry! I also think that a weakness is that it is currently very disorganized because you and I switched the whole order of it and made a bunch of revisions but I don't think I did a good job at revising it the first time so I need to revise it even more. Something that is easy for me is telling my story and marc savards story. This is easy because they are so similar and stories are easier for me to remember than statistics or something like that. Another thing that is easy for me is to be loud and confident when I am presenting because it is a topic that I am very educated in. Something that has been a challenge for me all year is memorizing. Ironically, that is due to my concussion, so maybe I can say that somewhere in my ted talk. Something like "My concussion was so bad that I could not even memorize it to present it to you all today." and then go on to say how this one of the affects of concussions if you do not treat them properly and I also need to say how I didn't treat my concussion properly because I went on my phone and computer and did all of my homework instead of resting like how I was supposed to. I do not know how I am going to remember a speech that is 10+ minutes long. But I'll try my best. All I have done is watch other people practice their poems so I have learned a lot. I have learned from Donaven that its really hard to do your speech with note cards. Jade showed us that its easier to read off of the screen. I think that the promptor thing that you sent us in our messages will help us a lot. I will be able to read off of that and use it to my advantage because I cannot remember anything. Hopefully i will be able to present my speech on Monday so I can get some feedback. Also, I will continue to revise it today and tomorrow to make sure it is more organized and has everything I want it to have. 

Revisions for Ted talk

Draft of written speech

Title: Concussions are more serious than you think, believe me I've had 4

I believe that people need to be more aware of the affects  of concussions.

OPEN WITH VIDEO CLIPS + STATISTICS?

Video of Marc Savard 

Opening paragraph

REINFORCING SENTENCE ABOUT CONCUSSIONS DAMAGING PEOPLE'S LIVES

DIAGRAM/EXPLANATION

Explanation of the parts of the brain that are affected... What happens to the 

brain explain what a concussion is

Body Paragraph

This is an EXAMPLE OF  one of the MOST FAMOUS CONCUSSION CASES.

Marc Savard is a hockey player in the NHL. He is one of many hockey 

players who suffered from concussions. Mark Savard's story: Mark Savard 

is one of many hockey players who suffered from a major concussion. His 

story is similar to mine. On March 7, 2010, Savard stepped on the ice for the 

first time since he last got injured in January of the same year. He ended up 

getting a concussion in the third period of that game, but eventually 

recovered. On January 23, 2011, Savard then suffered a second concussion on a hit by former Bruin Matt Hunwick in a game against the Colorado Avalanche. On February 8, 2011, the Bruins opted to shut Savard down for the season after he received his second concussion in ten months. The Bruins went on to win the Stanley Cup, defeating the Vancouver Canucks in seven games. Due to recurring symptoms of post-concussion syndrome, Savard was not able to travel to Vancouver to take part in the on-ice victory celebration with his teammates, but he was able to join them back in Boston for the official victory parade. This is important because Savard wasn't even able to watch his team in the Stanley cup finals.

This story shows how not treating a concussion properly can just make it worse. When Savard first got injured he never waited for it to fully heal and that's why he was so prone to get another concussion. If people took concussions more seriously his injury could have been avoided.

 people need to take concussions more seriously. People over look their symptoms and don't let themselves heal. don't take concussions lightly and let yourself heal before going back to your sport. 

Statistics:

• 50% of "second impact syndrome" incidents - brain injury caused from a premature return to activity after suffering initial injury (concussion) - result in death. This is important because it shows how severe concussions are.
• 400,000 brain injuries (concussions) occurred in high school athletics during the 2008-09 school year.this shows how affective concussions are to young high school athletes.
• 15.8% of football players who sustain a concussion severe enough to cause loss of consciousness return to play the same day. This shows that people don't take action right after impact and continue to play through their injury which just makes it worse.
• High school athletes who have been concussed are three times more likely to suffer another concussion in the same season. This shows that the more concussions you have, the more prone you are to getting them.

Conclusion

My story: I got my concussion on April 19th, 2014. I was at a tournament in 

Philadelphia playing for my husky volleyball, my club team. We were playing 

a team from Baltimore and they had huge girls who hit very hard. One girl 

went up to hit and hit me straight in the face with the ball and I fell down 

and was on the ground for a long time. My mom and sister rushed over and 

I went to the trainer at the tournament. They immediately made me leave the 

gym and leave Philadelphia as a whole because I would not be able to play 

the rest of the weekend. I was not allowed to watch my team finish their 

tournament. Everyone knew, on impact, that I was concussed. During that 

game, I was being recruited to play college volleyball. After going to multiple 

doctors, I was told I will never be able to play volleyball again. But, after 

begging and begging, my neurologist allowed me to play for my high school 

team my senior year.

My concussion not only affected My brain, but it affected all of my future 

plans. I was unable to sit in the venue at my prom a month after the 

concussion happened. I was told I was not allowed to play volleyball in 

college so a lot of doors closed for me when it came to college and which 

ones I could get into. 

In conclusion, people really do need to take concussions more seriousLy. If i treated my concussions and healed before I came back to play, I wouldn't have gotten my most recent one as easily. And the same goes for Marc Savard. He had to end his career just like I did. Don't make the same mistakes that me and Marc both made. What's more important? Finishing out the game or living a more healthy and safe life? 

Draft of written speech

Opening paragraph

I believe that people need to be more aware of the affects of concussions. My story: I got my concussion on April 19th, 2014. I was at a tournament in Philadelphia playing for my husky volleyball, my club team. We were playing a team from Baltimore and they had huge girls who hit very hard. One girl went up to hit and hit me straight in the face with the ball and I fell down and was on the ground for a long time. My mom and sister rushed over and I went to the trainer at the tournament. They immediately made me leave the gym and leave Philadelphia as a whole because I would not be able to play the rest of the weekend. I was not allowed to watch my team finish their tournament. Everyone knew, on impact, that I was concussed. During that game, I was being recruited to play college volleyball. After going to multiple doctors, I was told I will never be able to play volleyball again. But, after begging and begging, my neurologist allowed me to play for my high school team my senior year. 

Body Paragraph

Marc Savard is a hockey player in the NHL. He is one of many hockey players who suffered from concussions. Mark Savards story: Mark Savard is one of many hockey players who suffered from a major concussion. His story is similar to mine. On March 7, 2010, Savard stepped on the ice for the first time since he last got injured in January of the same year. He ended up getting a concussion in the third period of that game, but eventually recovered. On January 23, 2011, Savard then suffered a second concussion on a hit by former Bruin Matt Hunwick in a game against the Colorado Avalanche. On February 8, 2011, the Bruins opted to shut Savard down for the season after he received his second concussion in ten months. The Bruins went on to win the Stanley Cup, defeating the Vancouver Canucks in seven games. Due to recurring symptoms of post-concussion syndrome, Savard was not able to travel to Vancouver to take part in the on-ice victory celebration with his teammates, but he was able to join them back in Boston for the official victory parade. This is important because Savard wasn't even able to watch his team in the Stanley cup finals.

Statistics:

• 50% of "second impact syndrome" incidents - brain injury caused from a premature return to activity after suffering initial injury (concussion) - result in death. This is important because it shows how severe concussions are.
• 400,000 brain injuries (concussions) occurred in high school athletics during the 2008-09 school year.this shows how affective concussions are to young high school athletes.
• 15.8% of football players who sustain a concussion severe enough to cause loss of consciousness return to play the same day. This shows that people don't take action right after impact and continue to play through their injury which just makes it worse.
• High school athletes who have been concussed are three times more likely to suffer another concussion in the same season. This shows that the more concussions you have, the more prone you are to getting them.

Conclusion

In conclusion, people need to take concussions more seriously. People over look their symptoms and don't get help. Something I want everyone to take away from this is: don't take concussions lightly and let yourself heal before going back to your sport. What's more important? Finishing out the game or living a more healthy and safe life? 

Ted talk outline

Intro: share my story and state how it's affected me and "I believe that people need to be more aware of the affects of concussions"
Body: show pictures of a brain and how concussions can change your brain, Marc Savards story, how concussions can happen to anyone at anytime but mostly just the long term and short term affects it has on teens
Conclusion: restate what I believe and how to prevent getting a concussion

Research for Ted talk

Concussions are more serious than people think they are

My story: I got my concussion on April 19th, 2014. I was at a tournament in Philadelphia playing for my husky volleyball, my club team. We were playing a team from Baltimore and they had huge girls who hit very hard. One girl went up to hit and hit me straight in the face with the ball and I fell down and was on the ground for a long time. My mom and sister rushed over and I went to the trainer at the tournament. They immediately made me leave the gym and leave Philadelphia as a whole because I would not be able to play the rest of the weekend. I was not allowed to watch my team finish their tournament. Everyone knew, on impact, that I was concussed. During that game, I was being recruited to play college volleyball. After going to multiple doctors, I was told I will never be able to play volleyball again. But, after begging and begging, my neurologist allowed me to play for my high school team my senior year. 

Mark Savards story: Mark Savard is one of many hockey players who suffered from a major concussion. His story is similar to mine. On March 7, 2010, Savard stepped on the ice for the first time since he last got injured in January of the same year. He ended up getting a concussion in the third period of that game, but eventually recovered. On January 23, 2011, Savard then suffered a second concussion on a hit by former Bruin Matt Hunwick in a game against the Colorado Avalanche. On February 8, 2011, the Bruins opted to shut Savard down for the season after he received his second concussion in ten months. The Bruins went on to win the Stanley Cup, defeating the Vancouver Canucks in seven games. Due to recurring symptoms of post-concussion syndrome, Savard was not able to travel to Vancouver to take part in the on-ice victory celebration with his teammates, but he was able to join them back in Boston for the official victory parade. This is important because Savard wasn't even able to watch his team in the Stanley cup finals.

Statistics:

• 50% of "second impact syndrome" incidents - brain injury caused from a premature return to activity after suffering initial injury (concussion) - result in death.
• Female high school soccer athletes suffer almost 40% more concussions than males (29,000 annually)
• Female high school basketball players suffer 240% more concussions than males (13,000).
• 400,000 brain injuries (concussions) occurred in high school athletics during the 2008-09 school year.
• 15.8% of football players who sustain a concussion severe enough to cause loss of consciousness return to play the same day.
• Emergency department visits for concussions sustained during organized team sports doubled among 8-13 year olds between 1997 and 2007 and nearly tripled among older youth.
• Concussion rates more than doubled among students age 8-19 participating in sports like basketball, soccer and football between 1997-2007, even as participation in those sports declined.
• A 2011 study of U.S. high schools with at least one athletic trainer on staff found that concussions accounted for nearly 15% of all sports related injuries reported to athletic trainers.
• High school athletes who have been concussed are three times more likely to suffer another concussion in the same season.
• Females aged 10-19 years sustained sports- and recreation-related TBIs most often while playing soccer or basketball or whole bicycling.
• More than 248,000 children visited hospital emergency departments in 2009 for concussions and other traumatic brain injuries related to sports and recreation.
• Injuries associated with participation in sports and recreational activities account for 21% of all traumatic brain injuries among children in the United States

Ted talk critique and sources

Sources for my own Ted talk:
-myself, my story about my own concussion
-story about mark savvard hockey player on the Bruins who had too many concussions so he had to stop playing
-Www.clearedtoplay.org/concussion-information/concussions-by-the-numbers
-www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2491929

Cameron Russell: looks aren't everything. believe me, I'm a model. (The link wouldn't work)
-she seems really nervous
-no one really laughs at her jokes
-first outfit change on the ted stage
-able to transform what the audience thinks of her by what she's wearing
-changes from a scandalous dress to a conservative long skirt and flats
-"image is powerful and also superficial"
-surgery and fake tans transform how you look superficially
-uses a PowerPoint to display her pictures
-talks about questions she's asked such as "how did you become a model", "do you get a lot of free stuff?", "can I be a model when I grow up?" "Do they retouch all of the photos"
-uses humor.. Why would you want to be a model when you could be anything in the world, the president of the United states, a ninja cardio-thoracic surgeon poet
-shows her own work
-the take away to this talk: feel more comfortable acknowledging the power of image in our perceived successes and our perceived failures

http://youtu.be/4tMH-NFjm5Y

Ideas for Ted talks

-Technology now vs then
-how women are thought of now vs then
-how concussions have affected my life

Shawn Achor Ted Talk

The link wouldn't work, but it's called Shawn Achor: the happy secret to better work

I really like this Ted talk all around. In the beginning it starts off with a good story that caught my attention. He talked about his childhood with his sister. It was easily relatable. It was also very comical. Not only the story of him and his sister was comical, but the whole Ted talk was funny. He referred to a well known prep school in New England that he did a talk at, and I'm pretty sure it was choate. He also said he has been to 45 countries traveling and talking to audiences. This amazed me. Traveling is something I want incorporated with my job, so I was really interested In this Ted talk. Something really good about this Ted talk is that he was easy to listen to. He used graphs and other statistics to support himself. Towards the end is really where he gets into the title of the video. But everything leading up to it was the evidence supporting it. I kind of liked it this way because you get all of the statistics and facts first and then put it all together for this idea. I think this video was very affective because of the order in which it was given.

Progress on personal goals

Reflect on the personal goals you set for yourself in the beginning of the marking period and discuss your progress. What did you work on this marking period? What did you improve on? What do you need to work on more? What goals do you set for the next marking period? What might you do differently in this upcoming marking period? 500 words

In the beginning of the marking period I had a lot of goals. I wanted to become a better public speaker. Obviously, that's why I took this class. Within this goal I had a lot of smaller goals. I wanted to become less shy. I think that my progress is good. I Think that I am making a lot of progress. I am getting more used to the kids in our class and I feel like that is why I am not as shy any more. I have not perfected public speaking but I'm getting there. This class has taught me a lot about annunciation and slowing down the speed at which I speak. Another goal I had was to get better at public speaking not only in this class but in my other classes and everyday life. I think this class has prepped me well for the real world. It helped me a lot in my college interviews and I was not nervous at all. My goals have definitely been somewhat achieved. I have not reached all of my goals 100 percent but I know I'm on the right track. This marking period I really was focused on my core classes so it was sometimes hard for me to get all of my work done for this class because it is an elective. I'm not trying to say this class is not important, but other classes are weighted higher on my transcript and colleges care more about my IB classes than they do my public speaking classes. But I think I improved on annunciation and being more confident when I talk. For next marking period I am setting the goal to get over 85 on my blog posts because I did not do too well on some of those and they should be an easy a or b. In this upcoming marking period I might participate more in class and try harder to memorize things that need to be memorized. Also, I will be able to put more effort into my work because I will not be busy applying to colleges or focused on other things. Some goals I set for the next marking term is to be more focused in class. I think that sometimes I'm just completely lost. Next marking term I also hope to have a higher grade overall. This class was definitely not what I expected but I like it. I thought it was just going to be very easy and hardly any work. But it is a lot of work. We have done many types of  public speaking. Monologues, spoken word poetry, and debates. In the second marking term I hope to learn other aspects of public speaking and eventually make my own speech and present it to the class. I think this will be good as an assignment. If we make our own speeches I think this will help me with memorization and emotion. I think we should definitely try this as one of our last projects. This class is teaching me a lot about public speaking and in the next marking term I hope to learn even more.

spoken word poetry

http://youtu.be/wr6YBu3KqcQ

Homework and video game debates

Homework should be banned:
-it's too much of a work load for some students
-student athletes don't have enough time
-staying inside to do homework makes a person less social
-it causes too much stress for students
-seniors that are applying to college need to focus on their application more than their homework for classes
-there is not enough time to even relax on weekends
-we're already in school for so many hours and we take in so much information that our brains are fried by the time we get home and we don't need to do any more work than what we already do in school
-when students have hours of homework they don't get enough hours of sleep, sunlight, or exercise

Why homework should NOT be banned:
-it gives us an opportunity to practice problems
-it allows us to picture how the work load will be in the real world
-maybe shouldn't be banned but should be lessened
-practice makes perfect
-teaches responsibility and time management

Video games are too violent:

-there are lots of games that have guns and bombs in them and that teach kids at a young age thar that is okay
-they show deep detail
-they send a wrong message to children
-they make kids get a wrong conception of how war is
-violent video games were blamed for school shootings, bullying and violence towards women

Video games are NOT too violent:
-they aren't too violent if you are mature enough to know right from wrong
-they're just a game
-it is up to the parents to know wether or not their kid should be playing them and to monitor what they're doing
-most video games are not war games or gang games.. Some can be educational and have good meanings

Debate topics

1. Same sex marriage should be legal.
2. Performance enhancing drugs should be allowed in sports.
3. Students should be able to leave school for lunch.
4. All students should have an after school job.
5. The legal drinking age should be lowered to 18.
6. School uniforms should be required.

Reflecting on poems

From this project I learned that spoken word poetry comes from a wide variety of places. There are many different types of it and it is used to express many different things. Some spoken word poetry sounds like rap, others send a message, and there are some that describe times or places in someone's life. I can apply this to other things in public speaking because it changed the way that I perform. Since spoken word poetry is very dramatic it makes it deeper and more emotional. Because of this, I will be able to put more emotion into all of my other types of public speaking. I think that Caroline's was very effective. I think this because she used good hand motions and she had good diction. She also put a lot of emotion into her poem and it seemed really natural. It was nice to watch the presentations that were well memorized and presented with emotion and had good music. I think the music really killed some of the poems, but in some cases the music worked really well. I personally think that I only did a few things well. I had good diction and I spoke loud enough and I really thought my music went well with it. But I was unable to memorize it and because of this I had to read off of the iPad. Since I was reading off the iPad i wasn't able to do hand motions or make eye contact. Those were the most difficult things for me. This time I wasn't as shy and nervous as I was the first time. I think that since I'm getting more use to the class I'm opening up more. So that's something I've improved on. I just need to work on memorization and emotion I think.

Spoken word poetry: look up

http://youtu.be/Z7dLU6fk9QY

Reflection on Monologues

I think that all of the monologues were effective. The one that was most effective to me was Mi's (I think thats how you spell her name). This was the most effective to me because she used a lot of emphasis and she memorized it very well. This was also effective because I know how hard Mi worked on it and she played the part very well. I don't know Mi very well, but I know she is nothing like the character that she played in her monologue. She got into character very easily and was able to become a completely different person just for this monologue.
One thing I think I did well with my monologue was being serious. Even though it was hard for me to memorize it, I tried as hard as I could be to be serious. The first take that I had, I was smiling because I was so excited that I had memorized my monologue for the first time. But after that I got pretty serious and was able to stay focused. The most difficult thing for me was definitely memorizing. I think this was the hardest because I literally cannot memorize anything. I wasn't nervous about going in front of the class, I was just nervous about memorizing it. I knew that would be the hardest thing for me going into this. But I think I did a good job of memorizing it, over all. After I got it one time, it just came more naturally and I was able to do it again. I think I could have put more emotion into it but I was more interested and focused on being serious and memorizing it so that is something I should probably work on.

Memorized monologue(:

http://youtu.be/DoxbEXVE9Wo

Andrew Fezza

On Thursday night, Andrew Fezza spoke in the basement of JJ White. His posters of his models and clothing were all around the room and he also had mannequins modeling his masterpieces. He started speaking at around 6:05 and finished at 7. He spoke for way longer than 15 minutes. He talked about how he grew up and went to Cheshire academy and how he went to Boston College and was originally going pre med. One of his good friends was into fashion designing and another one of his friends moms is the reason he became interested in designing clothing. He said he never really thought of being a fashion designer while growing up. He told us about how he struggled and had some times where he wanted to give up on designing clothing but pushed through and is happy that he stuck with it. After he told us about his life he asked if anyone had questions. Literally everyone in the room asked a question and made it so much longer. There were so many people in the room that I could hardly even see the guy. His wife was there with him and our headmaster, Mr. Nozell, was also there listening. I didn’t really like it because it was boring for me because I’m not into art or fashion designing or anything like that. I did like hearing about his life and the turning points of his career. It gave me a better outlook on fashion designing and how long the process is. He told us that it takes him 8 months to design one season of clothing. He is currently working on winter of 2015 I’m pretty sure. He seemed pretty laid back but he said that he was really nervous about speaking in front of us and that a lot of things at Cheshire Academy have changed. Someone asked him what his favorite memory from Cheshire Academy was and he said the smoking section and that they had a lot more freedom. I was going to take a selfie with him but Caroline and I just took one together instead.