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.