Self-Evaluation!

It was the day of the speech, and the first thought that popped up in my head when waking up was, "Oh No!" The day of the speech finally came and it felt like it came to soon. Once I got my number, I waited anxiously to be on the spot. Number by number passed, and I was hoping a fire alarm would go off! It was finally my turn and I felt fine, but when I stood up in front of everyone it finally hit me that I had to actually do the speech. I could tell right away that I looked very nervous during my delivery of the speech. I could hear the trembling in my voice, and I just forgot everything that I had to look at my notecards after every line that was spoken, and I did not know when to bring in my artifact.

Throughout my video, and even before that I didn't feel confident or comfortable at all. I can honestly say that I did not prepare enough for this speech, and I would definitely spend more time practicing. I felt that I had all the right information, like the citations during my speech, which was mentioned four times, but my delivery was pretty disappointing towards myself once it was over. I didn't feel as if I achieved the purpose of my speech the way I wanted it to. I knew I could of done better because most of the time I do. So for my next speech my goal is to practice, practice, practice! I would want to practice my delivery and make sure that my content is well organized and beneficial.

In the video I did notice I was distracting people with my hair! It was also distracting for myself during the speech because I couldn't see well. I did not realize my hair would become an issue during my presentation so before the next speech I will definitely get a haircut or use a pin to hold it in place. It was very difficult to give eye contact because of my hair problem! I had to keep looking towards my left because I could not see on my right side. I also kept looking at my notecards most of the time, so for eye contact I would probably give myself a five at the most. So eye contact is another goal that I would want to work on for the next speech.

On a scale from A to F, i would give myself a B-. I gave myself this grade because I had all the right content in my speech, but it was just the delivery that I had to work on. I should of practiced more on saying the speech out loud and understanding it so that I wouldn't depend on my notecards. Also eye contact is another factor in why I gave myself that grade. So overall the first speech didn't go so well for my personally. I felt like that speech was like one of my speeches in my Sophomore year in high school that didn't do so good because of confidence. So I definitely want to redeem myself on the next speech, and make it feel like my last speech in high school which was my Senior Exit Project where I was confident in myself.