In high school being able to give a proper speech was a requirement to graduate, if you were unable to give the speech then you would be placed in a speech class where you give a speech every day, terrified of the excruciating pain it would cause me, I ended up getting ninety-five out of a hundred for my speech. After that day I felt a sense of relief and also a great deal of accomplishment blaze within me, but more than anything I was relieved knowing that I would never have to do it again. Boy, was I wrong. I came to college and in the last quarter of the year I had to take a public speaking course. At first I was totally excited because I thought if I could get ninety-five out of a hundred in high school, my first college speech would be a piece of cake. Boy, was I wrong. Once again. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay On Wednesday, April 8, 2015, I gave a narrative speech where I was supposed to talk about my culture and my origins, not to mention the fact that I was the first. I felt very scared during my narrative speech, and it was hard for me to concentrate because I started forgetting a lot of things I wrote about, overall I felt like I hadn't reached my full potential. Before that we had an introductory speech where we basically just introduced ourselves, and I feel like I did a lot better at that because it was more spontaneous than the narration where I had time to practice a lot, which instilled fear in my mind. I liked some things about my speeches, such as my tone of voice which I felt was very strong. I'd like to improve my speech flow because I've caught myself using "like" and "umm." Also, I have to respect deadlines when I give speeches. In public speaking class, I'd like to learn how to edit material I've written, and make it more foreign than trying to remember word for word. Right now I think I'm a soft-footed speaker, which means I take too many precautions when speaking because I'm more worried about making a mess than actually remembering the fact, so it affects the overall flow of things. In the future I aspire to be a very paced speaker where everything flows simply because I know the facts, I just have a problem with delivery. Overall I feel like I have the wherewithal to become the speaker I know I can be, but practice makes perfect!