Presentation

It was tough t to figure out what I wanted to present for my final project. Originally I thought I would present my research, because that would be the easiest way to go about it in my eyes. Then I really wanted to do a speech, after the discussion in class about speeches and how powerful they can be I was inspired to do a speech. The problem was I could not think of a topic that I was truly passionate about that I could give a compelling speech to the class. Once I decided there was nothing that I wanted to make a speech about I began racing through my memory thinking of stories that I could tell. I knew I wanted it to be a god story, and I wanted to entertain the class. While choosing which story I was going to tell I ran into a dilemma, it as the opposite of my speech dilemma. Instead of not having anything to present about I was overwhelmed with stories and things that I have been through and seen in my life.

Originally I was going to tell a story about a hold up that happened t a gas station in Florida. While I was vacationing with my mom and my brother, we landed in Florida pretty late. By the time we picked up our luggage and went through the process of getting our rental car it was 10:00 or 11:00 at night.  We had about an hour and a half drive to get from the airport to where we were going. It was a hot humid night and the streets were light by streetlight in an urban area unfamiliar to all of us. After driving around for about 45 minutes we realized that we were lost, my mom decided to stop at a gas station to ask for directions. Me and my brother decided we would wait in the car. The next thing I knew my mom was sprinting out of the gas station and jumped in the car screaming. She kept saying “there’s a man with a gun in there, a man with a gun!” the next thing I knew we were driving over the curb back onto the street.

I like this story a lot and think it’s one of the more entertaining ones I have on my resume. But I decided to tell the story of the party that got out of control because it is the end of the year, and summer is coming up. I just wanted to warn everybody about what could happen to them when a party goes badly, and it’s really not worth it if you are throwing the party. I knew this would be a good story to tell because most of the kids in the class could probably relate to it in some way shape of form, and it is very entertaining.