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I have the joy of giving a 7:00 minute speech tomorrow. (Why don't they spell peach like speech or vice versa? just wondering...) It's funny because this will be my 10th compitition yet everytime I enter the room (that only ever contains up to a happy number of 8 people give or take) I always feel somewhat like this...



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or something along those lines. I've been told public speaking is the number one fear in America which I never really believed until I experienced Forensics and the MIFA. (If you're not familiar with either I'm not gonna bother explaining it because it's too complicated. But I don't want you to be left in the dark either so here educate yourself --->http://www.themifa.org/)



I enjoy the writing of the speech and the making of the visual aids but shiver at the thought of actually giving it. It's not a happy feeling. But one thing I always liked about the competitions was being able to see the inside of a high school. Being homeschooled and all it tends to be an enlightening experience. The thing that I never quite understood where the motivational posters. I mean seriously does the school system make the teachers hang those up? .....I hope they do...



By the way, I'm considering going to public school next year. Though I don't know if I will go through with it considering I don't have all credits that a sophomore should have. BUT if I can swing it without being put back a grade then I think I might actually like it. Who knows really... They make you meet with counselors and take lots of tests and provide transcripts and all that other crap so I'm not sure it will be possible. And for the record it's not because I hate or even dislike homeschooling. I LOVE homeschooling with a big <3 class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">homeschooled to make friends. So I'm thinking that I would rather suffer through the public school system than have to go through that again. But really I do love homeschooling. And the government can go lick some ice. They don't tell me what to learn.

Anyways I have to go work on my speech. I'll tell you how it goes tomorrow.



I LOVE CATS!

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That was written 2 days ago on Friday. The tournament went ok. There were six people in my category which was nice because that meant we all got a trophy. I got third which I'm not happy about. 3rd...out of 6...Not exactly impressive. So that was dissapointing. I have to say the best part of my day was defenitely when I got home and fixed me a big can of lentil soup (the pull tab worked this time).