For this presentation i feel like i did pretty well. I was excited to talk about this because i was very personal to me. I think that I did better on not stuttering as much and being able to stand still without unnecessary movement. I am more proud of the improvement i’ve seen over the semester. In the beginning i wrote that a good speaker was passionate and confident an during the first presentation i was definitely not either ronan those things. However having just given my fourth presentation i feel like i achieved both of these skills. I think that the most important usf learning outcome is “Present well-reasoned and appropriately supported oral arguments that are responsive to topic, purpose, audience, and occasion.” i think that this is important because it outlines the main goals of having a clear topic, a purpose, and knowing your audience. Unknowingly i feel like i used this outcome to make my all of my presentations in this class. I really value this outcome.

For presentation four I used the website that my group found for out in class work on a presentation. This website is for a fundraising event to help support women with breast cancer. When my group found this i wrote a little about it however i wanted to go back and dig deeper about this organization and the ride. I found an article on lindsey gafford and her story and it was very inspirational. I wanted to try to reach out to her and ask her questions about it, but unfortunately i was unable to. Additionally i reached out to my mom who has had breast cancer to get her input on the ride and ask about the organization.

My presentation is on a fundraising and awareness bike ride to raise money for breast cancer. This bike ride is put on by YSC and is called YSC tour de pink! YSC is a organization who donates money and other resources to breast cancer research and people with breast cancer. I chose this ride and found it interesting because breast cancer is something very close to my heart.

The ride happened in three different places. There is one ride in the west coast which goes from Westlake Village near Malibu, up the coastline through Santa Barbara to Santa Monica Bay, CA. The east coast ride goes from suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the of Long Branch, New Jersey. The ride in the south goes from the suburbs of Tampa, FL along Longboat Key to the beaches of Venice Beach, FL.  Each ride is about 200 miles long. There are two different options, either a one day or a three day ride. If you want to participate on the three day ride you have to raise $2,500. If you want to ride in the one day ride you must raise at least $300.

One specific rider i found was lindsey gafford. She was Diagnosed with breast cancer and got a double mastectomy and the cancer was gone. Unfortunately in 2016 she got metastatic breast cancer. That same year she challenged herself to ride and she Biked the East coast ride.

Uses support groups, online resources, and conferences provided by YSC.

“The other reason I rode in Tour de Pink is because I wanted to overcome a physical       challenge.”

I was very interested in this ride because i think it’s a great cause but i found it because i looked up bike rides to support breast cancer. This topic is close to me because both my grandma and my mom have had breast cancer. My grandma had it twice when i was younger and my mom got diagnosed about two years ago. I talked to my mom about this ride to see if she had heard of YSc or used resources provided by them and she said she has never heard of YSC but she has heard of other similar organizations that do similar events like a walk or run to raise awareness.  She also mentioned that she has used resources given from groups like YSC just not specifically them. Im personally am interested in this ride because i like participating or donating to breast cancer in any way i can. A couple examples include my family participating in cancer walks when i was younger, raising awareness at my school, and even donating my hair to other girls and women who had to lose all of theirs.

Overall i am very interested in this ride. They bike three days to support an amazing cause and help women who are going through a tough battle. Luckily for me i didn’t lose either my grandma or my mom to breast cancer and i want to help programs like YSC try to help other women and families as well. This bike ride isn’t near me but maybe in the future i could participate in it to help out and be part of this amazing ride!

I will be talking about a fundraising bike ride to raise money and awareness for breast cancer

My audience is my fellow classmates

My goal is to provide the class with information regarding the ride and why people participate

Introduction

YSC is a organization who donates money and other resources to breast cancer and people with breast cancer

This was interesting to me because breast cancer is something very close to my heart

About the ride

There are three different rides one in the south, one on the west coast, and one on the east coast

Bike 200 miles

3 day ride and one day rides available

Raise $2,500 for three day ride and $350 for one day ride

Rider’s story

Lindsey Gafford-

Diagnosed with breast cancer and got a double mastectomy and the cancer was gone

2016 she got metastatic breast cancer

Biked the East coast ride that year

Uses support groups, online resources, and conferences provided by YSC.

“The other reason I rode in Tour de Pink is because I wanted to overcome a physical       challenge.”

My personal story

• This is important to me because both my mom and grandma have had breast cancer
• My mom has never heard of YSC but she has heard of other similar organizations that do similar events like a walk or run to raise awareness.
  • Walked in a breast cancer walk and my family used to do a brain tumor walk every year for my grandpa
  • Used resources from similar organizations
• I personally am interested because i like participating or donating to breast cancer in any way i can.

. Conclusion

Overall i am very interested in this ride. They bike three days to support an amazing cause and help women who are going through a tough battle. Luckily for me i didn’t lose either my grandma or my mom to breast cancer and i want to help programs like YSC try to help other women and families as well. This bike ride isn’t near me but maybe in the future i could participate in it to help out and be part of this amazing ride!

men explain things to me – Rebecca Solnit

One thing that stood out to me is how guys try to explain everything even if they don’t know what they’re talking about in order to make themselves sound smart which builds over confidence. When men do this is makes women feel self-doubt and self limitation. I believe that this is something that is done subconsciously i don’t believe men intend to make women feel this way. I also found it really interesting how extreme this can get. To the point where something isn’t credible if its is said by a women. An example that pops into my head was in 7th grade when we were studying europe. My teacher asked if anyone knew about the plague and why it happened. I knew before my class because just the summer before i had traveled to europe and learned this on a tour with my older cousins. My teacher told me i was wrong then when he explained it he basically repeated everything i had said. To me it felt like he was older and a man and he needed to be able to explain it not one of his female students. He might have not even realized it but it has always bothered me until this day.