Month: October 2016

As someone who used to regularly watch (nowadays I wouldn’t say that I watch them “regularly,” but I still do watch them) YouTube videos in which the person in the video would simply sit in front of the camera and… Continue Reading →

At the moment I cannot think of any arguments other than one that comes directly from my last speech, which is that we should vote in favor of installing more bike lanes within San Francisco. I would argue about how… Continue Reading →

The message of both articles make striking oppositions to each other, one qualifying the claim that breaking the law isn’t as unsafe as it may seem, while the other encourages bikers to be predicable commuters for their own safety. I… Continue Reading →

American political scientist Robin Leblanc’s simple yet contemplative mindset was that how you see a place is dependent on how you travel through it. We can see how this is true by relating it to Byrne’s writing. In Byrne’s Bicycle Diaries chapter on… Continue Reading →

On this speech, I feel as though I have advanced much more since my first speech. I was able to speak with more confidence and stand more still (I think?). I am very proud of myself for the progression I… Continue Reading →

After writing out my speech on the outline sheet that was given to me at the speech center, I was able to memorize my speech even more, although I definitely still see room for improvement. I still stutter and use… Continue Reading →

I dropped by USF’s speaking center around 12:30 PM today during their drop-in hours. My first impression of the speaking center was that the room was a lot smaller than I expected it to be. There were two people in… Continue Reading →

I did a bit better at making eye contact and presenting my speech a bit more extemporaneously rather than again relying off of my notes. I will work on memorizing my information a little more in able to do this.

I still have not memorized my presentation yet and was basically reading off of my write-out. I will need to work on eye contact rather than relying on my notes

Hi guys, my name is Abby Asuncion and I’m here to talk to you guys about improving bike routes and public transportation. As we can see in the map shown at the right, a large amount of San Francisco is… Continue Reading →