Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences in the space below (1000 character maximum). (max 1000 characters)
I stumbled into the classroom, running the points over and over through my head, wiping my sweaty palms, and prepared to speak. There was only one judge in the classroom but I felt an imposing audience bearing down on me. I scrambled to the judge whose expression seemed to show bitter disappointment and regret and greeted him with shaky hands. Needless to say, I struggled through most of the speech and recall more "um's" and "uh's" than substantive words but that day, I could sigh from relief. I could proudly exclaim I was a new man, a bold man. Not only had I achieved what many in the Speech and Debate club feared and strayed from, I had liberated my mind of my irrational fetters. Even today, my experiences as an extemporaneous speaker bear fruit. Not only do I have confidence in myself to speak eloquently, I have the drive, the desire, to venture outside of my daily activities and tread new waters. And I am proud to say, I have not again witnessed another disappointed judge.
I stumbled into the classroom, running the points over and over through my head, wiping my sweaty palms, and prepared to speak. There was only one judge in the classroom but I felt an imposing audience bearing down on me. I scrambled to the judge whose expression seemed to show bitter disappointment and regret and greeted him with shaky hands. Needless to say, I struggled through most of the speech and recall more "um's" and "uh's" than substantive words but that day, I could sigh from relief. I could proudly exclaim I was a new man, a bold man. Not only had I achieved what many in the Speech and Debate club feared and strayed from, I had liberated my mind of my irrational fetters. Even today, my experiences as an extemporaneous speaker bear fruit. Not only do I have confidence in myself to speak eloquently, I have the drive, the desire, to venture outside of my daily activities and tread new waters. And I am proud to say, I have not again witnessed another disappointed judge.
