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This year in public speaking, I have learned so many things. I have made many new friends and had alot of fun. I learned how to write a speech, what to do when saying your speech and what not to do when saying your speech. I believe my knowledge in public speaking, my knowledge is writing and my knowledge to be able to go infront of a crowd and speak. I have gotten more comfortable with doing all these things. In my opinion my level at the beginning for public speaking was very low, but now I feel much more comfortable enough to speak in a much larger crowd.I think i could have done better by putting more time and effort into my blog posts, especially the ones at the beginning of the year. I also feel as if i could have done more debates, and not so much just writing and saying it, but more presentations, more films, more debates. I think the next step for me is to go onto doing more public speaking. To not be or nervous infront of big crowds Some of my further goals is to do morning meeting one day, I would also like to do many more speeches in public because I feel that the more I practice and the more experience I have the best it will benefit me. Some goals I set myself at the begging of the year, I have accomplished. I feel as if all of the ones i set have been completed. I got more comfortable in speaking in public, I got more comfortable and better at writing speeches. Some goals I feel that I didn't set myself that I accomplished were having fun, learning new words, making friends, creating videos, learning how to create videos, getting to know new people aswell as teachers. In my final days and last blog of public speaking I can say that in the begging of the course, I did not want to take it and my mom required me to take it, but now I changed my mind. I am glad she pushed me to take it, I am glad I signed up and followed through because I have so much fun. Public Speaking class was a class that made my day, I looked forward to having that period in the schedule and just relax and say, Public Speaking is next.  

Ted talk new

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ebTCsSuIjrs&feature=youtu.be

IMOVIE TEd talk

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tFSSqnw-THc

What i need to do

My TED talk at the moment isn't that great. I feel that the way it is set up makes it harder. My talk has many cool facts, but i think too many. In my opinion,my TED talk could be more interesting and a better one, is by spacing it out more. I think i should put more pictures into it and really show my topic and what i am trying to tell people. My TED talk at the moment is of the right length, i believe i have the correct amount of words. I believe i have the right amount of pictures, facts and everything, i just need to spend more time organizing it better and putting things where they need to be. This TED talk is about the lionfish, and how they are very beautiful, but yet are so deadly. That is my main point and i need to change the way my words are to actually show and tell people that they are dangerous. Another thing is to put non disgusting pictures of the power they have into my slide, because that could definitely put the audience off. I believe i could fix my structure, by pausing more and using hand motions. I need to remember to use a lot of eye contact, don't memorize everything, follow the pictures. I also need to remeber to speak loudly, clearly and speak to the audience. One other thing i need to not do is, figit with my key or any distractions.  This TED talk in my opinion, could be a very good, educating and interesting one, but i have to work really hard at getting my words, paragraphs, pictures and presentation together, if i want it to go the way i hope it too be. I feel that i still have a lot of work left to do, but i still have a lot of time.

Rough Draft

My TED talk today is about the invasive aquatic species known as the Lionfish. Also known as Petrois Volitans, it is in the list for both the most invasive species and the top deadliest species in the ocean. This fish doesn't grow that big, the average size is about 1 foot in length, this fish can either red red or black, they have zebra like stripes running down their sides, aswell as many fan like spins along their body. It is currently located at #9 on the list of top deadliest fish in the world. It is also on the list for top most invasive species. This fish first originated in the Indi-Pacific Ocean, where they spread to almost, the whole Globe. They have captured the reefs of the Caribbean and are now eating away at our reefs. They got to the caribbean by one of two theories, they either were brought to the caribbean and americas by placing the eggs in the ballast tanks of ships and then releasing them in the ocean, or they were swept away from an aquarium that was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew in 1992.

 This fish although it is very pretty, is slowly killing the reefs. With limited predators it will capture small juvenile fish into a corner and suck them up with its large vacuum like mouth. Their hunting styles very different to others, they will corner a group of small fish or just 1 individual by spreading its large fan like fins into a corner where the lionfish can easily suck them up.Most people do not know how deadly this fishes people of been known to be in agonizing pain after being stung by one of these fish. I know how painful it can be because I've seen many people who have been struck by small ones and how much pain they are in. In order to care the sting you need to soak the infected area in hot water the hotter the better but don't burn yourself. The pain that some people go through is intolerable. Some people who have been stung by one says the pain is like being stung by hundreds of bees at the same time, it can bring tears to a grown mans eyes. The only predators to the species are either eels, sharks or large groupers, however most of these predators will not go out and kill itself it would have to be dangling out in front of it like a piece of meat. These invasive species are killing our reef systems because of many reasons such as, they don't have a popular predator and they are very deadly and are so hard to handle. 

 In conclusion we as a community need to study these fish more and find a way to get rid of their population because even though their numbers are decreasing they are still killing our reefs and killing the future of our oceans. People depend on the ocean to make a living and feed their family, and we need to stop these fish so we can help the people of the future. I hope you learned that these fish are very powerful creatures, they are so beautiful but come with such deadly power.