Fake It Till You Make It

If there is one thing in my life that I excel at, it would be talking. I don't know why I love it so much. In middle school, I got the most talkative superlative. My Grandmother always tells me that she is convinced that I like hearing my own voice and that's why I talk so much. However, I would have to disagree with her and concluded that I just love having a conversation with others. As much as I love talking, I'll be the first to admit that the minute I get in front of an audience everything changes.  It's as if I forgot how to speak. My palms become sweaty, I start to stumble through my words and talk extremely fast. The thing is, though, I talk abnormally fast to begin with, so when I public speak and I become very nervous, I tend to speak 100 times faster

The thing about public speaking is that I'm not the worst public speaker known to mind kind nor am I the best. I would consider myself right in the middle. There are a few things I need to work on, however. The pace at which I speak when I'm nervous is very fast, this happens to negatively affect my speaking the most. The quicker someone talks the harder it is to understand them. So first I need to work on slowing down when I speak, and not rushing to catch my breath after every sentence. Next, I feel that I say many sentences, and go from one idea to the next but I forget to pause. I need to add pauses that effectively separate my ideas so that my audience doesn't become to overwhelmed with all the information that I am throwing at them. These are two things that I believe need to be improved in order to be a more successful public speaker.

As I mentioned before I'm not the worst public speaker known to mankind. When I speak in front of people I tend to talk pretty loud which many of my teachers have told me is a positive. Think about it when people speak quietly, you end up turning to the person sitting next to you and asking them, what are they saying? I do believe that my voice projects when I speak, which helps to engage the audience. My second greatest strength while speaking is that I tend to make eye connect with many in the audience. This also allows for those who are watching me speak to be engaged and feel connected. It's always awkward when the speaker is talking but looking over everyone's head. Then you find yourself turning around to see what the speaker is staring at. I believe that it's very important to maintain eye contact with your audience when you're giving a speech.

All and all, I believe that everyone can public speak. The reality is that everyone gets nervous when they have to talk in front of an audience. In fact, it's okay to get nervous, but when you're nervous you can't show that you're nervous. My mom always told me, that you have "to fake it till you make", and that's what I tell myself before every big speech!

Are Women More Powerful Than Men Now Days?

The beginning of World War Two sparked a change in time for women. No longer was their only job to be a homemaker, caretakers and cook all while tending to their husbands needs. According to the History Channel, more than 350,000 women served in the armed forces both at home and overseas. In addition, the History Channel claims that "the female percentage of the U.S. workforce increased from 27 percent to nearly 37 percent, and by 1945 nearly one out of every four married women worked outside the home". The second world war sparked a new era for women becoming the pioneers in our society, which ultimately lead to the success that women have today.

In my essay, I will first discuss how World War II impacted women becoming Pioneers. This will be my starting point due to the fact that I see this war as the spark of it all. From there I will go through each decade and discuss how Women were becoming more prominent in society. I will also touch upon the counter argument that though women were becoming successful they were still faced with some adversity. I will mention things for the counter arguments such as the fact that according to Tavaana.org, " The 38 percent of American women who worked in 1960 were largely limited to jobs as teacher, nurse, or secretary. Women were generally unwelcome in professional programs". Yet, I will prove, however, that this adversity was small compared to the success that women were encountering. Throughout each decade, I will touch upon influence Women as well as Women's movements that were taking place.

Toward the end of my paper, I will brush up on all the successful Women that there is today. I will compare their salaries to men's and mention how women don't just work at home anymore. Today, we can find them on Wall Street as well as teaching at the top of the line institutions. Some women today manage their own business while others are CEO of their companies, some are in Congress, others are Supreme Court judges, Police, Doctors, and Lawyer. Their success has come over time and many have sacrificed for their success. I will lastly touch upon how times have changed and there are many stays at home dads. Think people in 1930 never would of saw that coming?

Through this process, I hope to explain that World War II allowed for Women to come out of their homes and be pioneers in our society. If it wasn't for this shift Women wouldn't be as successful as they are today.

Sources:

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/american-women-in-world-war-ii

https://tavaana.org/en/content/1960s-70s-american-feminist-movement-breaking-down-barriers-women

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2012/07/16/the-20-best-paying-jobs-for-women-in-2012/

Times Do Change

Ever since I was little I noticed that my Grandparents always said, “yes sir and yes ma’am”. I guess this rubbed off on my Father because he tends to do the same. This way of communicating never rubbed off on my brother or I.  As times has gone by social interaction has changed greatly. I know that the way I speak to my Mother, by saying “sup Mom”, she would never even dare to say to her Mother. Also, over time addressing people by their last names has diminished as well. We tend now to address a vast majority of those we know by their first names. Even my professor, for example, want my classmates and me to call them by their first name.  To my mother, this is a foreign concept.  She insists that she would never be able to call her professor or authority figures by their first names out of respect. Over the years, the way that people socially interact with each other has changed greatly. Some may see the way we interact now as rude and disrespectful.  While others would say that this interaction is the way of the future.

Changing gears completely, there has also been a major transition in civil rights, specifically Women’s right. We’ve come a long way since the 1900’s when women weren't able to vote. Truly if you think about it back then Women weren’t able to do much of anything besides be wives and homemakers for their families. Their role in society has done a complete 360. Nowadays, Women are CEO of companies, members of congress. In addition many votes in political elections, work on Wall Street and in the World Trade Centers like my Mother once did. Some own their own business, teach at top institutions across the country. They do all this and still have time to be a Mother as well as a  homemaker. In the 1900’s many would have never expected that Women would have made such tremendous gains.  The role of a Women and the rights that they currently obtain have come very far since the 1900’s after all they are now the pioneers in our society today.