Isabella Hartman: Being Convinced to Ride an Amusement Park Ride

When deciding what story to tell, I wanted to tell one that would be interesting, and that I could tell a million different times. I decided on a short story, more of a ten-minute period of time that I could stretch out and add details and dialogue to. My story is about how one of my best friends convinced me to ride on an amusement park ride that I was very hesitant to go on. It's about what I was thinking in that time period and why I ended up getting on the ride. 

By telling my story to my classmates, I was able to practice speaking from my memory and not worrying about making sure I was perfect. I also got to practice being comfortable with adding some humor and dramatic pauses into my speaking. I did enjoy the storytelling project because I was able to visit an old memory and practice speaking on the spot with limited preparation. 

When I listened to my classmate's stories I got to learn about either a large event in their life or a small event that changed them. It was really cool to hear one story about a large trip that went wrong, and another about a meal they cooked that didn't go as planned. Both were told so differently and it showed their personalities. In terms of myself, I think I learned that there are a lot more little things in my life that changed me than I thought. As I thought about it, I discovered some of them I would want to relive, and others I would do completely differently.